MILWAUKEE (SPECTRUM NEWS) -- This National EMS Week, honoring and celebrating emergency medical service responders is more important than ever.
Emergency Medical Service practitioners serve their community with great dedication, especially during the most demanding and critical times.
"During COVID-19 we're providing the hospitals with additional information so they can expect these sick patients and make sure that, between the paramedics, the patients and the hospitals they're in the appropriate PPE equipment so they don't infect other patients or get sick themselves", shared Sasha Aleksich of Milwaukee County Emergency Management Communications Center.
Those answering the initial call for help, play a crucial role in the wellbeing of the public and emergency responders alike.
A job that can be tough, especially at the start of a global health crisis.
"The call volume was busy and you could tell everyone was sick, but when you work in the field you kinda get used to the call volume, and it starts to get a little bit better and you know you're doing your best to help people as best as you can," continued Aleksich.
To recognize their special role, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, personally visited EMS workers at the Emergency Management Communications center in Milwaukee on Thursday.
"We wanna say thank you continuously we can't stop saying thank you because of the critical work they're doing in this response."
He highlighted their strength and resilience, "for providing that continuity of operations within Milwaukee County and many of our departments and for continuously being their best when people are at their worst," he continued.
Crowley shared that the county is working to get more funds from the state to help cover all the essential services,
Milwaukee county continues to provide and to protect frontline workers.
"This is really to make sure that when we think of our EMS workers and frontlines of this pandemic,
that we fight for them and make sure they have all the resources so they can continue doing the great work they're doing," he added.
EMS workers at the Milwaukee County Emergency Management Communications Center added that the public can help them by practicing social distancing and being mindful that Covid-19 has not disappeared.