pnbsppdivMay 15-21 was National Emergency Medical Services Week.nbspEMS Week is designated annually to publicize safety and honor the dedication of those who provide the day-to-day lifesaving services of medicines quotfront line.quotnbspThe DeWitt Fire District has 26 career and volunteer EMS providers answering close to 1000 EMS calls annually with around-the-clock ALS first response.nbspDeWitt was one of the first agencies in Central New York to provide pre-hospital advanced life support to our community over thirty years ago.divdivnbspdivdivDuring EMS week we are pleased to announce that the DeWitt Fire District received three regional EMS Commendations which were awarded Monday May 16 2011.nbspThese awards were presented by Central New York Regional EMS Council Chairperson Warren Darby and CNYEMS Executive Director SusienbspSuprenantnbspto Lt. John Hogan 3 awards FFAEMT Scott Clark FFParamedic Jamie Pienkowski 3 awards and FFParamedic Pat Maguire.nbspThese awards represent the actions of the those providers for three separate incidents occurring in November 2010 January 2011 and March 2011 resulting in full cardiac arrest victims being transported to the hospital with return of spontaneous circulation and subsequent discharge from the hospital.nbspdivdivnbspdivdivThese three patients are alive today because of the EMS system in action.nbspConsidering the fact that out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has a 2-8 survival rate this accomplishment shows what a tremendous benefit we have realized from our investment in continued training for our personnel.nbspThis recognition also shows how fortunate the residents of the DeWitt Fire District are to have some of the best EMS providers in the Central New York region at their disposal.nbspThese personnel exemplify the high standard of care which we all strive to provide.nbspThe DeWitt Fire District congratulates these providers on their accomplishment.nbspWe also send a big thank you and job well done to all of our EMS providers for their constant commitment and effort.div
