National EMS Museum Foundation Launches Membership Drive

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Dear EMS Professional,

Remember the sense of accomplishment and pride you felt the first time

you held someone's life in your hands,

and they walked away safe and healthy?

Dedicated EMS people like you experience that feeling on every run,

every day.

From the beginning, the EMS mission has been held in high esteem by its

pioneers and providers,

not to mention the citizens of a grateful nation.

Now there's an exciting opportunity to preserve that proud record of

service for future generations of EMS professionals and

the countless individuals they'll serve.

The National EMS Museum Foundation project is a collaborative,

nationwide effort to engage EMS workers

and all Americans to celebrate the glorious past, present, and future

of EMS; recognition of the vital roles of unsung heroes like you.

Visit our website, www.nemsmf.org, to see the sample of membership

packages listed below.

Annual Collectors PatchPDMG

201 N. 3rd St., Ste. 126

Oregon, IL 61061

Attn: National EMS Museum Membership

Annual Collectors Patch

Your hand is needed in building the Museum

Your gift to the National EMS Museum Foundation will help bring the

dream ever closer to reality,

the plan to erect a lasting brick and mortar museum, an EMS home that

will stand as an inspiring,

sure-to-be-visited tribute to our profession.

You'll enjoy member benefits

As a member of the foundation, you'll automatically receive an

inaugural patch and a collector patch,

quarterly e-newsletter, sponsor discounts, and more!

Learn more about your membership and payment options @ www.nemsmf.org

and below:

No matter how you contribute, and gain instant membership, the process

is easy. Join online or join by mail:

1. Open the order form (requires Adobe Reader)

2. Complete the form

3. Make your payment by check or credit card

4. Mail your contribution to PDMG, 201 N. 3rd St., Ste. 126,

Oregon, IL 61061, Attn: National EMS Museum Membership

Did you know?

The first recognized hospital-based ambulance service was out of

Commercial Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio (now Cincinnati General) in 1865?

This was soon followed by other such services, notably the New York

service based at Bellevue Hospital.

Dalton, a former surgeon in the Union Army, had been charged

with creating a hospital in lower New York,

and his experiences from war led him to start an ambulance service in

1869, to bring the patients to the hospital faster and in more comfort.

Dalton claimed the service was the first of its kind, unaware of the

work done in Cincinnati four years earlier. These NYC ambulances

carried medical equipment, such as splints, a stomach pump, morphine,

and brandy, reflecting contemporary medicine. Dalton believed that

speed was of the essence, and horses were left harnessed, being

attached to the ambulance by a 'drop'or 'snap' harness, meaning they

were ready to go within 30 seconds of being called.

These kind of interesting background facts ---all kinds of historical

EMS memorabilia,will be exhibited throughout the National EMS Museum .

.. . with your

help.

Visit the website @ www.nemsmf.org and join today!

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