Welcome to the Northwest Community EMS System
The Northwest Community System is composed of a Resource Hospital, five associate hospitals and twenty-four provider agencies covering the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Our EMS system has the distinction of being the first advanced life support sytem in the State of Illinois and the first multi-juristictional EMS system in the country. We encouter over 60,000 patients per year. Learn more about us...
2022 SOPs are posted for review
09/11/2022
The new Standard Operating Procedures, along with a Markup version and the Changes and Rationale Documents can be found on the Standards of Practice Landing Page.
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System Memo 408 SOP Order Form
08/15/2022
There is an order form for the SOPs. It is both in pdf and Word format
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Monkeypox provider information for providers
Monkeypox information
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988 is about to launch - Latest Updates
07/07/2022
As July 16th (988 launch date) is quickly approaching, please see the attached IDHS-Division of Mental Health approved communications.
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