Event

2024 EMS Awards Ceremony

The annual EMS Awards honor outstanding achievement and contribution to the San Francisco EMS System in the categories listed below.

Date

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
10:00 am to 11:30 am

Location

  • SF Public Library Main Branch

EMS System Dispatcher: Dispatcher who is an active provider of dispatch for EMS units and who exhibits exemplary performance in her/his/their quality of dispatching, caller, and incident support. 

EMS System Field Provider: EMT or Paramedic who is an active provider of EMS, and who exhibits exemplary performance in his/her/their quality of patient care, or who has performed an extraordinary act attempting to save a life. 

EMS System Hospital Provider: Nurse, Physician, or other staff in an emergency department who exhibits exemplary performance in his/her/their quality of patient care, or who performed an extraordinary act attempting the saving of a life. 

First Responder: First responder in the public safety profession, law enforcement official, or other non-EMS first responder who has exhibited exemplary performance while responding to an emergency that required them to provide medical care to a person in need, or who performed an extraordinary act attempting the saving of a life . 

Community: Member of the public, non-profit agency, organization, caretaker, volunteer, friend, or family member who contributes to emergency medical services through a response and intervention for an individual emergency, or by dedication to the improvement of EMS through community service. 

Raymond Lim Excellence in EMS: EMS professional who has made significant contributions and exemplifies outstanding commitment to professionalism, ethics and EMS quality over the course of a distinguished career in the tradition of the late Raymond Lim. 

Mary Magocsy Excellence in EMS and Disaster Leadership: Individual working in EMS administration who contributes to emergency medical services or disaster medicine by providing significant administrative support and leadership to the field of EMS in the tradition of the late Mary Magocsy. 

Community Paramedicine and Triage to Alternate Destination Provider of the Year: Recognizes a Community Paramedicine provider for excellence in care for patients with complex medical/social/behavioral health needs who has improved the system of care for patients in this new discipline of EMS Medicine.

The Awards Ceremony will be held on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 at 10AM at the SF Public Library Main Branch in the Koret Auditorium (100 Larkin St.). RSVP by Thursday, May 16, 2024.

 

For details about each award recipient, view the 2024 EMS Award Recipient Nomination Statements