It’s up to you to nominate who’s
outstanding in EMS.
DEADLINE OCTOBER 6, 2009!
It’s already time to start
thinking about nominations for Texas EMS Awards.
What are
all those awards?
Have you
ever been nominated for a Texas EMS Award? Have you ever nominated
anyone? If you’ve been nominated or done the nominating, you know just
how exciting it is when the awards are announced at Texas EMS
Conference.
Each
category honors a person or organization that exemplifies the best that
EMS/trauma system has to offer. It’s quite an honor to be nominated and
to win. The categories and the explanations are listed below
and on
the nomination form. Once you’ve
chosen the correct category, the rest is pretty easy.
How
can I nominate someone or a service for an award?
Go
to the award
nomination form. Save this Microsoft Word document to your computer
and fill it out by clicking in the gray areas beside each question. When
you finish, save the file and email it back to EMSAwards@dshs.state.tx.us.
Fill
out the information requested on the form. Include written examples of why this
person or organization should win. Please be specific, using examples
when possible. Keep in mind that the people who review the nominations
most likely won’t be as familiar with your nominee as you are.
Send
the file to us by email no later than October 6,
2009. The packets are then given to programs in the
Office of EMS and Trauma Systems Coordination and sent to each EMS zone
office. Each program and zone ranks the nominations for each category
and returns the information to the Office, where scores are tallied.
Scores are kept confidential from all except those who tally the scores.
Winners are announced at the Awards Luncheon at Texas EMS Conference.
Click here
for the Awards Nomination Form.
Award Categories 2009
EMS Educator Award honors a
state-certified EMS instructor or course coordinator who offers advanced
EMS education in Texas.
EMS Medical Director Award
honors a physician who has served as a medical director, on-line or
off-line, for an EMS organization.
EMS Administrator Award
honors an administrator, researcher or manager at the local, city,
county, regional or state level who has made a positive contribution to
EMS.
Public Information/Injury
Prevention Award honors an EMS group or individual for outstanding
achievement in public education or injury prevention.
Citizen Award honors a
private citizen for a heroic lifesaving act or unique advocacy of EMS.
Private/Public Provider Award
honors a ground or air organization that demonstrated a leadership role
in EMS by achievement in areas of patient care,
public access, medical control, disaster preparedness, public education
and training.
Volunteer Provider Award
honors an organization staffed by volunteers that assumed a leadership
role in EMS by achievement in areas of patient care, public access,
medical control, disaster preparedness, public education and training.
First Responder Award honors a
first responder organization that assumed a leadership role in EMS by
achievement in areas of patient care, public access, medical control,
disaster preparedness, public education and training.
Air Medical Service Award
honors a public or private air medical service in Texas, a leader in the
field, that has demonstrated the highest standards in providing patient
care to the citizens of Texas.
Outstanding EMS
Person of the Year honors an EMS-certified person who has
demonstrated uncommon leadership and courage in providing emergency
medical service to the citizens of Texas.
Telecommunicator
of the Year honors a person
or team who handles a call or system event with
a professionalism and efficiency that allowed the first responders on
the scene to give the patients the best patient care possible. An individual or a team is
eligible for the award.
Trauma
Center Award honors a designated trauma facility in Texas
that has demonstrated leadership and high standards in implementing
injury prevention programs and providing trauma patient care to the
citizens and visitors of Texas.
Regional Advisory Council Award honors a
regional advisory council in Texas
that has demonstrated leadership and high standards in improving emergency medical
service to the citizens of Texas.
Click here for the Awards Nomination Form.