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2025 EMS for Children Cookout

This year’s EMS for Children Cookout will be held on May 20th at Piedmont Macon North Hospital, 400 Charter Blvd, Macon, GA 31210. Please contact Liana Rogers at liana.rogers@piedmont.org if you have questions or would like to participate in this year’s event.

Central Georgia Region 5 Emergency Medical Services for Children (R5 EMSC), in partnership with the Region 5 Regional Trauma Advisory Committee (R5 RTAC), is excited to announce this year’s EMS Region 5 Art Contest. This annual competition encourages students to use their creativity and talent to raise awareness of EMS professionals and how to stay safe. The art contest is open to four groups spanning pre-K through 12th grade.

Students’ artwork should focus on a theme belonging to the two main categories below 1- EMS Awareness and 2- Injury Prevention and Safety. Students may create artwork using one of the suggested themes or another related theme or topic of their choosing.

START SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRIES NOW!

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Submit an Entry Online: https://tinyurl.com/R5ArtContest2025

Congratulations to our 2024 EMS Region 5 Art Contest Winners! We appreciate all of the wonderful entries.

Telfair County – The first annual public safety community day and bike ride was a resounding success. The event was organized by Deputy Willie Coney and Wayne Clay of Telfair Cares. The Region 5 RTAC Injury Prevention Subcommittee provided bicycle helmets and safety literature for attendees. These children in attendance will not soon forget their law enforcement escorted bike ride nor their time paying and interacting with professional responders from the Telfair County Sheriff’s Office, Telfair County EMS, McRae-Helena Police Department, and McRae-Helena Fire Department

Thanks to Sheriff Sim Davidson and Deputy Will Coney for allowing the Trauma Injury Prevention Team to join the fun!

Houston County – Firearms Safety Day during Georgia Stay SAFE Week was a success! We are proud to have partnered with Air Evac Lifeteam 154, the Perry Police Department and City of Perry Fire & Emergency Services to keep our community SAFE! Fun prizes and safety activities were available for the children, and cable gun locks were provided to parents.

Creekwood Park and Splash Park

Perry Georgia
Thursday, June 24, 2021

Unfortunately, 90% of fatal firearm incidents involving children occur in the home. Medical organizations, public health agencies, gun owners’ associations, and public safety personnel all support safe firearm storage practices in homes with children and youth. Studies show that proper gun storage is associated with significant reductions in the risk of unintentional injuries and suicides among children and youth.

Each year during the first week of summer, we work collaboratively to reduce firearm injuries in the pediatric population and beyond in our state by promoting firearm storage and safety through community outreach and professional education. This summer, the Georgia Stay SAFE Coalition is excited to announce the launch of the Georgia Stays SAFE campaign. 

Please email region5rtac@gmail.com to learn more.

The Region 5 Regional Trauma Advisory Committee planned a number of in-person educational trauma outreach events for the spring of 2020, but Covid-19 made it unsafe to carry out those plans in person.  The regional leadership got creative and approached Lisa and Nyssa about using The Q Word Podcast platform to publish trauma education in a pandemic safe way both to the Central Georgia region and beyond.

The Region 5 Regional Trauma Advisory Committee (RTAC) is grateful for our ongoing partnership with The Q Word Podcast and are looking forward to working together to produce outstanding trauma education.

‎Learn more at https://www.theqwordpodcast.com/

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