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RESOLUTION NO. 08-154
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF
MAY 18, 2008, THROUGH MAY 24, 2008,
AS "EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK"
IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, the Board of county Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida, has made the following determinations:
1. Emergency medical professionals and volunteers provide
medical care to victims of sudden, life-threatening injuries and
illnesses, often under stressful conditions and in high-risk
situations, to save lives.
2. Florida's residents and visitors benefit daily from the
knowledge, skill, and judgment of paramedics, emergency medical
technicians, firefighters, educators, administrators, emergency
nurses, and others who encompass the emergency medical services
system.
3. Emergency medical personnel must rapidly assess, manage,
and effectively provide care in unpredictable situations requiring
life and death judgments.
4. Florida's EMS teams unselfishly serve on the front line
of health care when responding to man-made and natural disasters,
at the local, state, and national level.
5. It is critical for the general public to be made aware
of, understand, support, and effectively use its local emergency
medical services systems.
6. This Board believes that the emergency medical system
should be recognized for its accomplishments and contributions to
improve public welfare through health care, medical transportation,
injury prevention, education, disaster response, homeland security
and other initiatives that reduce health care costs and save lives.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of COUhty
Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, that this Board does
hereby proclaim the week of May 18, 2008, through May 24, 2008, as
"EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES WEEK" in St. Lucie County, Florida.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 13th day öf May, 2008.
ATTEST:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
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