A number of native EMS professionals, suppliers win at Governor’s EMS Awards

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A number of native people and suppliers within the EMS subject received awards this previous Saturday on the Governor’s EMS Awards in Norfolk.

The winners embrace Sentara’s Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance, which received the Governor’s EMS Award for Excellent EMS Company.

The awards are held alongside the Virginia Division of Well being Workplace of Emergency Medical Providers’ Annual EMS Symposium. The week-long occasion permits attendees to earn as much as 26 hours of continuous schooling credit for recertification as an EMS supplier, with greater than 300 class periods.

“Every year, many gifted and devoted EMS suppliers and organizations are acknowledged for his or her distinctive contributions to Virginia’s EMS System,” stated Gary Brown, director, Virginia Workplace of EMS. “It’s an unimaginable honor to be acknowledged at this stage, and we drastically admire all the nominees and award recipients for his or her onerous work and dedication to responding to the decision for assist and offering the very best prehospital emergency care in Virginia.”

Different winners embrace R.N. Lou Ann Miller from Riverside Regional Medical Heart in Newport Information (Governor’s EMS Award for Nurse with Excellent Contribution to EMS), Tyler Reid with the York County Division of Fireplace and Life Security (Governor’s EMS Award for Excellent EMS Prehospital Supplier) and the Peninsulas EMS Council Pediatric Care Committee in Gloucester (Governor’s EMS Award for Excellent Contribution to EMS for Youngsters).

“Virginia is blessed to have an excellent community of highly-skilled EMS suppliers and organizations, who stand prepared 24/7 to offer life-saving care inside minutes of a 911 name,” stated State Well being Commissioner Colin M. Greene, MD, MPH. “My congratulations to the people and organizations being acknowledged this 12 months, and a honest because of those that attempt day-after-day to make emergency medical providers in Virginia the instance for others to comply with.”

Right here’s the complete checklist of winners:

• The Governor’s EMS Award for Excellence in EMS – Gary Samuels, Bon Secours, Rappahannock Normal and Mary Immaculate Hospitals
• The Governor’s EMS Award for Excellent Contribution to Management in EMS (The Kent J. Weber Trophy) – Jon Henschel, Winchester Fireplace and Rescue Division
• The Governor’s EMS Award for Doctor with Excellent Contribution to EMS (The Frank M. Yeiser Trophy) – Michel Aboutanos, M.D., VCU Well being
• The Governor’s EMS Award for Nurse with Excellent Contribution to EMS – Lou Ann Miller, R.N., Riverside Regional Medical Heart
• The Governor’s EMS Award for Excellent EMS Prehospital Educator – Penny Kelly, Fairfax County Faculties
• The Governor’s EMS Award for Excellent EMS Prehospital Supplier – Tyler Reid, York County Division of Fireplace and Life Security
• The Governor’s EMS Award for Excellent Contribution to EMS Well being and Security – Jennifer Collins, Lynchburg Fireplace Division
• The Governor’s EMS Award for Excellent Contribution to EMS for Youngsters – Peninsulas EMS Council Pediatric Care Committee
• The Governor’s EMS Award for Excellent EMS Company – Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance
• The Governor’s EMS Award for Excellent Contribution to EMS Telecommunication – Adriane Heiden, Loudoun County Fireplace and Rescue
• The Governor’s EMS Award for Excellent Contribution to EMS Emergency Preparedness and Response (The James A. Nogle, Jr. Trophy) – Kenneth Smith, CJW Medical Heart
• The Governor’s EMS Award for Innovation Excellence in EMS – Outdated Dominion EMS Alliance
• The Governor’s EMS Award for Excellent Contribution to EMS by a Excessive Faculty Senior (The Dr. Carol Gilbert $5,000 Scholarship) – Michael Lansing, Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad