Huron Valley Ambulance seeks Life Saving Award and Heart Safe Award nominations

March 12, 2010

Huron Valley Ambulance is seeking nominations for Life Saving Awards and Heart Safe Awards, two of their annual Emergency Medical Services Recognition Awards. The Awards program will take place during National EMS Week on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 in Ann Arbor. The deadline for both award nominations is Friday, April 9, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.

For the Life Saving Award, nominees can be citizens of any age who live in the HVA service area who have saved, or attempted to save, a life under unusual or extraordinary circumstances. Nominees also must not have received an award for their life saving deed from any other organization.

For the Heart Safe Award, which HVA created in 2008, nominees can be any business or organization that meets the following criteria for creating a “heart safe” environment at their workplace:

• automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in all buildings

• staff trained in CPR/AEDs in all buildings

• regularly practiced cardiac emergency response plan in place

Forms for both award nominations are available online at www.hva.org. To request a nomination form or for questions, call Nancy Raupp in Community Relations at 734-477-6782 or e-mail communityrelations@hva.org.

Based in Ann Arbor, Huron Valley Ambulance is a nationally accredited, nonprofit community ambulance service covering Washtenaw, western Wayne and southwest Oakland counties.