Newswise — (Boston, MA, May 20, 2020).  The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Committee of the Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals is pleased to join our hospital Emergency Medicine colleagues, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the National Association of EMT’s, Governor Charles D. Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, and City of Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh in celebrating National EMS Week 2020, commencing May 17th, 2020.

We join with our colleagues locally and nationally to express our profound appreciation to our Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics, Nurses and EMS professionals who serve on the frontlines every day with ground ambulance and critical care services, and air critical care transport. 

We are particularly grateful for the dedication, skill, courage, and partnership of our EMS colleagues throughout this COVID-19 public health emergency. 

We look forward to celebrating with you throughout National EMS Week, 2020, and we hope you recognize some familiar faces in the video we have created to express our thanks.

Governor Baker Proclamation:

http://www.cobth.org/EMS%20Proclamations/GovernorBakerProclamation.National%20EMS%20Week%202020%20Scan.pdf

Mayor Walsh Proclamation:

http://www.cobth.org/EMS%20Proclamations/MayorWalshProclamation.2020.pdf

COBTH EMS Committee “Thank You” Video