Emergency Medicine Day

On May 27, Europe and the world celebrate Emergency Medicine Day. The aim of this Emergency Medicine day is to unite the world population and decision makers to think and talk about emergency medicine and emergency medical care.

The 27th of May is the day when Emergency Medicine in Europe took its beginning. In London a group of visionary people signed the founding act of the European Society for Emergency Medicine. The aim was to build up a system model to grant to every citizen in Europe a professional, competent and above all timely response to any life, organ or limb threatening acute condition.

Emergency medical services (E.M.S.) emerged during the Civil War era in the U.S. Emergency Medical Services Day is annually observed in the third week of May — the first day of the Emergency Medical Services Week.

Emergency medical workers are the first to take responsibility for saving human life. Literally, the most valuable thing - whether a person will live - depends on their professionalism and experience. Ambulances respond to various calls around the clock. The teams rush to the call to provide qualified assistance to a person in a critical situation.

Recall that February 11 is the European Day of Emergency Call Service 112 (European 112 Day), which was established by the European Union and aims to promote the existence and proper use of the pan-European emergency service number 112.