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Watch this space for the first of our Questions of the Month!


Welcome to "Questions of the Month!"

Twice a month, we will post a user submitted question about EMS and EMS history on this page. Visitors will then have the opportunity to submit their answer to that question. The first person submitting the correct answer to us shall be the winner.

While there are no material prizes to be had, the winner's name will be posted, along with the correct answer, at the end of each cycle so you get bragging rights! In the process, everyone involved will hopefully learn a little something about the history of our industry. However, just so there is a little bit of an incentive, any person winning two (2) consecutive cycles will receive a nice, shiny National EMS Museum Pin!

Our goal, depending on the success and user participation, is to eventually increase the frequency to a weekly cycle of questions, thereby changing to the game to the "Question of the Week!"

At the beginning of each cycle, in addition to the new question, we will post the answer to the previous cycle's question and the name of the winner for that cycle. We may also, from time to time post any other interesting, creative or just plain funny responses we have received (sans attribution, of course).

We will be relying heavily on the submission of questions from the EMS public. We therefore request that you submit any questions you think might be appropriate for the game and which will teach us something we might not have known about the history of EMS in the United States. Please send your questions to questions@nationalemsmuseum.org.

When submitting questions for use in the game please include the following information:

  • Your Name.
  • The question.
  • The correct answer to the question.
  • An authoritative cite supporting the answer.
  • Your city and state.
  • Your EMS agency's name, city and state.
Please send only one question per email.



The Rules of the Game:

  • For cycles beginning on the 1st of the month, all answers must be received by our server no later than midnight (Eastern) on 14th of that month.
  • For cycles beginning on the 15th of the month, all answers must be received by our server no later than midnight (Eastern) on the last day of that month.
  • All answers must be sent to answer@nationalemsmuseum.org. Answers submitted to any other address will be disqualified.
  • All answers should be as complete as possible.
  • All submissions must include the following information:
    • Your Name.
    • Your answer to the question.
    • Your city and state.
    • Your EMS agency's name, city and state.
  • The time stamp placed within the message header by our mail server at the time the message is received on our system shall be used to determine the first arriving message in instances of multiple correct submissions.
  • The National EMS Museum Foundation webmaster shall be the final arbitrator in all determinations regarding the winning submissions.

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