Awards Nominations
EMSAC has moved the Spring EMS awards presentation, held the last few years at a Spring Awards gala, back to fall and all the state EMS awards will be presented together at the Colorado State EMS Conference.

This will be an exciting event, now with the more than 900 people at the conference able to see the presentation, meet the award winners and hear their remarkable stories. This will be a change from the more formal Spring Gala; we hope to continue to conduct the Silent Auction to raise money for EMSAC's EMS scholarship program and with an audience of 700 more people it can be very successful.

Nominations submitted for the 2011 Spring Awards have been accepted as always and will be folded right into the fall event. Thank you to everyone that sent in nominations by the Spring deadline.

Deadline for nominations for the new fall awards presentation

The deadline for all awards, both fall and spring, for this year will be September 22, and nothing else changes. Please use the nomination form to submit nominations. This includes what have been the "Spring Awards" so you have extra time this year to write that superlative nomination.


EMSAC Awards:

The Childrens Hospital  Award for Commitment to Peditaric Emergency Care
Recognizes an EMS agency, medical facility, local or regional EMS system, either individually or in any combination, for their prehospital or out-of-hospital care and transport of pediatric patients.  Selected by The Childrens Hospital.

EMS Administrator of the Year
Honors an individual EMS administrator who has become a leader in EMS and serves as a role model for EMS Managers throughout the state.

Francis Mildred Roth Women in EMS Award
A tribute to  women in Colorado EMS, and for those who have served their community and integrated safety prevention, education, and their love for the community in their lives.  The Roth Award is for outstanding women who have helped carve out the history of Colorado EMS.  Women who have made the difference through innovative contributions at a local, state,  or national level. Francis Mildred Roth was one of the first female EMS professionals in Colorado. She embodied the true spirit of volunteers.  She saved lives, fought fires, taught basic first aid and CPR.  She helped build the first local firehouse in her community, coached little league baseball and was also recognized as teacher of the year.

C.J. Shanaberger Lifetime Achievement Award
Honors an individual whose contributions to prehospital care have been consistent and long lasting, representing in effect, a lifetime of outstanding service to the profession and the public. Dr. Robert Campbell Award for Distinguished and Meritorious Service. This award was established to recognize those individuals for their dedication and devotion to excellence in EMS, or for dedicated service to EMSAC or EMS. Examples: Exceptional service as an EMSAC officer or committee member; service on an EMS committee or organization at any level; assistance to an EMS provider (helping with fundraising, membership drive, etc. while not a member of the organization).  Criteria: Active in EMSAC or EMS.

Dr. Valentin E. Wohlauer Award for Physician Excellence in EMS
This award honors the memory of Dr. Wohlauer, who directed the EMS section of the Colorado Department of Health and brought into being many of the outstanding EMS components now existing in Colorado. The award is presented to a Colorado physician who has made a substantial contribution to the advancement of EMS in Colorado.  Criteria: Colorado licensed physician (M.D. or D.O.). Currently involved in EMS as a medical director or educator.  Extensive biographical information will assist awards committee.

EMS Ambulance Service of the Year
The award honors an ambulance service which has become a leader in patient care, medical control, quality assurance, public education, public access and training and education.
 
EMSAC Citizen Rescuer Award for Valor
Members of EMSAC are, primarily, actively involved in providing emergency medical service to residents of, and visitors to, Colorado. Whether paid or volunteer professional EMTs, our members have chosen to train themselves and stand ready to aid those in distress.  Nevertheless, we acknowledge professionals can not always "be there" in time for everyone. And, we recognize that untrained civilians frequently step forward, usually without a second thought or moment's hesitation, committing themselves to saving another human in peril. EMSAC wishes to recognize such civilians, who, without training or regard for personal consequence, have shown unselfish personal valor by attempting the rescue, be it friend or stranger. Criteria: Any person not trained in, active in, or affiliated with the provision of emergency medical or rescue service who has shown valor in an attempt (successful or unsuccessful) to rescue another. The incident in which the nominee intervened will have taken place in Colorado. However, the nominee need not be a resident of Colorado. The nominator need not have been involved in the incident. The nomination should include: a personal profile of the nominee; a detailed account of the incident and the nominees actions; letters of support from emergency responders involved in the incident. Also include, if available, any news reports of the incident in the form of newspaper/magazine clippings, videotape, etc. 

Gold Honor for Saving Life
This award recognizes those who perform exceptional or heroic actions in saving or attempting to save the life of another. The nominee may be subject to grave personal risk or danger in doing so. It is recognized that EMS personnel routinely provide life-sustaining services in the course of their work and are often faced with certain danger in doing so. However, it is those times when a person will display significant and exceptional heroism and face substantial risk of there own life in saving or attempting to save a patient. It is this exceptional valor that EMSAC chooses to recognize. Examples: Rescue of a patient from a submerged vehicle; rendering care to a patient where danger of fire, explosion, electrical shock, toxic or hazardous material, etc. jeopardize the safety of the EMT and patient; where location, terrain or other natural hazard pose a serious threat to the safety of the rescuer. Criteria: Colorado Certified EMT (any level), active in delivery of EMS for at least one year, and is affiliated EMS agency. Documentation of incident is required.

Dr. Robert Campbell Award for Distinguished and Meritorious Service
This award honors the dedicated service to EMSAC of Dr. Robert Campbell and recognizes individuals for their dedication and devotion to excellence in EMS, or for dedicated service to EMSAC or EMS. Examples: Exceptional service as an EMSAC officer or committee member; service on an EMS committee or organization at any level; assistance to an EMS professional (helping with fundraising, membership drive, etc. while not a member of the organization). Criteria: Active in EMSAC or EMS.

The Childrens Hospital Emergency Pediatric Lifesaver Award
To recognize individual prehospital EMS professionals, or crews, whose outstanding treatment and care of a critically injured or ill pediatric patient was of such caliber that the patient(s) would not have survived without their critical on-scene and transport decision-making and intervention.

EMS First Responder of the Year
Annually recognizes one individual who, by outstanding actions and contributions to the advancement of excellence in the delivery of emergency care to the citizens of Colorado, is identified as representing the ideal EMS First Responder. Criteria: certified first responder (or equivalent, i.e., National Ski Patrol Outdoor Emergency Care) active in delivery of EMS for at  least one year, attached to or employed by an EMS agency; or serving in an emergency service capacity within a private entity (i.e., industrial safety team) or any other emergency service discipline (i.e., law enforcement, SAR, etc.).

EMT-Basic of the Year
Annually recognizes one individual who, by outstanding actions and contributions to the advancement of excellence in the delivery of emergency care to the citizens of Colorado, is identified as representing the ideal EMT-Basic. Criteria: Colorado certified EMT-B, active in delivery of EMS for at least one year, attached to or employed by an EMS agency.

EMT-Intermediate of the Year
Annually recognizes one individual who, by outstanding actions and contributions to the advancement of excellence in the delivery of emergency care to the citizens of Colorado, is identified as representing the ideal EMT-Intermediate. Criteria: Colorado certified EMT-I, active in delivery of EMS for at least one year, attached to or employed by an EMS agency.

EMT-Paramedic of the Year
Annually recognizes one individual who, by outstanding actions and contributions to the advancement of excellence in the delivery of emergency care to the citizens of Colorado, is identified as representing the ideal EMT-Paramedic. Criteria: Colorado certified EMT-P, active in delivery of EMS for at least one year, attached to or employed by an EMS agency.

EMSAC Life Honor Membership Award
This award recognizes those who, by exceptionally devoted service and dedication to EMSAC and EMS in general, have merited a permanent no-fee membership. The membership shall include a subscription to the Star, but shall not include voting rights unless the criteria for regular membership are met. Criteria: Active in EMSAC or EMS in Colorado.

RETAC Coordinator of the Year
Honors an individual for outstanding achievement in developing an EMS system in a multiple county area or region of the state.

EMSAC's Peg Hamilton Award
This award honors Peg Hamilton as a founding member, secretary, treasurer and vice-president of EMSAC, and her devotion and dedication to EMS in Colorado. The award recognizes a member of the Board of Directors who has shown  the most outstanding performance and highest involvement in EMSAC and EMS over the past year. Criteria: Member of the EMSAC Board of Directors. Nominated by a member of the Board of Directors, selected by secret ballot of the Board of Directors.

Dr. Gerald Gordon Instructor of the Year
Honors an outstanding instructor of an approved training program for EMTs. Eligibility: any state approved I/C. Written endorsement from the training program medical director must accompany the nomination.

Emergency Medical Dispatcher of the Year
Honors a group or individual for outstanding effort in processing and dispatching a specific, or multiple, EMS calls. If available, include a tape of the call.

EMSAC President's Award
Presented by the president to a deserving individual at the presidents discretion.

Previous Award Winners
Award Recipient Agency Year
EMS Dispatcher of the Year Michelle Haynes Weld County Regional Communications Center 2010
EMS Instructor of the Year Rick Knuth and Audrey Jennings Grand County EMS 2010
EMT-B of the Year Esther and LeRoy England Campo Quick Response Team 2010
EMT-I of the Year Debbie Denny Inter-Canyon Fire/Rescue 2010
Presidents Award EMTS Section staff, CDPHE   2010
First Responder of the Year Bill Given Limon Ambulance Service 2010
EMS Region of the Year Linda Underbrink Foothills RETAC 2010
Emergency Pediatric Lifesaver Award
Tamara Peterson and Crystal Bishop Denver Health Paramedic Division 2010
Ambulance Service of the Year Grand County EMS   2010
CJ Shanaberger Lifetime Achv. Dr. Keith Battan Kaiser Pediatrics 2010
Dr. Wohlaeur Physican Excellence in EMS James Cusick   2010
Francis Mildred Roth Women in EMS Bobbie Vetter Yampa F.P.D. 2010
EM Dispatcher of the Year Heatherlynn Schreier El Paso County Sheriffs Office 2009
EMS Instructor of the Year Dave Pace Pridemark Paramedics 2009
EMT-B of the Year Bryan Rowland Grand County EMS 2009
EMT-P of the Year Ginger Flynn Calhan Fire Protection District 2009
Presidents Award Roy Ramos HealthONE EMS/Swedish 2009
EMS Administrator of the Year Tim Dienst Ute Pass Regional Ambulance District 2009
Ambulance Service of the Year Community Ambulance Service   2009
CJ Shanaberger Lifetime Achv. Tom Candlin St. Anthony Hopsital Prehospital Services 2009
Distinguished Service  Joanne Kean Boundtree Medical Sales (retired) 2009
Dr. Wohlaeur Physican Excellence in EMS Dr. Bruce Campbell Memorial Star Flight 2009
Citizen rescuer Award for Valor Prince, Lebofsky, Foley, Craft, Brookman, Mendez-Saucedo   2009
The Childrens' Hospital Award for Commitment to Pediatric Emergency Care Weld County Paramedics New this year 2009
EM Dispatcher of the Year Zane Nestor Lincoln Co. S.O. 2008
EMS Instructor of the Year Pat Wilson Durango Fire & Resue 2008
EMT-B of the Year Eunice Weber Kiowa Co. EMS 2008
EMT-I of the Year Ted Foth Kit Carson Co. EMS 2008
EMT-P of the Year David Montesi Evergreen FD 2008
Presidents Award Robert Mosbaugh Summit Co. Ambulance Service 2008
EMS Region of the Year Kim Schallenberger PtP RETAC 2008
EMS Administrator of the Year Marshall Cook Lamar Fire & EMS 2008
Ambulance Service of the Year Gunnison EMS Gunnison EMS 2008
CJ Shanaberger Lifetime Achv. Joel Maxcy Cheyenne County Ambulance 2008
Distinguished Service  Dr. David Ross   2008
Gold Honor for Saving Life Steve Jennings Palisade Fire Department 2008
Dr. Wohlaeur Physican Excellence in EMS Dr. John Riccio Littleton/Porter/Parker PHS 2008
Francis Mildred Roth Women in EMS Candy Shoemaker SW Teller County EMS 2008
EMS Administrator-of-the-Year  Ray Jennings Grand County EMS 2007
EMT-Basic of the Year Marilynn Jones Community Ambulance Service 2007
EMT-Intermediate of the Year Dave Baysinger Calhan Fire Protection District 2007
EMT-Paramedic of the Year J.T. Orta AMR of Colorado Springs 2007
Francis Mildred Roth Women in EMS Award  Twila Gorton Community Ambulance Service 2007
Ambulance Service of the Year Kit Carson County EMS Kit Carson County EMS 2006
EMD/Dispatch Agency of the Year Angi M. Seig Grand County S.O. 2006
EMS Administrator of the Year Ted Sayer AMR of Colorado -  El Paso Co. Operations 2006
EMSAC BoD "Peg Hamilton" Award Sean Caffrey Summit Co. Ambulance Service 2006
EMSAC President's Award Randy Kuykendall CDPHE 2006
EMT-B of the Year Jessica Neb Grand Co. EMS 2006
EMT-I of the Year Pam Baysinger Calhan FPD 2006
EMT-P of the Year GLENNA HAGEMANN Grand Co. EMS 2006
First Responder of the Year Monty Weeks Kit Carson VFD 2006
Francis Mildred Roth Women in EMS Award Melody Mesmer Central Mtns RETAC 2006
Instructor of the Year Mike Stern Grand Co. EMS 2006
Wohlauer Award for Physician Excellence in EMS Dr. Marilyn Gifford AND Dr. Jack Dillion   2006
EMS Administrator of the Year Susan Taylor Silt Ambulance Service 2005
Ambulance Service of the Year Platte Valley Medical Center Ambulance Platte Valley Medical Center Ambulance 2005
C.J. Shanaberger Lifetime Achievement Award Chris Hollandsworth St. Mary's Hospital EMS 2005
Campbell Award for Distinguished Service Carol Brom Northeastern Jr. College EMS Education 2005
EMD/Dispatch Agency of the Year Christy McCormick Evergreen F.P.D. 2005
EMSAC BoD "Peg Hamilton" Award David Patterson Rural/Metro Ambulance 2005
EMSAC BoD "Peg Hamilton" Award Mark Bruning AMR of Colorado 2005
EMT-B of the Year Laura Erbert Kit Carson Co. EMS-Stratton 2005
EMT-I of the Year Kim Mitchell Ouray Co. EMS 2005
EMT-P of the Year Jenny Catanach AMR of Colorado -  El Paso Co. Operations 2005
Francis Mildred Roth Women in EMS Award Lisa Connelly   2005
Gold Honor for Saving Life Mike Ferguson Carbondale & rural F.P.D. 2005
Instructor of the Year Mark Homan AMR of Colorado -  El Paso Co. Operations 2005
Wohlauer Award for Physician Excellence in EMS Dr. Peter Vellman St. Anthony Hospital 2005
Agency Administrator of Year Pam Gripp Baca-Crestone Ambulance 2004
EMD/Dispatch Agency of the Year Alamosa Regional CSP Comm Center   2004
EMSAC President's Award Michael Armaost CDPHE EMTS 2004
EMT-B of the Year Katherine Harris Lands End F.P.D. 2004
EMT-P of the Year John Hanson Rural/Metro Ambulance 2004
Instructor of the Year Jeff Force Pikes Peak C.C. 2004
RETAC Coordinator of the Year Danny Barela NW Colorado RETAC 2004
Agency Administrator of Year Debra Moellenberg Idalia Ambulance Service 2003
Ambulance Service of the Year Denver Health Paramedics AND Ignacio Volr Emergency Service   2003
C.J. Shanaberger Lifetime Achievement Award Rick Hartley Springfield Ambulance Service 2003
Citizen Rescuer Award for Valor Pia Pearson Lone Tree 2003
EMD/Dispatch Agency of the Year Weld Co. Emerg. Comm. Ctr   2003
EMSAC Life Honor Award Howard Fleming South Fork Ambulance Service 2003
EMT-B of the Year Marsha Brewer Tri-County VFD 2003
EMT-P of the Year Scott Rodriguez Rural/Metro Ambulance 2003
Instructor of the Year Bob Matoba Aurora C.C. 2003
RETAC Coordinator of the Year Kim Schallenberger   2003
Wohlauer Award for Physician Excellence in EMS Mark Maertins AND David Ross   2003
Agency Administrator of Year Debra Moellenberg   2002
EMD/Dispatch Agency of the Year El Paso Sheriff’s Office Communications   2002
Instructor of the Year Scott Nelson HealthONE EMS/Swedish 2002
RETAC Coordinator of the Year Mark Henz SE RETAC 2002
Agency Administrator of Year Sean Caffrey   2001
Ambulance Service of the Year Pridemark Paramedics   2001
C.J. Shanaberger Lifetime Achievement Award Dr. Peter Pons   2001
EMD/Dispatch Agency of the Year Colorado Spring Police Department   2001
Instructor of the Year Jody Drajem St. Anthony Hospital 2001
RETAC Coordinator of the Year Mark Young   2001
Agency Administrator of Year Jeffrey Anderson   2000
Ambulance Service of the Year AMR of El Paso County   2000
C.J. Shanaberger Lifetime Achievement Award Dr. Francis Raley   2000
EMD/Dispatch Agency of the Year Amy Lauria McKinley   2000
Instructor of the Year Tracy Thomas St. Anthony Hospital 2000
RETAC Coordinator of the Year Theresa Atencio SLV RETAC 2000
Agency Administrator of Year Jim Ulrich   1999
Ambulance Service of the Year Pridemark Paramedics   1999
C.J. Shanaberger Lifetime Achievement Award Dr. Gerald Gordon   1999
EMD/Dispatch Agency of the Year Claudia Morris   1999
Instructor of the Year Dennis Edgerly* HealthONE EMS/Swedish 1999
RETAC Coordinator of the Year Jeff Schanhals NE RETAC 1999
Agency Administrator of Year Lynn Morgan   1998
Ambulance Service of the Year Thompson Valley EMS   1998
C.J. Shanaberger Lifetime Achievement Award none   1998
EMD/Dispatch Agency of the Year Walter Hardesty   1998
Instructor of the Year Randy Kuykendall Pikes Peak C.C. 1998