Kids Invited to Participate in Ambulance Coloring Contest

To celebrate Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Week, Brookings Health System’s Ambulance Service is holding a coloring contest for area elementary children in kindergarten through fifth grade. 

Coloring sheets are available for download on Brookings Health’s website, brookingshealth.org/ColoringContest. Entries are due May 22 and winners will be announced May 29. Completed coloring sheets may be submitted at Brookings Hospital’s front reception desk or mailed to Brookings Health System Ambulance – Attn. Megan Sinner; 300 22^nd Ave., Brookings, SD 57006. Please be sure to include the child’s name and grade and the parent’s name and phone number. 

EMS Week, May 17 - 23, celebrates the dedication of emergency medical technicians (EMTs), paramedics, first responders and other professionals who provide lifesaving services to our community. As the frontline of medicine, EMS teams are ready to provide lifesaving care to those in need 24-hours a day, seven days a week. By providing quality emergency care, emergency medical services dramatically improve the survival and recovery rate of people who experience a sudden illness or injury. 

Brookings Ambulance, which Brookings Health System assumed operations for in 1974, runs five modern ambulances. The team of professional paramedics and EMTs average over 2,500 calls in a year, providing advanced life support (ALS) services for the City of Brookings and much of Brookings County, including Aurora, Bruce, Bushnell, Sinai and Volga. In addition, Brookings Ambulance also assists Arlington, Clear Lake, Elkton, Estelline, White and Lake Preston with ALS calls when requested. More can be learned online at brookingshealth.org/Ambulance.

About Brookings Health System

Brookings Health System, located in Brookings, South Dakota, includes a 49-bed hospital, the 79-bed The Neighborhoods at Brookview nursing home, Brookhaven Estates senior living apartments, Yorkshire Eye Clinic & Optical, and medical clinics in Arlington, White and Volga, South Dakota. It is a non-profit, municipal health system that offers the community a full range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency and extended care services. Brookings Hospital provides local access to doctors in Brookings and offers robotic da Vinci surgery and Mako robotic-arm assisted procedures, making it one of the premier rural community hospitals in South Dakota. For more information about the services offered at Brookings Health System, please call (605) 696-9000 or visit us on the Web at brookingshealth.org.