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EMS1 2008 Excellence in EMS Award



Announcing the winner of the 2008 Excellence in EMS Award ...


Your Life - Our Mission - My Honor

By Kelly Buddenhagen, NREMT-P with Gilmer County EMS in Ga.

Gasping for breath, no strength to move, pain ripping through my chest; I struggle to dial three simple numbers: 9 - 1 - 1. Time stretches by the minute, seeming like hours as I strain for air, will I survive to when help arrives? I think about my children, my parents, scenes start flowing in front of my eyes, I think of how this can’t be happening to me — too young, too healthy, too much to do. Where are they, it seems like hours since I dialed, I am fading — what will they think when they find me? ... Full Story

Read the EMS1 Exclusive about the winner



Excellence in EMS Award Honorable Mentions ...


Man in Black by Chance Marchiafava
and
Christmas with the Coastguard by Weyshawn Douglas Koons


Thank you to all the providers who submitted pieces!


THE JUDGES