[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 131, 115th Congress, 1st Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9612 of May 19, 2017

Emergency Medical Services Week, 2017

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

During Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week, we express our gratitude
for the hundreds of thousands of skilled personnel who help save lives
in communities across the United States each year. Through the hard work
and dedication of these career and volunteer first responders, Americans
receive the finest emergency medical treatment in their most vulnerable
moments. We also honor those EMS providers who have made the ultimate
sacrifice and given their lives in the line of duty.
Day or night, in every city, suburb, rural community, or wilderness
area, our Nation relies upon EMS providers to respond to every kind of
emergency situation to save lives and reduce suffering. In January, when
more than 70 tornadoes touched down in Georgia and Mississippi, injuring
many, EMS responders were there to help. In March, when wildfires
threatened Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas, taking lives and
forcing thousands from their homes, our EMS personnel were there
providing urgent medical care and patient transportation. Last month,
when flooding and tornadoes ravaged Missouri, Arkansas, and Texas, EMS
personnel once more came to their neighbors' aid. Whether they are
assisting during natural disasters or providing lifesaving care after
car accidents, heart attacks, sports injuries, or violent crime, EMS
personnel respond to tens of millions of requests for help each year in
our country. We rest easier knowing that they stand ready to answer the
call.
Over the past 50 years, our Nation's EMS system has evolved with ever-
developing medical, transportation, and communications tech

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nologies to meet the changing needs of our communities. The EMS Agenda
2050 project--a joint effort by the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, the Department of Health and Human Services, the
Department of Homeland Security, and the EMS community--will help
develop a vision for meeting our communities' future emergency medical
services needs and improve the health of all Americans. We commend these
efforts to develop innovative new treatments, advance and adapt medical
skills, establish stronger professional standards, and promote public
education and health. This week, we thank our EMS professionals for
their sustained commitment to excellence and dedication to service, and
share our hopes for a bright future that will make us all safer and
healthier.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 21 through May 27,
2017, as Emergency Medical Services Week. I encourage all Americans to
observe this occasion by showing their support for local EMS
professionals through appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this nineteenth day of
May, in the year of our Lord two thousand seventeen, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
first.
DONALD J. TRUMP