Give a Week to the EMS
EMS or Emergency Medical Services is a system that provides emergency medical care. EMS is much more than a ride to the hospital. It is a system of coordinated emergency medical care, involving multiple people and companies.
In 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week to celebrate EMS workers for the work they do for our communities. Back in 1974, EMS was still a new profession, and workers had only just started to be recognized as a critical component of emergency medicine and the public health.
On any given day, EMS workers help save lives by responding to medical emergencies, including heart attack, difficulty breathing, a fall or accident, drowning, cardiac arrest, stroke, drug overdose or acute illness.
What is health care and why do you need it?
Health care is the maintenance or improvement of health via the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in human beings. Without health care, people would die.
“Home remedies are not the way to go about solving your medical issues, and you need to find yourself a professional. It’s like the first rule of first aid, you can’t help yourself.” - Yonglin Chen, Psychology Major
Nicole Stetsyuk