Annual National EMS Week Celebrations brought to you by St. Luke's University Health Network

EMS Week is celebrated May 18th - 24th, 2025

In 1973, President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week to celebrate EMS 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. May 18-24 marks the 51st anniversary of National EMS Week. It's a time to show our gratitude toward EMTs and paramedics who provide lifesaving care across the nation every day. EMS Week is also a time to educate the public about EMS, and the essential service we provide to communities.  

As EMS professionals, WE CARE. FOR EVERYONE. Our dedication and lifesaving skills are put to the test every day. We’re called to care in big cities and in small towns, in private homes, businesses, schools and on our nation's roadways.

Whether it’s saving a young victim of a motor vehicle crash, helping an elderly patient who’s forgotten to take her medication, stabilizing a construction worker experiencing chest pain on the jobsite, or treating an overdose on a city street, we’re trained and ready to deliver a range of medical interventions and support because WE CARE. FOR EVERYONE.

Our roles and responsibilities are growing and changing and we’re rising to the challenge. From community paramedicine to preventive healthcare, we’re tasked with providing next-level patient navigation and care in new surroundings, using new technologies. We’re there for our community, whenever and wherever they need us. Because WE CARE. FOR EVERYONE.

2025 EMS Week Events

Weekly EMS Room Specialties

All St. Luke's EMS rooms will be stocked 24/7 with special treats, gifts, and ice cream throughout the week.

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Monday, May 19th, 2025

Join us at the St. Luke's Allentown Campus for lunch (outside of the Emergency Department).

The Cactus Blue Food Truck will be on site from 11:00 AM until 2:00 PM.

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Monday, May 19th, 2025 (evening)

Join us at The Ram Pint House and Rooftop Lounge in Perkasie, PA for dinner, drinks, and education from 6:00 pm until 9:00 pm. 

This EMS Week event is sponsored by the St. Luke's Upper Bucks Campus.

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Tuesday, May 20th, 2025

The St. Luke's Carbon and Miners Campus leadership team will in the area.

Look out for the "So Cool Ice Cream Bus" delivering ice cream to you!

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Tuesday, May 20th, 2025

Join us at the St. Luke's Monroe Campus for lunch.

The Red Robin Food Truck will be at the Monroe Campus from 11:00 AM until 2:00 PM

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Wednesday, May 21st, 2025

Lunch and dinner deliveries sponsored by St. Luke's Orwigsburg (GSL) Campus & St. Luke's Miners.

Hospital leadership team will be canvasing the area delivering lunch/dinner to area EMS agencies.

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Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 (evening)

Join us for dinner and education at the St. Luke's Warren Campus from 6:30 till 8:30 pm

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