25-05-2025
Lifeguard Ambulance recognizes their EMS professionals with community barbecue
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – This week is National EMS week, recognizing the dedication of emergency medical services professionals.
Lifeguard Ambulance has been in Bay County since 2012, providing in-facility transportation for hospital patients and 911 backup assistance for Bay County EMS.
They are partnered with Ascension Sacred Heart Bay and HCA Florida Gulf Coast Hospital.
Lifeguard Ambulance EMS employees work 12-hour shifts, handling anywhere from 18 to 25 calls a day. They do it without much appreciation, but employees say there is one way you can show appreciation, and it just takes a few words.
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'The best thing that people can do is just say thank you. It's something that most of our folks are not used to hearing on a regular basis because our interactions are so short and brief. It's not something we hear a lot. If you do say thank you to a first responder, half the time, they don't know how to respond back to you when you say that because we're just not used to hearing it,' Lifeguard Ambulance operations captain Stewart Eubanks said.
Lifeguard Ambulance is wrapping up its EMS week celebrations with a barbecue on professionals from the entire community were invited to come out and eat.
They could also donate blood to One Blood and help save lives even when they're not on call.
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