Sterling Bulletin – August 22, 2013
Submitted by Newz Group Clipping Service – August 30, 2013
Chy Miller, former Director of EMS Education at Hutchinson Community College, was the recipient of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously from the Kansas Emergency Medical Services Association (KEMSA).
The “Honoring Our Own” awards banquet took place on Saturday, August 10 at the Wichita Marriott during the KEMSA Annual Last Blast of Summer Conference.
Miller’s children were present to accept the award.
Nominated for this award by multiple nominators for several reasons, while Miller didn’t work in EMS for 40 or 50 years, the last several years he spent in EMS, he was continually shaping EMS professionals and molding Kansas EMS into a model for the profession across the nation.
One nominator wrote, “His passion and zest for GREAT EMS education became his professional passion and because of that there are hundreds if not thousands of EMS providers giving great patient care, serving their community and molding the next generation of EMTs and Paramedics in Kansas and beyond. (Miller) set the standard for a program that others try to emulate.”
Miller entered the world of EMS shortly after graduating from Sterling High School in 1990 and worked hard to become a Paramedic. Like many new “change the world paramedics,” he worked for several agencies including Pratt County EMS, Arkansas City Fire/EMS and McPherson EMS.
Miller eventually became the Program Director for EMS Education and Department Chair for Public Safety at Hutchinson Community College. He held that position at the time of his death.
Miller was also a past president of KEMSA.
This is the first time this award has been presented posthumously to someone who only lived 41 years.
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