Be Part of the Solution: Vax Up!

JEMS proudly gives two thumbs up to the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Division of EMS, which, in partnership with the Mentor Fire Department, created an outstanding “Vax Up” edition of their “Be Part of the Solution” public service announcement (PSA) series. The Division of EMS created, and is encouraging distribution, of this PSA as a resource to encourage EMS providers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, to highlight the importance of vaccination to all public safety personnel and to the community, and to encourage the populations in the upcoming phases of the vaccination plan to be immunized against COVID-19. Related COVID-19 Can Kill You Now or Later. You Should Take the Vaccine. Watch: OH EMS Medical Director Receives COVID VaccinationEMS Needs to Assume the Role of Messaging for COVID-19 Carol Cunningham, MD, FAAEM, FAEMS, State Medical Director, and member of the JEMS Editorial Board, helped spearhead this effort. Her memo to EMS providers, announcing the PSA, notes the significant impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on frontline healthcare workers, including EMS providers, and points out that it has been, overwhelming.  She added: “The record-setting numbers of illness, hospitalization, and death due to COVID-19 substantially increased the demand for patient assessment, triage, transport, and treatment by all sectors of our healthcare system. Nationwide, including in Ohio, the availability of EMS providers continues to be strained ...
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