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Transport-based rescue squads from across New York State will compete in the Help is Here EMS Challenge at the New York State Museum on Saturday, May 14th.

The event is being held in conjunction with the Museum’s Help is Here exhibition, which traces the history of Emergency Medical Services in New York State and the nation and features 15 historic ambulances. During the challenge, EMS agencies will compete in an ambulance obstacle course, stretcher race, scavenger hunt in the Help is Here gallery and other activities that are designed to demonstrate skills and teamwork. Tours of the Help is Here exhibition, open to participants and the general public, will be provided at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Antique ambulances, hearses and flower cars will join the rescue vehicles in a parade, which will kick off the event at 9 a.m. The parade will begin in the parking lot on the west side of the Museum, proceed west on Park Avenue, north on Delaware Avenue and east on Madison, returning to the Museum. The antique vehicles will then be on display on the Plaza across from the Museum. The rescue squads will return to the Museum’s west parking lot where the competition will begin at 10 a.m. Later in the afternoon an award ceremony will be held at the EMS Memorial, near the Justice Building on the plaza.

The event is sponsored by the Ten Eyck Group and McNeil & Company, with additional support from North Eastern Rescue Vehicles. The New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services is the presenting sponsor for the Help is Here exhibition. Laerdal Medical Corporation, United New York Ambulance Network and Upstate Medical University have provided additional support. Media sponsor is EMS Magazine.

The State Museum is open every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Museum is located on Madison Avenue at the Empire State Plaza in
Albany. For further general information call 518-474-5877 or visit the Museum website at www.nysm.nysed.gov.

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