EMS Angels awards

The new award scheme from the Angels Initiative, designed specifically for Emergency Medical Services. Monitoring pre-hospital stroke care and sharing data between EMSs and hospitals is vital to improving and standardising care.

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Award winners

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Quarter Country Hospital Award Status
Argentina EMERGD 158 - MEDICAL & HEALTH -
Uruguay RED DE ATENCION PRIMARIA METROPOLITANA EMERGENCIA
Argentina 107- TUCUMÁN
Argentina ACTIVA EMERGENCIAS MEDICAS | BARILOCHE
Uruguay ASSE-SAME 105
Argentina ALERTA EMERGENCIAS MÉDICAS S.A.
Argentina AMBULANCIAS MEDICAS NORTE
Uruguay AVANZA
Argentina BOMBEROS VOLUNTARIOS DE LAS HIGUERAS
Argentina BOMBERO VOLUNTARIO SAN MARTIN MENDOZA
Argentina BOMBEROS VOLUNTARIOS DE BELL VILLE
Argentina BOMBEROS VOLUNTARIOS DE ROSARIO
Argentina BOMBEROS DE LA CIUDAD
2023 Q1 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 EMILIA EST BOLOGNA Diamond
2022 Q4 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 EMILIA EST BOLOGNA Platinum
2022 Q3 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 EMILIA EST BOLOGNA Gold
2022 Q2 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 EMILIA EST BOLOGNA Diamond
2022 Q1 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 EMILIA EST BOLOGNA Diamond
2021 Q4 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 EMILIA EST BOLOGNA Platinum
2022 Q2 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 FIRENZE-PRATO - USL TOSCANA CENTRO Gold
2022 Q1 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 FIRENZE-PRATO - USL TOSCANA CENTRO Platinum
2021 Q4 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 FIRENZE-PRATO - USL TOSCANA CENTRO Platinum
2022 Q2 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 LECCE - ASL LECCE Platinum
2021 Q4 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 LECCE - ASL LECCE Platinum
2021 Q2 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 LECCE - ASL LECCE Diamond
2022 Q4 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 NOVARA Diamond
2022 Q2 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 NOVARA Platinum
2023 Q2 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 PISTOIA-EMPOLI - USL TOSCANA CENTRO Platinum
2023 Q1 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 PISTOIA-EMPOLI - USL TOSCANA CENTRO Diamond
2022 Q4 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 PISTOIA-EMPOLI - USL TOSCANA CENTRO Platinum
2022 Q1 Ukraine COMMUNAL ENTERPRISE "VOLYN REGIONAL CENTER OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL AID AND DISASTER MEDICINE" OF THE VOLYN REGIONAL COUNCIL Platinum
Argentina CUERPO ARGENTINO DE SOCORRISMO Y ASISTENCIA (CASA)
Uruguay CARDIO MÓVIL
Argentina CARDIOCOR-CARDIOCOR - SERVICIO DE EMERGENCIAS EN PARANÁ
Argentina CENTRAL DE EMERGENCIAS, USHUAIA, TIERRA DEL FUEGO, ARGENTINA.
2022 Q2 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 EMILIA EST MODENA Gold
2022 Q1 Italy CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 EMILIA EST MODENA Gold
Mexico CENTRO REGULADOR DE URGENCIAS MÉDICAS MORELOS
Argentina CENTRO DE EMERGENCIAS MÉDICAS CAÑADA DE GOMEZ.
Colombia CRUZ ROJA COLOMBIANA
Ecuador CRUZ ROJA ECUATORIANA - VP
Ecuador CUERPO DE BOMBEROS - VP
Argentina DATUM S.A / ITA AMBULANCIAS
Argentina DEMM 107-CORDOBA
Argentina DAR SALUD
Colombia DEFENSA CIVIL COLOMBIANA
Argentina DIRECCIÓN NACIONAL DE EMERGENCIAS SANITARIAS
Argentina ECCO EMERGENCIA Y PREVENCIÓN-MENDOZA
Argentina ECI-EMERGENCIAS MÉDICAS MENDOZA
Argentina EMEC SRL.
Argentina EMI- EMERGENCIAS
Argentina EMI- EMERGENCIAS
Uruguay EMMI
2022 Q4 Malaysia EMS (EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES) HOSPITAL TUANKU JA'AFAR Platinum
Argentina ECCO EMERGENCIAS
Argentina ECCO ROSARIO
Argentina EMERGENCIA PINAMAR SRL
Argentina EMERGENCIA SUB CABECERA CONCORDIA 107
Argentina EMERGENCIAS 107-CHUBUT
Argentina EMERGENCIAS MÉDICAS DE AMOR Y PAZ
Argentina EMERGENCIAS S.A.
Chile FUNDACIÓN GRUPO 9 ESPECIALIDADES Y EMERGENCIAS TÉCNICAS
Argentina FUNDACIÓN PARAMEDIC
Argentina GRUPO PARAVACHASCA SALUD
Colombia GYO MEDICAL I P S S A S
South Africa GAUTENG PROVINCIAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, 4 HOSPITAL STREET, JOHANNESBURG
Colombia GLOBAL LIFE AMBULANCIAS CALLE 163# 16C-62, 110131
Argentina GRUPO SEMEC S.R.L
Chile HELP AMBULANCIAS
Ecuador INSTITUTO ECUATORIANO DE SEGURIDAD SOCIAL - VP
Ecuador INSTITUTO SUPERIOR UNIVERSITARIO STANFORD
South Africa KWAZULU NATAL PRIVATE AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION.
Argentina LA FE EMERGENCIAS
South Africa LENMED EMC
Argentina MEDIC
Argentina MEDIZIN DE SERVICIOS S.A.
Ecuador MINISTERIO DE DEFENSA NACIONAL - VP
Ecuador MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA - VP
Argentina MÁS VIDA (EMERGENCIAS)
2022 Q2 Hungary NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE (CENTRAL HUNGARY REGION) Gold
2022 Q1 Hungary NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE (CENTRAL HUNGARY REGION) Gold
2022 Q2 Hungary NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE (CENTRAL TRANSDANUBIA REGION) Gold
2022 Q2 Hungary NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE (NORTHERN HUNGARY REGION) Gold
2022 Q2 Hungary NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE (SOUTHERN GREAT PLAIN REGION) Diamond
2022 Q1 Hungary NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE (SOUTHERN GREAT PLAIN REGION) Platinum
2022 Q2 Hungary NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE (SOUTHERN TRANSDANUBIA REGION) Gold
2022 Q2 Hungary NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE (WESTERN TRANSDANUBIA REGION) Gold
Argentina PLUS EMERGENCIAS
Poland POGOTOWIE RATUNKOWE W JELENIEJ GÓRZE
2022 Q3 Poland POGOTOWIE RATUNKOWE W WAŁBRZYCHU Platinum
Ecuador POLICÍA NACIONAL - VP
2023 Q1 Slovakia RZP, A.S. (EMS) Diamond
2022 Q4 Slovakia RZP, A.S. (EMS) Diamond
2022 Q2 Slovakia RZP, A.S. (EMS) Diamond
Uruguay RUSSOMANDO-EMERGENCIAS MÉDICAS
Argentina SALUDIA |
Argentina SAME
Argentina SAME AVELLANEDA
Argentina SAME BUENOS AIRES
Argentina SAME CATAMARCA
Chile SAMU ANTOFAGASTA
Uruguay SAPP -EMERGENCIA MÒVIL
Paraguay SASA S.R.L.
Spain SEM (SISTEMA D'EMERGÈNCIES MÉDIQUES) CATALUÑA
Argentina SEM SAN MARTÍN
Argentina SEMEBA-SERVICIOS DE EMERGENCIAS MEDICAS BUENOS AIRES
Uruguay SEMIC – EMERGENCIA MÉDICA MÓVIL
Argentina SEMPRO-SAN LUIS
Argentina SEMU- SISTEMA DE EMERGENCIAS MUNICIPAL
Argentina SET 107 SANTA FE
Argentina SIEN
Argentina SIES (SISTEMA INTEGRADO DE EMERGENCIAS SANITARIAS)PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES
Uruguay SIET-PAYSANDÚ_SERVICIO INTEGRAL DE EMERGENCIA Y TRASLADO
Argentina SIEMPRE -SISTEMA DE EMERGENCIAS PREHOSPITALARIO
Uruguay SIMC EMERGENCIA MÓVIL COLONIA
Uruguay SUAT - EMERGENCIA MÓVIL
Argentina SUM | SERVICIOS DE URGENCIAS MÉDICAS S.A.
2022 Q1 Spain SUMMA112 (SERVICIO DE URGENCIA MÉDICA DE MADRID) Gold
2021 Q3 Spain SUMMA112 (SERVICIO DE URGENCIA MÉDICA DE MADRID) Gold
Argentina SAME 107
Argentina SANTIAGO EMERGENCIAS MÉDICAS
Uruguay SATS EMERGENCIA MÉDICA
Ecuador SECRETARIA DE GESTIÓN DE RIESGOS - VP
Argentina SEMZAR- EMERGENCIAS
Argentina SERVICIO DE EMERGENCIA COORDINADO-MENDOZA
Argentina SERVICIO DE EMERGENCIAS 107 CÓRDOBA
Paraguay SERVICIO DE EMERGENCIAS MÉDICA EXTRAHOSPITALARIA SEME 14
Argentina SERVICIO DE EMERGENCIAS DE TIGRE
Argentina SERVICIO DE EMERGENCIA- EMMA
Argentina SERVICIO PREHOSPITALARIO SIES
Uruguay SISTEMA DE EMERGENCIA MEDICO MOVIL - TACUAREMBÓ
Argentina SISTEMA INTEGRAL DE ATENCIÓN RIONEGRINA DE MEDICINA DE EMERGENCIAS (SIARME)
Uruguay SOLIDAR SAS. EMERGENCIA MÓVIL.
Poland STACJA POGOTOWIA RATUNKOWEGO 105. KRESOWY SZPITAL WOJSKOWY W ŻARACH
2022 Q4 Poland SZPITAL ŚW. ŁUKASZA W BOLESŁAWCU - ZRM Diamond
2022 Q2 Poland SZPITAL ŚW. ŁUKASZA W BOLESŁAWCU - ZRM Platinum
Argentina UCB EMERGENCIAS
Uruguay UCM
Uruguay UDEMM (EMERGENCIA MOVIL)
2022 Q4 Italy UOC CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 SUEM ULSS3 MESTRE-VENEZIA Diamond
2022 Q2 Italy UOC CENTRALE OPERATIVA 118 SUEM ULSS3 MESTRE-VENEZIA Gold
Argentina UPA-FLORENCIO VARELA
Argentina UNIDAD CENTRAL TRASLADOS MISIONES
Argentina UNIDAD CORONARIA MÓVIL QUILMES
2022 Q2 Spain URGENCIAS SANITARIAS 061 GALICIA Diamond
2021 Q3 Spain URGENCIAS SANITARIAS 061 GALICIA Diamond
Argentina URGENCIAS Y EMERGENCIAS UEM CURUZU CUATIA
Argentina VITTAL-SOCORRO MÉDICO PRIVADO S.A.
Uruguay VIVEM - EMERGENCIA MÉDICA SORIANO.
2022 Q2 Poland WOJEWODZKA STACJA RATOWNICTWA MEDYCZNEGO W ŁODZI Platinum
2022 Q2 Poland WOJEWÓDZKA STACJA POGOTOWIA RATUNKOWEGO W PRZEMYŚLU SPZOZ Diamond
2022 Q3 Poland WOJEWÓDZKA STACJA POGOTOWIA RATUNKOWEGO W RZESZOWIE Platinum
2022 Q1 Ukraine ZHYTOMYR REGIONAL CENTER COUNCIL'S COMMUNAL NON-PROFIT ENTERPRISE "EMERGENCY AND CATASTROPHE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER" Gold
2022 Q2 Czech Republic ZZS JIHOMORAVSKÉHO KRAJE Diamond
2021 Q3 Czech Republic ZZS JIHOMORAVSKÉHO KRAJE Diamond
2022 Q4 Czech Republic ZZS JIHOČESKÉHO KRAJE Platinum
2022 Q3 Czech Republic ZZS JIHOČESKÉHO KRAJE Platinum
2022 Q2 Czech Republic ZZS JIHOČESKÉHO KRAJE Platinum
2022 Q4 Czech Republic ZZS KRAJE VYSOČINA Diamond
2022 Q2 Czech Republic ZZS MORAVSKOSLEZSKÉHO KRAJE Diamond
2021 Q3 Czech Republic ZZS MORAVSKOSLEZSKÉHO KRAJE Diamond
2022 Q2 Czech Republic ZZS PARDUBICKÉHO KRAJE Platinum
2021 Q3 Czech Republic ZZS PARDUBICKÉHO KRAJE Platinum
2022 Q2 Czech Republic ZZS ZLÍNSKÉHO KRAJE Diamond
2022 Q2 Czech Republic ZZS ÚSTECKÉHO KRAJE Diamond
2023 Q1 Slovakia ZAMED (EMS) Diamond
2022 Q3 Slovakia ZAMED (EMS) Diamond
2022 Q2 Slovakia ZAMED (EMS) Platinum
2021 Q4 Slovakia ZAMED (EMS) Platinum
2021 Q3 Slovakia ZAMED (EMS) Platinum
Slovakia ZÁCHRANNÁ SLUŽBA KOŠICE - REGIÓN POPRAD A MARTIN
2023 Q1 Slovakia ZÁCHRANNÁ SLUŽBA KOŠICE - REGIÓN TREBIŠOV A MICHALOVCE Diamond
2022 Q2 Slovakia ZÁCHRANNÁ SLUŽBA KOŠICE - REGIÓN TREBIŠOV A MICHALOVCE Diamond
2021 Q4 Ukraine GOLD AWARD Gold

Criteria

 

The awards criteria are based on international guidelines and the experience of our international EMS Steering Committee. To qualify for an award, EMS services must:

  • Have a formal Stroke Protocol in place
  • Offer an established annual Stroke Educational/refresher program
  • Make use of specific stroke scales in the management of their stroke patients
  • Submit data for at least 30 consecutive stroke patients managed by their service during the previous quarter

 

  Gold
Status
Platinum
Status
Diamond
Status
Award level criteria Registration
criteria met
Registration
criteria met
Registration
criteria met
Median time on scene (Minutes) 31-35 min 25-30 min <25 min
% Prenotification to hospital 85% 90% 95%
% of patients delivered to stroke ready hospitals 85% 90% 95%
% of patients where medication details are reported 85% 90% 95%
% patients where time last known normal is reported 85% 90% 95%

The process in detail

Once the EMS Service has met the criteria they can begin to follow a simple and fair process to join the awards program. If any of the inclusion criteria is not met by the EMS Services, they can contact their local Angels to assist to put in place.

Register

Their first task is to register with the RES-Q Registry. This helps ensure that all participants are benchmarked against the same criteria.

Data

The EMS Angels Awards spreadsheet is provided to local EMS companies or services. This will be used to standardise the data and to ensure that patient level data is not shared outside of the organisation.

Reports

The EMS Service creates a standardised report that extracts the relevant data from their existing systems. At the end of each quarter they can then export the bulk data from their systems using this report and simply paste the data into the EMS Awards Spreadsheet.

30 Patients

In order to qualify for an award, the data should cover at least 30 consecutive stroke patients in any one quarter.

Awards

The spreadsheet then automatically calculates the Regional EMS Service's award status according to the ESO Angels Award Criteria. It also provides some important visualisations which can be used by EMS services to easily identify areas for improvement.

Secure

To ensure data security and patient anonymity, only the cumulative data from the EMS Service - as calculated by the EMS Awards Spreadsheet - is captured on the RES-Q platform. RES-Q will use this cumulative data to start the awards approval process and to create dashboards for national and international benchmarking.

Download resources

Have you won an award? Download a suite of materials to promote your hospital in social media and PR activities.

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EMS Gold Award Press Pack

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EMS Platinum Award Press Pack

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EMS Diamond Award Press Pack

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Honours wall

The Angels Initiative is proud to honour the winners of the ESO and WSO Angels Awards, the EMS Angels Awards and the Spirit of Excellence Awards.