What Is the Star of Life?

The Blue Star of Life was designed by Mr. LEO RSchwartz, the head of the emergency medical and ambulance department of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the United States. It was designed in 1973 (the EMS ACT in the United States was also awarded in the same year Order). Prior to this, most of the signs of emergency medical care in the United States were represented by orange crosses on white background. Because the picture is similar to the Red Cross logo, causing confusion among the public, the Red Cross frequently responded to the medical rescue department, hoping that the unit Can use different signs to distinguish.

Star of life

(Unique mark of emergency medical services in countries around the world)

The Blue Star of Life was designed by Mr. LEO RSchwartz, the head of the emergency medical and ambulance department of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in the United States. It was designed in 1973 (the EMS ACT in the United States was also awarded in the same year Order). Prior to this, most of the signs of emergency medical care in the United States were represented by orange crosses on white background. Because the picture is similar to the Red Cross logo, causing confusion among the public, the Red Cross frequently responded to the medical rescue department, hoping that the unit Can use different signs to distinguish.

Chinese name

Star of life

Foreign name

star of life

Designer

Mr LEO RSchwartz

Design time

1973

The Star of Life is the international symbol of the Emergency Medical Service System (EMSS). The symbol of the Star of Life will be found on ambulances, ambulance helicopters, ambulance equipment and uniforms of ambulance technicians, but A common question is why the Star of Life is represented by a scepter and a snake, especially those involved in emergency medical care will be more curious about its origin.

Double Snake Winged Medical Staff Logo-Greek Mythology

Star of Life's original (1967) patent was owned by the American Medical Organization (AMA), and was subsequently "assigned" to NHTSA and became a mark of its Emergency Services (EMS). Dawson Mills of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) had asked the American Red Cross to provide a Red Cross sign for use by EMSS ambulances, but was rejected. Later, Mills asked AMA's "Dirk" Farrington whether the Star of Life could be provided and was later approved. The six prominent stars are named by Leo R. Schwartz. The Star of Life was registered as a guarantee on February 1, 1977.

The Hong Kong Fire Services Department added the Star of Life to its ambulance body in September 2006. Ambulance technicians in Taiwan's fire brigade will wear clothes printed with the star of life and write EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) below. The same pattern will also appear on the ambulance.

So far, the Star of Life has been widely used in the unique signs of emergency medical services in countries around the world, but its scope of use is limited to:

1 Ambulance sign.

2 Regardless of the medical ambulance equipment installed or used in the ambulance.

3 The ambulance technician (EMT) who has passed the prescribed training course and obtained a license must embroider the star of life pattern on the sleeve

4 Personal equipment of an ambulance technician (EMT), such as: first aid kits, badges, badges, etc.

5 First aid books, manuals, reports, or other related materials.

6 When the armband of the star of life pattern is embroidered on the sleeve, it must be a "blue" star of life pattern and base on a "white" square or circle.

The "Star of Life" science and technology competition in Sichuan Province is the only science and technology competition in life sciences in Sichuan Province. It is based on life sciences, medicine and agricultural sciences, ecological environment and conservation sciences, and focuses on the exchanges and learning among college students. Further serve as a platform to achieve the dual purpose of academic research and social benefits for students. The predecessor of the Sichuan Province "Star of Life" science and technology competition was the "Star of Life" Science and Technology Invitational Tournament of Southwest Jiaotong University, which has been successfully held for three times. The participating schools include Southwest Jiaotong University, Sichuan University, University of Electronic Science and Technology, Sichuan Normal University, Xihua University, Chengdu University and other 6 universities have a total of 111 participating projects and 33 winning projects. They have won very good reviews in Sichuan universities. The fields involved are mostly new types of potential disciplines with broad development space, which provides a good background for cultivating university students' unique innovation ability, detection ability and entrepreneurial ability. Secondly, it requires that the submitted works must be mid-to-downstream product design, natural science academic papers, scientific and technological invention works or entrepreneurship plans, and get rid of the traditional contest form of examination questions or ordinary experimental design, so that its competition results are more It has direct practical significance and feasibility of popularization and application. Regardless of the subject matter, form and results, it has the distinctiveness and quality of other similar projects.

As a life science discipline competition, it is still a blank in Sichuan Province. The holding of the "Star of Life" science and technology competition just fills this gap and promotes academic and professional exchanges in the life science field of various universities. It is of great significance to promote the development of disciplines. Judging from the scope of development, the project has expanded from the Southwest Jiaotong University's own school to six universities in Sichuan Province to participate together; in terms of entries, from the first 19 groups to the third 60 groups. At the same time as the number increases, the emergence of outstanding works has also greatly improved their quality. Throughout the history, the unique meaning and prospect of the "Star of Life" technology competition has attracted more and more attention from colleges and universities. It is cultivating college students' innovative consciousness and practical ability, cultivating teamwork spirit of college students, and strengthening their entrepreneurial ideas. At the same time as entrepreneurship, it also promotes mutual exchange and learning among college students in related fields such as life sciences, ecology and environmental protection.