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Contact: Lori Maldonado
Public Information Specialist
(303) 692-2028
For Immediate Release Monday, October 27, 2003
Emergency Medical Services Professionals Honored for Outstanding
Service to Coloradans
DENVER—The Prehospital Care Program at the Colorado Department of
Public Health and Environment has presented six awards to
individuals and agencies throughout the state for their outstanding
delivery of emergency medical services to Colorado’s citizens and
its thousands of visitors.
The sixth annual awards were presented at the annual Colorado
Emergency Medical Services conference held in Keystone, Colorado, on
Saturday, Oct. 25. Award recipients included:
· Charles Terrill, Rye, Colorado, received the “C.J. Shanaberger
Award” for his lifetime contributions of outstanding service.
Charles has played a major role in the establishment and recognition
of emergency medical services systems in the state. Charles was
nominated by Lynn Stevens, a flight nurse and paramedic, who said,
“Charles exemplifies the essence of this award for his commitment
and dedication to emergency medical services in Colorado. Charles
has been a leader in emergency medical services for 50 years.” The
award honors an individual whose contributions to prehospital care
have been consistent and have provided long-lasting improvements,
which are reflective of the work of C.J. Shanaberger. Shanaberger
was an emergency medical services professional who died in 1995. She
was known as the “spark plug” for emergency medical services because
of her passion for and dedication to her work. Charles Terrill is
now retired and can be reached at (719) 676-3522 at the Rye Fire
Protection District.
· Pam Gripp, director for the Baca Crestone Ambulance Service,
Crestone, Colorado, received the “Emergency Medical Services
Administrator of the Year Award” for her outstanding leadership and
mentoring contributions. The award honors an individual who serves
as a role model for emergency medical services managers statewide.
Gripp can be reached at (719) 256-4171.
· Gunnison Valley Hospital-Emergency Medical Services, Gunnison,
Colorado, received the “Emergency Medical Services Ambulance Service
of the Year Award.” The award honors an ambulance service that has
become a leader in patient care, medical control, quality assurance,
public education and access, training and education.
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Gunnison Valley Hospital-Emergency Medical Services received the
award because of their tremendous progress in an advanced life
support system and state approved training center. Robert Austin,
president of the hospital, can be reached at (970) 641-1456.
· Scott Nelson, emergency medical services paramedic and
instructor/coordinator for South Metro Fire Rescue, Greenwood
Village, Colorado, received the “Emergency Medical Services
Instructor of the Year Award,” for providing hundreds of hours of
training in Colorado and for his role as outstanding educator,
mentor, counselor and friend. The award honors an outstanding
instructor of an approved training program for emergency medical
technicians and paramedics. Nelson can be reached at (720) 488-7170.
· Kim Schallenberger, regional coordinator for the Plains to Peaks
Regional Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Council, Kit Carson,
Colorado, received the “Emergency Medical Services and Trauma
Council Coordinator of the Year Award.” The award recognizes
coordination, communication and collaboration of emergency medical
services and trauma services, resources and communication. Kim can
be reached at (719) 962-3200.
· The Weld County Emergency Communication Center, Greeley, Colorado,
received the “Emergency Medical Services Dispatch Agency of the Year
Award” for its devotion to bringing emergency medical dispatcher
training, professional services and quality emergency medical
dispatching to northern Colorado. The award honors a dispatch agency
that serves as a role model for dispatching emergency medical
services calls.
The Weld County Emergency Communication Center can be reached at
(970) 350-9600.
The sponsors of the annual awards are the University of Colorado
Hospital’s Department of Emergency Medicine and the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment’s Prehospital Care
Program.
Michael Armacost, Prehospital Care Program director and co-host of
the ceremony, said, “Each year it is harder and harder to select the
award winners because there are so many individuals and agencies
that impact all of us on a daily basis. Any accident victim has a
better chance of survival because of the work and dedication of
these individuals and agencies.”
For more information about the awards, call Michael Merrill at (303)
692-2994.
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