2023 EMCT of the Year Award

On behalf of the Central Region, Arizona Emergency Medical Services, Inc (AEMS) is pleased to support the Arizona Bureau of EMS & Trauma System's 2023 EMCT of the Year Award contest. Each Region was charged with selecting a finalist to receive this award, which recognizes outstanding EMCTs across Arizona who have gone above and beyond to serve their communities.

In the Central Region, seven nominations were received. The finalist was selected based on merit by the AEMS Board of Governors and Functional Group Voting members.

We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle

2023 EMCT of the Year Award Winner

James “Jim” Cesolini

Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

Congratulations to James “Jim” Cesolini, Deputy and EMCT-P with Maricopa County Sheriff 's Office, for being selected as the Central Arizona Region's 2023 EMCT of the Year. Jim has dedicated and risked his life for our health and safety. We are grateful for his selfless service, compassion, and answering this call of duty. If there was a paramedic superhero, it would be Jim.

The following is a partial summary of what Jim's nominator said about his EMS performance and accomplishments:

"Working for MCSO, Jim is in dual role as a deputy law enforcement officer and paramedic. As EMS Coordinator, Jim oversees and supervises 68 EMTs, and 9 paramedics. He also oversees 8 National Guard medics assigned to the Sheriff's Office to assist with medical calls for service. Jim has been instrumental in getting AEDs for all the patrol units in the Sheriff's Office. Jim also started the Office's Narcan Program for EMTs, which now includes Deputies, Detention, and civilian staff, totaling 1997 trained providers. Over Jim's extensive EMCT-P career, he has been involved with some harrowing rescues. He once spent the night in the Superstition Mountains with an unresponsive patient. Most recently, he was hoisted 276 feet from MCSO's Fox1 helicopter, into the Four Peaks area to care for a patient who fell 50 feet and sustained critical injuries. Additionally, Jim teaches Basic First Aid for the MCSO Law Enforcement Training Academy. He also teaches Post Academy Deputies Tactical Emergency Casualty care for LEOs. He has set the training and standards for the Deputies carrying TQs, hemostatic agents, and chest seals."

Nominees

AEMS would also like to thank ALL the nominees for dedicating their lives to helping others. We are grateful for their service, compassion, and contributions made to EMS for the Central Arizona Region. They are cherished caregivers and an inspiration to us all.