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NEXT MEETING is Tuesday July 14, 2009 at the South Carolina Office of Rural Health, 1:00 p.m. IMPORTANT!!!! DHEC Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Update from CDC-for EMS… (CLICK HERE) EMS WEEK MESSAGE As we approach another EMS week let’s all take a moment to reflect on why we answer the calls. Day and night, rain or shine, whether you’re on your 18th run in an urban jungle or going stir-crazy from hours of unfulfilled anticipation at a remote rural sub-station…sure, you have your personal reasons. We know that you also do it because you care. There is no greater calling than to help the sick and injured and to reduce morbidity and mortality. At this special time, the board of directors of the South Carolina Rural EMS Coalition says…THANK YOU… to the services large and small, EMTs, Intermediates and Paramedics and to our allied EMS agencies and organizations: SC DHEC EMS Division SC Office of Rural Health Regional EMS Councils SC EMS Association SC EMS Educators Association SC EMS PIER Team Let’s all have a good EMS Week and a safe year! And The Winner Is The winner of the EMS Action Clock drawing from our booth at the SC EMS Symposia is Kirstin Peaslee of the Pacolet Mills Rescue Squad. Welcome New Members Midway Fire Rescue Terry Oliver William Tatum Tami Massey, MD Tony Hucks Belton EMS Pickens County EMS Rodney Herd Timmonsville Rescue Squad Merrie Willis Kate Smith Landrum Rescue Squad SC EMS Symposium Your coalition was present at the 2009 SC EMS Symposium. We got to visit with many of you in Myrtle Beach and gave away over 300 of our new pocket reference book. SCREMSC Exhibit at EMS Symposia Congratulations to LANDRUM RESCUE SQUAD the 2009 SC Small EMS Service of the Year! SCREMSC Featured In National Magazine The January Issue of Rural Roads published by the National Rural Health Association has a short article about rural EMS in South Carolina and the creation of the SC Rural EMS Coalition. The article was written by our executive director Bill Minikiewicz. Membership Approves Two Position Papers At the October meeting, the membership approved a position paper asking for better quality assurance feedback from trauma centers and medical helicopter services. The membership also approved a paper asking for representation on the DHEC EMS Advisory Council. (Read the papers here.) |



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