EMT-Basic of the Year

Scott Shaw
Campbellsville Taylor County Rescue
Campbellsville

• Battalion Chief
• 25 years of service
• Very committed to emergency services
• Extraordinary rescue of a little girl: Swift water accident in Loretto (Marion County) where mother and daughter were swept away while in a mobile home and eventually pulled apart. The last words from the little girl were "Mom, I love you. I'm going to die." The daughter was swept three miles downstream. When Shaw finally made it to her, she was stripped of her clothes by the raging waters, hypothermic, and with an open fracture of her lower leg, multiple bruises, cuts and abrasions. Shaw placed his flotation device on the victim for protection while he remained in a dry suit, which also offered him some flotation protection. The extraction from the area was expected to last an hour. They found foam rubber debris which they cut and placed on the victim for warmth, then found the driest half they could find and covered her, with the exception of her head, to provide some warmth. The decisions and actions of Scott Shaw made a lie saving difference for the victim. His actions not only achieved the goals of this incident, but his commitment to emergency services and having the foresight for this team which responded also made the difference.

EMT-Paramedic of the Year

Doyott White
Mercy Regional EMS
Paducah

• 23 years in EMS.
• Possesses a vision for modern-day management of emergency medical services
• Extremely instrumental in reconfiguring the organizational business structure.
• Specializes in improving patient care. He has totally rewritten the patient care protocols and was instrumental in the implementation of Kentucky's LMA pilot project.
• Doy is dependable, committed, efficient and effective, and is truly a valuable employee. 

Knox County EMS
Laurel County EMS
Whitley County EMS

• In recognition for their response and performance at the CTA Acoustics explosion in Corbin the morning of Feb. 20, 2003. This was the largest disaster in the tri-county area and involved over 35 responding agencies.

EMS Special Recognition

James Ritchey
Anderson County EMS
Lawrenceburg

• Director of Public Safety for Lawrenceburg.
• Not only the voice of Kentucky, but the mouthpiece of EMS in this Commonwealth.
• Spearheaded a movement in the EMS community in 1998 with the formation of the Central Kentucky EMS Alliance.
• Honest and straight-shooting person devoted to the EMS profession.
• 25-years in EMS and public service. He has served as paramedic, public safety director, emergency management director and EMS director. He is a well experienced manager and leader.

   

EMS Outstanding Recognition
Awarded by the Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association

Billy Miller
Somerset Fire/EMS
Somerset

EMS Outstanding Recognition
Awarded by the Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association

Jim Butler
Florence Fire/EMS
Florence

EMS Outstanding Recognition
Awarded by the Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association

Mike Swift
Barren-Metcalfe County EMS
Glasgow

John Hultgren
Louisville Medical Center STATCARE
Louisville

Dr. Jack Carey Award
Awarded by the Kentucky EMT Instructors Association

The Dr. Jack Carey Award, made possible by a grant from Rohm and Haas, Inc., is dedicated to the memory of the late Dr. Carey, a Lexington physician who helped spearhead the development of emergency medicine in Kentucky, and who aided many EMS responders in furthering their education and training, assisting wherever necessary to better EMS care in the state. The award honors an EMT-Instructor who is outstanding in the training they provide, furthering the future of EMTs and all EMS providers in the state.

Aline Flanagan