The EMS Star of Life nominations are now open until February 21, 2020.  It is the 20th anniversary!!  The nomination packet is attached and can also be found at www.ems.ohio.gov . Last year’s awards program can be viewed in the lower right-hand corner.

 

Please share with your EMS/fire departments.  The awards ceremony will be held on May 20, 2020. 

 

Award categories include: 

·         EMS Stars – the crew is reunited with the patient at the ceremony.

·         Medical Director of the Year

·         EMS Provider of the Year

·         Agency of the Year

·         Frank Giampetro Educator of the Year

·         Jack B. Liberator Lifetime Achievement Award.

 

Additionally, the Greater Miami Valley EMS Council would like to remind you:  nominate personnel for our Norma Dittrick Extra Measure of Service Award, and the Tom Long lifetime achievement award!  Here are the criteria for those:

Norma Dittrick Extra Measure Service Award – Major Contribution to EMS

Demonstrate nominee’s professional integrity and competence in their performance.  Identify specific contribution in which an individual or group performed.  Patient care, technical skill and performance observed at scene(s) which reflect exceptional service in EMS.  Show nominee’s contribution to improvements in the health care delivery system.

Contribution to Community

One who goes beyond the call of duty to provide an “extra measure of service” within the community.  Identify service provided to the community by individuals or groups that were considered exceptional.

Self-Improvement

Identify individuals or groups growth in service toward EMS.

Tom Long Lifetime achievement award- The Lifetime Achievement Award is designed to recognize outstanding individuals who have made a life-long contribution to the high quality of emergency medical services within the greater Miami Valley.

 

Respectfully,

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Michelle Pitstick-Clements

Chair, Public Relations Committee

Greater Miami Valley EMS Council

241 Taylor Street, Suite 130, Dayton, OH

 

 

 

 

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OHIO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES

Ohio Emergency Medical Services

Robert L. Wagoner, Interim Executive Director

www.ems.ohio.gov

 

 

2020 EMS Star of Life Awards

Ohio’s EMS Providers,

The EMS Star of Life Awards were created by Ohio ACEP and the Ohio Division of EMS to recognize outstanding achievements and to honor those in Ohio’s EMS system whose accomplishments rise above the day-to-day excellence of that system. In 2020 Ohio ACEP and the Division of EMS will be joined by the State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services in presenting the awards. The program is scheduled for May 20, 2020. The 2020 EMS Star of Life Awards Nomination Packet is attached.

Award categories include:

- EMS Stars                                         

- EMS Provider of the Year                          

- EMS Agency of the Year    

- Frank Giampetro Distinguished EMS Educator

- EMS Medical Director of the Year

- Jack B. Liberator Lifetime Achievement Award

Please review the nomination packet and consider nominating appropriate individuals and/or an agency in one or more of the categories. The deadline for nomination submissions is February 21, 2020.

Thank you for supporting our efforts to honor and recognize the State of Ohio’s exceptional EMS providers! If you have any questions, feel free to contact the Division of EMS at (614) 466-9447 or (800) 233-0785.