R 315 |
2025 -- S 1074 Enacted 05/15/2025 |
S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N |
COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF "NATIONAL EMS WEEK" ON MAY 18-24, 2025, IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
Introduced By: Senator Gordon E. Rogers |
Date Introduced: May 14, 2025 |
WHEREAS, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) encompasses an entire field of |
emergency care and medical assistance providers that are activated by an incident that potentially |
causes serious illness or injury, and is a vital and essential public service; and |
WHEREAS, At the start of 2023, there were 5,333 licensed EMS practitioners in 83 EMS |
agencies in Rhode Island; and |
WHEREAS, The skilled members of these emergency medical services teams are always |
ready to provide lifesaving care to those in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week; and |
WHEREAS, Access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival and |
recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury; and |
WHEREAS, Emergency medical services has grown to fill a gap by providing important, |
out-of-hospital care, including preventative medicine, follow-up care, and access to telemedicine; |
and |
WHEREAS, The members of emergency medical services teams, whether career or |
volunteer, engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing education to |
enhance their lifesaving skills; and |
WHEREAS, Rhode Island has five licensed levels of EMS practitioners, Emergency |
Medical Responder (EMR), Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Advanced Emergency |
Medical Technician (AEMT), Advanced Emergency Medical Technician-Cardiac (AEMT-C), |
and Paramedic; and |
WHEREAS, The emergency medical services system consists of first responders, |
emergency medical technicians, paramedics, emergency medical dispatchers, firefighters, police |
officers, educators, administrators, pre-hospital nurses, emergency nurses, emergency physicians, |
trained members of the public, and other out-of-hospital medical care providers; and |
WHEREAS, The 2025 theme for National EMS Week is “We Care. For Everyone.” This |
theme recognizes and celebrates the contributions of EMS professionals, including EMT’s, |
paramedics, and first responders who dedicate their lives to saving lives and providing critical |
care; and |
RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island hereby commemorates |
“National EMS Week” and encourages all Rhode Islanders recognize the contributions of EMS |
professionals and the essential service they provide to our communities; and be it further |
RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Marc R. Pappas, Director of the Rhode Island |
Emergency Management Agency. |
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