The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Hospital honors emergency service providers
TORRINGTON — In what has become an annual tradition, Charlotte Hungerford Hospital recently hosted its annual appreciation dinner to honor local emergency medical service agencies during National EMS Appreciation Week.
EMS Week brings together local communities and medical personnel to honor the dedication of those who provide the day-to-day lifesaving services of medicine’s “front lines.”
In 2018 in Torrington, EMS providers transported close to 10,000 patients to CHH as well as 3,000 patients to other facilities from the hospital, according to hospital officials.
“EMS providers are an extension of the hospital and provide life-saving interventions in the field. They make a difference and impact many lives every day. This was our opportunity to show our appreciation to all EMS providers and to thank them for the dedicated work they do,” said the hospital’s EMS and Emergency Management Coordinator Paul Rabeuf, in a written statement.
The event was held at Chatterley’s Banquet Facility in Torrington.
Among the recipients was John Pudlinski, Chief of Litchfield Volunteer Ambulance Service, who received appreciation from Rabeuf.
Visit www.charlottehungerford.org for information.
According to the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, in 1974, President Gerald Ford
authorized EMS Week to celebrate EMS practitioners and the important work they do in the nation’s communities. “NAEMT partners with the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) to lead annual EMS Week activities. Together, NAEMT and ACEP are working to ensure
that the important contributions of EMS practitioners in safeguarding the health, safety and wellbeing of their communities are fully celebrated and recognized,” its website reads. Its mission is “to represent and serve emergency and mobile healthcare practitioners including emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical responders, paramedics, advanced practice paramedics, critical care paramedics, flight paramedics, community paramedics, and mobile integrated healthcare practitioners.”