Nelson Co. EMS director honored with KAPA Lifetime Achievement Award

Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association Lifetime Achievement Award: Tom Adams, president of the Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association, presents the associaiton’s Lifetime Achievement Award to Nelson County EMS Director Joe Prewitt. Photo by John Hultgren.

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Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 — The Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association recently presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Nelson County EMS Director Joe Prewitt “for his many contributions to furthering the mission of Emergency Medical Services over several decades of service.”

The award is sponsored by the Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association (KAPA) and was presented at the 2017 Kentucky EMS KAPA Conference in Lexington by KAPA President Tom Adams.

The award is the most prestigious accolade given in the Commonwealth to leaders in the EMS Industry.

As a national registered paramedic and chairman of the KAPA Legislative Committee, Prewitt has dedicated his professional life to improving and advancing EMS systems at the local, regional and state level while delivering patient care and providing direction to EMS Agencies.

Prewitt has served as the county’s EMS Director for more than 35 years; he has has provided his expertise in pre-hospital, emergency health and public health care in Nelson County for more than 40 years.

He is a member of the local E-911 Dispatch Board and is considered to be an influential leader within the Emergency Management Systems in Kentucky.

“I’m honored by the recognition, but at the same time, I didn’t get into EMS to get awards,” Prewitt said. “I got involved because I care about people and I liked the red lights and siren, the rest is a bonus as I try to focus on assisting in any way that I can to improve the profession as EMS is taken into the future.”

The KAPA was formed in 1981 to represent licensed Kentucky EMS providers at the local, state and federal levels. The association is solely dedicated to the professional interests of all EMS practitioners while providing legislative representation nationally and within the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

KAPA provides the largest EMS conference in state history to bring all groups together with the common goal of presenting EMS providers with the best EMS education and resources in the state.

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