Each year, the federal Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Program partners with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) to celebrate Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week. The Wednesday within the week-long celebration is designated as EMSC Day.
National EMS Week and EMSC Day feature hundreds of grassroots activities coast-to-coast. On Wednesday, local communities and medical personnel are encouraged to focus their EMS Week activities on raising public awareness about the need for specialized emergency care for children.
To help EMSC grantees plan for the 2009 celebration, the EMSC National Resource Center created the 2009 EMSC Day Planning Booklet. In addition to providing useful ideas about planning for the day-long celebration, the booklet references many downloadable items, which you can use to help promote pediatric emergency medical care within your community; to decorate letterhead, websites, and emails; and to educate and entertain children. The following items are available for download:
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In 2009, the NRC also hosted a special event to commemorate the celebration. The event was held at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, and featured many fun activities and give-aways. See the promotional flyer for additional details. Also available is a podcast featuring an interview between Heather Caspi, editor-in-chief of www.EMS Responder.com, and EMSC Family Representative Melanie Jarreau on the importance of EMSC and the celebration of EMSC Day 2009.
The 2009 EMS Week Planning Kit is also available for download through ACEP.
