Presidential Document2023-11202
Emergency Medical Services Week, 2023
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Published
May 24, 2023
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May 19, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2023)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11202]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 24, 2023 /
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Proclamation 10583 of May 19, 2023
Emergency Medical Services Week, 2023
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Every day, across our country, paramedics, emergency
medical technicians, 911 dispatchers, and other first
responders rush to fellow Americans' aid with
compassion and lifesaving strength. During Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) Week, we celebrate their service
and recommit to getting them the resources and support
they need to do their essential frontline work for us
all.
The pandemic made every American aware of the absolute
courage and incredible sacrifices made by EMS providers
nationwide. They have had to work longer hours, taking
on new roles and new risks, often at great personal
cost--whether braving a deadly virus, rushing to save
victims of gun violence, enduring dangerous natural
disasters, or simply supporting people at the most
vulnerable moments of their lives. We owe them. We have
a duty to care for those who care for us.
Since I took office, my Administration has worked to
help State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments
keep EMS providers on the payroll, buy better
equipment, and improve training. We have made resources
available to help first responders deal with trauma and
burnout. And we are helping to ease the crippling
student debt burden that so many EMS providers live
with by finally fixing the Public Service Loan
Forgiveness program. I am proud that, to date, we have
helped over 450,000 public service employees, including
EMS providers, see billions of dollars in student loans
erased. Meanwhile, we are working to ease staffing
shortages by making it easier for fire departments to
retain and recruit more firefighters, who often provide
emergency medical services so other first responders
will not be stretched thin.
Saving lives is not just what tireless EMS providers
do--it is who they are. I have seen their commitment up
close. They are the steel spine of our Nation, and they
give each of us the peace of mind of knowing that
someone will be there to catch us if we fall.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of
the United States of America, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 21 through
May 27, 2023, as National Emergency Medical Services
Week. I call upon public officials, doctors, nurses,
paramedics, EMS providers, and all the people of the
United States to observe this week with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities to honor our brave
EMS workers and to pay tribute to the EMS providers who
have lost their lives in the line of duty.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
nineteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-three, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
seventh.
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