National Conference on EMS

Atlantic City - November 21 - 23, 2024 | Pre-Conference November 20, 2024

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2024 EMS Awards Program

The EMS Awards program provides an opportunity to recognize those individuals who have gone above and beyond the call of duty as well as citizens who have taken extraordinary action to help someone in need.  Please join us on Friday, November 22, 2024, at Harrah's Waterfront Conference Center in Atlantic City, as we honor these extraordinary individuals and programs!

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2024 EMS Award Nominees


 
Nomination First Name/ Agency Last Name
Dispatcher of the Year David Nye
Dispatcher of the Year Samuel Quintino
EMS Career Lifetime Achievement Award Bobbie Dickman
EMS Career Lifetime Achievement Award Micahel Alessi
EMS Career Lifetime Achievement Award Jay Stiefel
EMS Career Lifetime Achievement Award Jeffrey Goldstein
EMS Career Lifetime Achievement Award Kathyrn Staub
EMS Career Lifetime Achievement Award Paul Markinson
EMS Career Lifetime Achievement Award Arthur Kreyling
EMS Career Lifetime Achievement Award Laurie Sheldon
EMS Career Lifetime Achievement Award Frank Setnicky
EMS Community Service Award Marlboro EMS  
EMS Community Service Award N.J. Assoc. of EMS Educators  
EMS Community Service Award Cooper EMS  
EMS Community Service Award Township Of Lakewood EMS  
EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award Suzanne Barba
EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award Gary Breuer
EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award Floyd Goldstein
EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award Richard Huff
EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award Kevin Keeshen
EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award John Luts
EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award Carolyn Raff
EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award Jeffrey Rowan
EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award Frank Runza
EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award Laurie Sheldon
EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award Stuart Stolarz
EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award Vincent John Wardell
EMT of the Year Earl Corbin
EMT of the Year Tim Cranmer
EMT of the Year Domenico Deluca
EMT of the Year Nicholas Digrigorio Jr
EMT of the Year Alice Earls
EMT of the Year Kevin Frysztacki
EMT of the Year Kurt Gibson
EMT of the Year Patrick Handel
EMT of the Year Dana Laloo
EMT of the Year Timothy Smigelsky
EMT of the Year Eugene Stewart
EMT of the Year Neil Tucker
EMT of the Year Jordan Zeliff
First Responder of the Year Kyle Bender
First Responder of the Year Mark Clauss
First Responder of the Year Christopher Depreee
First Responder of the Year Michael Filandro
First Responder of the Year Timothy Geoghegan
H. Mickey McCabe Memorial Award Michael McCabe
H. Mickey McCabe Memorial Award Michael Bascom
H. Mickey McCabe Memorial Award Jeremy Hoffman
H. Mickey McCabe Memorial Award James Mazza
H. Mickey McCabe Memorial Award Gregory Rivera
H. Mickey McCabe Memorial Award Christopher Scaturo
Outstanding Action by an EMS Program Apollo Team  
Outstanding Action by an EMS Program Brick Township EMS/Rescue  
Outstanding Action by an EMS Program Ewing Township EMS  
Outstanding Action by an EMS Program Fair Haven First Aid Squad  
Outstanding Action by an EMS Program Freehold EMS  
Outstanding Action by an EMS Program Hainesport EMS  
Outstanding Action by an EMS Program Inspira Health EMS  
Outstanding Action by an EMS Program Lakewood EMS  
Outstanding Action by an EMS Program Montclair Ambulance Unit   
Outstanding Action by an EMS Program Atlantic Health Paramedics  
Outstanding Action by an EMS Program Robert Wood Johnson EMS  
Paramedic of the Year Tricia Carey
Paramedic of the Year Roderick Conboy
Paramedic of the Year Lauren Digiovanni
Paramedic of the Year Eric Frieluik
Paramedic of the Year Jeremy Hoffman
Paramedic of the Year Jacob Painter
Paramedic of the Year Michael Phillips
Paramedic of the Year Andrew Roche
Paramedic of the Year Hannah Ruggles
Paramedic of the Year David Schlachter
Paramedic of the Year Ryan Stickle
Prehospital Administrator of the Year Howard "Bucky" Buchanan
Prehospital Administrator of the Year Dave Ekelburg
Prehospital Administrator of the Year Todd Felter
Prehospital Administrator of the Year Joseph Giberson
Prehospital Administrator of the Year Gregory Hales
Prehospital Administrator of the Year James Mazza
Prehospital Administrator of the Year Art Samaras
Prehospital Administrator of the Year Neil Thorn
Prehospital Administrator of the Year Daniel Vega
Prehospital Educator of the Year Stephen Aiello
Prehospital Educator of the Year Dana Conte
Prehospital Educator of the Year John Dorn
Prehospital Educator of the Year Aron Gass
Prehospital Educator of the Year Jennifer McCarthy
Prehospital Educator of the Year Patrick McIlhenney
Prehospital Educator of the Year Jennifer Pulaski
Prehospital Educator of the Year Lydia Ramirez
Prehospital Educator of the Year Bil Rosen
Prehospital Educator of the Year Sandy Shaw
Prehospital Educator of the Year Grace Zelekovic
Prehospital Nurse of the Year Melissa Kirk
Prehospital Nurse of the Year Jessica Mastrocola
Prehospital Nurse of the Year Kasia Wolan
Prehospital Physician of the Year Michael Berkenbush
Prehospital Physician of the Year Barry Smith
Prehospital Physician of the Year Bill Wang
Prehospital Physician of the Year Tung-Lin Jesse Yuan
Prehospital Program of the Year Bergenfield Vol. Ambulance Corps  
Prehospital Program of the Year Cinnaminson Fire Department  
Prehospital Program of the Year Cooper EMS  
Prehospital Program of the Year Elsinboro Fire Company  
Prehospital Program of the Year Freehold EMS  
Prehospital Program of the Year Hackensack Univ. Medical Center EMS  
Prehospital Program of the Year Manchester Township EMS  
Prehospital Program of the Year Mansfield Township Ambulance Corps.  
Prehospital Program of the Year Monroe Township EMS (OH)  
Prehospital Program of the Year Montclair Ambulance Unit  
Prehospital Program of the Year Mountainside Rescue Squad  
Prehospital Program of the Year Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (FL)  
Prehospital Program of the Year Robert Wood Johnson EMS  
Prehospital Program of the Year South Orange Rescue Squad  
Prehospital Program of the Year Monmouth County Sheriff's Office EMS  
Prehospital Program of the Year University EMS  

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2024 EMS AWARDS CATEGORIES

Paramedic of the Year:

Honors a currently licensed mobile intensive care, mobile specialty care, or aeromedical paramedic who has provided an exceptional leadership role over the past year that positively impacted patient care, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, public education, and/or training. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional leadership while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

Prehospital Physician of the Year:

Honors a physician who has served as an EMS education and/or operational physician medical director for either an EMT, Paramedic and/or Critical Care Transport service. The contribution of the medical director has made a positive impact on patients and clinician safety. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional contribution while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

EMT of the Year:

Honors a currently licensed EMT who has provided an exceptional leadership role during the past year that positively impacted patient care, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, public education, and/or training. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional leadership while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

Outstanding Action by an EMS Program:

Honors a program or teams who responded to an outstanding call/incident/rescue by EMS clinicians. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional contribution while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

First Responder of the Year: 

Honors a first responder affiliated with an organization (e.g., police, fire, industrial) who provided exceptional leadership that positively impacted on-scene patient care, outstanding rescue, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, public education, and/or training. The nominee must only be trained to a maximum of a First Responder level. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional leadership while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

Outstanding EMS Action by a Citizen:

Honors a private citizen for unique advocacy of EMS or a lifesaving act that required quick thinking, fast action, and heroism. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional contribution while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

Prehospital Nurse of the Year:

Honors a currently licensed mobile intensive care, mobile specialty care, or aeromedical registered nurse who has provided an exceptional leadership role over the past year that positively impacted patient care, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, public education, and/or training. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional leadership while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

Outstanding EMS Action by a Youth:

Honors a child (15 years or younger) for unique advocacy of EMS or a lifesaving act that required quick thinking, fast action, and heroism. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional contribution while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

Prehospital Administrator of the Year:

Honors an EMS leader (e.g., director or coordinator) or Mobile Healthcare administrator from a local, county, regional, or state level who has made a positive contribution to patient care, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, public education, and/or training. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional leadership while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award:

Honors an individual for lifetime achievement (minimum service of 20 years or more) in EMS. At least 15 years of that experience must have been as a volunteer EMS clinician. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional contribution while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

Patient Safety Dispatcher of the Year:  

Honors a telecommunicator for outstanding effort in processing an emergency 9-1-1 call. The submission should summarize how the telecommunicator positively impacted patient care, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, and/or public education. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional leadership while including details to understand the impact achieved. Preferably, a digital recording or transcript of the call should be included.


EMS Career Lifetime Achievement Award:

Honors an individual for lifetime achievement (minimum service of 20 years or more) in EMS. At least 15 years of that experience must have been as a career EMS clinician. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional contribution while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

Prehospital Educator of the Year:

Honors a prehospital educator, instructor, course coordinator, or clinical educator who has advanced the education delivery to clinicians through innovation and creativity. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional innovation and creativity while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

Prehospital Program of the Year:

Honors a prehospital program that has exemplary achievement in areas of patient care, public access to EMS, disaster preparedness, public education, and/or training. The program maintains a positive image in the community and has taken meaningful and visible steps to assure the quality of patient and clinician safety. Steps by the program have resulted in improved patient care delivery, quality improvement programs, continuing education, and/or system integration. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional leadership while including details to understand the impact achieved.

 

H. Mickey MacCabe Memorial Award

In memory of H. Mickey McCabe, one of the founders of the New Jersey EMS Task Force; this award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated continuous advocacy and leadership that improved patient care and the overall impact of the Emergency Medical Services System.


EMS Community Service Award*:

This award is voted and selected by the public to recognize a program or organization that has made a non-patient care-focused commitment to exceptional community outreach in EMS. The actions of this program or organization positively impacted the community and has a lasting impact. Submission should provide truthful facts and detail that summarizes the exceptional contribution, while including details to understand the impact achieved

 *THE TOP FIVE PROGRAMS FOR THIS AWARD WILL BE VOTED ON BY THE PUBLIC and the winner is announced during the Awards Program.


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