Puckett EMS named top emergency medical service for 2016

in our area that are doing some great things,” said Amy Maxwell, the Public Information Officer for the Southeastern Emergency Medical Service Direction’s Association. “There were three key reasons why the selection committee chose Puckett EMS this year: evidence of exceptional patient and clinical care, industry leading training and technology; and an extraordinary community investment. Puckett EMS is doing it right.”

Puckett EMS has always been committed to clinical skill advancement of its employees as well as community training, but this past year they took an even bigger step by opening the doors to a new training facility. This facility not only provides a place for employees to advance their skills, but also serves as conduit to provide community and church leaders valuable first aid CPR and AED training. Puckett EMS began its Public Access Defibrillation Program in 2015 with a goal to provide over 30 Automatic External Defibrillators throughout the main points of gathering in the community and the necessary training to the community to ensure they are used properly in an emergency.

“One of the things that we believe at Puckett EMS is that we are dedicated to serving others,” said Shane Garrison, vice president and co-owner of Puckett EMS. “It’s a part of our company’s culture. We have employees that see a need in the community and they take action. We just stay out of their way and let them serve.

“From selling T-shirts to support cancer victims, to collecting transition bags for children in DFACS and foster care, they make it happen.”

Garrison said that this sense of service starts at the top.

“Steve Puckett and his wife Elaine are two of the most caring people that I know,” he said. “Their example of giving without an expectation of ever receiving anything in return, has set the expectation of service for our company from day one. They would never tell you that, but it is absolutely the truth.”

Other awards Puckett EMS recently received include EMT of the Year, Paramedic of the Year, Pediatric Call of the Year, Director of the Year, Small Business of the Year and the American Heart Association’s EMS STEMI Award. Puckett EMS is the preferred transport partner for multiple hospital systems including Erlanger Health System and Wellstar Health Systems, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and in Georgia.