Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Employees of Odessa Memorial Healthcare Center were awarded plaques in recognition of their outstanding service and dedication: Phyllis Sebesta (35 years as a Certified Nursing Assistant), Drex Palmer (10 years as a Radiology Technologist/Manager), Amy Shaw-Schaefer (10 years in Housekeeping/Laundry), Sandra Smith (20 years as Activities Manager/Certified Nursing Assistant) and Angela Frederick (25 years as Manager of Assisted Living Facility/Certified Nursing Assistant. Not pictured: Julie Bowers (15 years as Certified Nursing Assistant).
May 15-21, 2016 is the 42nd annual National EMS Week. In 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week to celebrate Emergency Medical Services practitioners and the important work they do in our nation's communities. Back then, EMS was a new profession, and EMS practitioners had only just started to be recognized as a critical component of emergency medicine and the public health safety net.
A lot has changed since then. EMS is now firmly established as an essential public function and a vital component of the medical care continuum. On any given day, EMS practitioners help save lives by res...
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