Hamilton County Emergency Medical Services Participates In Pinwheels For Prevention

  • Friday, April 17, 2015
Hamilton County A-EMT Derrick Truitt gives tour of Hamilton County EMS ambulance to visitors of the Pinwheels for Prevention held at the Creative Discovery Museum.
Hamilton County A-EMT Derrick Truitt gives tour of Hamilton County EMS ambulance to visitors of the Pinwheels for Prevention held at the Creative Discovery Museum.

Hamilton County Emergency Medical Services (HCEMS) was one of several local organizations that participated in Pinwheels for Prevention…It’s Your Turn to Make a Difference Pinwheels for Prevention, Chattanooga’s Kids on the Block (CKOB) annual community event at the Creative Discovery Museum.

The free community event, in which CKOB partnered with several local agencies, was and effort to raise awareness about child abuse prevention and to initiate and encourage our community to become actively engaged in protecting children from abuse and neglect. 

“We appreciate the opportunity to partner with CKOB and other local and area organizations to bring awareness about the traumatic effects of child abuse and the resources that are available in our community to help children stay safe,” said HCEMS Director Ken Wilkerson. “Many times we (HCEMS) are called to the scene of a victim of child abuse.  Through this event, we are given the opportunity to show children the inside of an ambulance and meet some of our medics, helping to minimize the fear they may have in a traumatic situation where an ambulance is called.”

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