Remember the sense of accomplishment and pride you felt the first time you held someone’s life in your hands, and they walked away safe and healthy?
Dedicated EMS people like you experience that feeling on every run, every day.
From the beginning, the EMS mission has been held in high esteem by its pioneers and providers, not to mention the citizens of a grateful nation.
Now there’s an exciting opportunity to preserve that proud record of service for future generations of EMS professionals and the countless individuals they’ll serve.
The National EMS Museum Foundation project is a collaborative, nationwide effort to engage EMS workers and all Americans to celebrate the glorious past, present, and future of EMS; recognition of the vital roles of unsung heroes like you.
Visit our website, www.nemsmf.org, to see the sample of membership packages listed below.
Annual Collectors Patch PDMG
Your hand is needed in building the Museum Your gift to the National EMS Museum Foundation will help bring the dream ever closer to reality, the plan to erect a lasting brick and mortar museum, an EMS home that will stand as an inspiring, sure-to-be-visited tribute to our profession.
You’ll enjoy member benefits As a member of the foundation, you’ll automatically receive an inaugural patch and a collector patch, quarterly e-newsletter, sponsor discounts, and more!
Learn more about your membership and payment options at www.nemsmf.org and below:
No matter how you contribute, and gain instant membership, the process is easy. Join online or join by mail:
- Open the order form (requires Adobe Reader)
- Complete the form
- Make your payment by check or credit card
- Mail your contribution to PDMG, 201 N. 3rd St., Ste. 126, Oregon, IL 61061, Attn: National EMS Museum Membership
Did you know? The first recognized hospital-based ambulance service was out of Commercial Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio (now Cincinnati General) in 1865?
This was soon followed by other such services, notably the New York service based at Bellevue Hospital.
Edward Dalton, a former surgeon in the Union Army, had been charged with creating a hospital in lower New York, and his experiences from war led him to start an ambulance service in 1869, to bring the patients to the hospital faster and in more comfort.
Dalton claimed the service was the first of its kind, unaware of the work done in Cincinnati four years earlier. These NYC ambulances carried medical equipment, such as splints, a stomach pump, morphine, and brandy, reflecting contemporary medicine. Dalton believed that speed was of the essence, and horses were left harnessed, being attached to the ambulance by a ‘drop’or ‘snap’ harness, meaning they were ready to go within 30 seconds of being called.
These kind of interesting background facts — all kinds of historical EMS memorabilia,will be exhibited throughout the National EMS Museum . . . with your help.
Visit www.nemsmf.org and join today!