Governor Stein Proclaims Emergency Medical Services For Children Day

Emergency Medical Services For Children Day

2026

By The Governor Of The State Of North Carolina

A Proclamation

Whereas, Emergency Medical Services for Children supports EMS, the community-based public service whose presence is vital to children in need; and 

Whereas, the needs of children are different than the needs of adults in medical emergencies; and 

Whereas, Emergency Medical Services for Children promotes the high-level emergency care given by EMS providers with pediatric emergency skills, assisting in the implementation of training for use of advanced technical equipment and services in preparation to save the life of a child; and 

Whereas, EMS providers are unceasingly prepared to respond to children who access the system and return them to an optimum level of health by working with physicians, nurses, social workers, psychologists, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, firefighters, educators, administrators, and others to identify and address the issues surrounding the provision of optimal pediatric care; and 

Whereas, Emergency Medical Services for Children assists in the development of training programs and guidelines for emergency care providers so that children with special health care needs receive timely, appropriate care;

Now, Therefore, I, Josh Stein, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim May 20, 2026, as “Emergency Medical Services For Children Day” in North Carolina and commend its observance to all residents.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this twenty-eighth day of April in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-sixth and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.