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EMS Week 2018: The History of EMS

President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week in 1973 to celebrate the important work EMS practitioners do in our communities. EMS was a fledgling profession at that time and its practitioners were just starting to be recognized as a critical component of emergency medicine and its relation to public safety.

EMS is now well established as a vital component of medical care and an essential public funct...