Yale New Haven Hospital EMS Awards Honor East Haven EMTs, Firefighters

EAST HAVEN, CT — The Yale New Haven Hospital Center for EMS named East Haven firefighter Frederick Parlato as the EMT of the year.

Tuesday, the YNHH Center for EMS held its annual celebration, during the National EMS Week.

During the ceremony, EMS professionals are recognized for individual awards as well as unit citations for cardiac arrest saves, of which providers were able to meet the patients they saved.

Parlato was named the EMT of the Year.

East Haven firefighter Jonathan Depino received the Linda Cohen award.

East Haven Fire Department first responders Matthew Hall, Eric Demeraski, Iain Lemaster, Davis Boyd, and Fire Capt. Gordon Stewart all received honors for Cardiac Arrest Saves.

Yale-New Haven Hospital Center for EMS provides training, education, and oversight for both aspiring and current emergency medical services providers.

The Hospital of Saint Raphael and Yale-New Haven Hospital have provided education and oversight to the emergency medical services system in the South Central Connecticut region since its inception in the 1970s. In 1989, they created the New Haven Sponsor Hospital Program to continue this mission as a joint venture due to some legislative changes.

It provides medical oversight for American Medical Response (New Haven), Bethany Volunteer Fire Department Ambulance, Branford Fire Department, East Haven Fire Department, Guilford Fire Department, Hamden Fire Department, Madison Emergency Medical Services, Madison Hose Company No. 1, Madison Police Department, Nelson Ambulance Service, New Haven Fire Department, Yale New Haven Sponsor Hospital Area Response Physicians (SHARP) Team, North Branford Police Department, North Branford Volunteer Fire Department, North Haven Fire Department, North Madison Volunteer Fire Company, Orange Police Department, West Haven Fire Department Center District, West Shore Fire District, Woodbridge Police Department, Woodbridge Volunteer Fire Department, and Yale Student EMS as well as providing emergency medical training for EMS providers, 911 dispatchers, allied health professionals, and the community.