Proclamation 5852 --
Emergency Medical Services Week, 1988
By
the President of the
A
Proclamation
At
some point, virtually all of us or members of our families have witnessed or
benefited from the life-saving actions of the dedicated members of emergency
medical service teams. These skillful Americans richly deserve the gratitude
and esteem of all their countrymen, every day of the year and especially during
Emergency Medical Services Week.
Those
who make up emergency medical service teams -- doctors and nurses, medical
technicians and paramedics, and educators and administrators, as well as many
devoted volunteers and members of law enforcement, fire fighters, and park
rangers -- work together for all of us. Every day, their knowledge, training,
and efficiency help them save lives and care for accident victims and the
critically ill. Often, they must work under difficult or even dangerous
conditions; but always, they seek and strive to preserve life and health.
The
efforts of emergency medical service teams extend also to research into the
discovery of new methods and technology for the improvement of their work; to
establishment and enhancement of strong professional standards; and to
effective public education to reduce loss of life from emergencies. The
experienced emergency medical service personnel in our neighborhoods and
communities can teach us all a great deal about accident prevention, good
health habits, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and what to do in medical
emergencies.
Let
us each be sure to offer all emergency medical service team members our
support, cooperation, consideration, and thanks for all they do, day in and day
out.
The
Congress, by House Joint Resolution 539, has designated the week beginning
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of September, in
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight, and of the
Ronald
Reagan
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