AMR Executive Receives Highest Award for Safety.GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. -- Ron Thackery, American Medical Response American Medical Response, Inc. (AMR) is the largest private ambulance provider in the United States. AMR and EmCare are wholly owned subsidiaries of EMSC L.P., an emergency management company held by the investment firm Onex. AMR is based out of Greenwood Village, Colorado. (AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. ) Senior Vice President of Professional Services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and Integration, has been named a recipient of the National Safety Council's 2007 Distinguished Service to Safety Award. It is the highest award given to individuals by the National Safety Council for outstanding service in the field of safety. The award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of safety and who have expended considerable efforts by serving on a board, division, section or committee of the National Safety Council. Thackery is being recognized for his efforts to pioneer safety concepts in the emergency medical services An Emergency medical service (abbreviated to initialism "EMS" in many countries) is a service providing out-of-hospital acute care and transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient believes constitutes a medical emergency. industry. He has played an instrumental role in establishing safety practices for emergency medical services caregivers and providers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . These include programs to reduce employee injuries, vehicle collisions and patient injuries while ensuring a quality of care that distinguishes AMR from other emergency medical service providers. "Ron's passion for safety has driven him to work for improvement across the entire emergency medical services continuum. This remarkable achievement recognizes Ron's commitment to placing the health and safety of employees, patients and everyday citizens at the forefront of his work as a safety professional," said Don S. Harvey, AMR's President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . The award was presented October 15 at the National Safety Council's 95th Annual Congress, held in Chicago. American Medical Response Inc. (www.amr.net), America's leading provider of medical transportation, is locally operated in 37 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . AMR's 18,500 paramedics, EMTs and other professionals transport more than four million patients nationwide each year in critical, emergency and non-emergency situations. Operating a fleet of approximately 4,500 vehicles, AMR, a subsidiary of Emergency Medical Services Corporation, is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo. |
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