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...
End of Year C.E. Requirements
06/08/2019
Be sure to follow these instructions when completing Con. Ed. packets.
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Barrington Fire Wins 2019 Ron Lee Award
05/24/2019
Barrington FD was awarded the Ron W. Lee MD Award for Excellence in Pediatric Care, Community Service for 2019.
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Mandatory Make Up Dates For New SOPs
Attached you will find the memo with make up dates for the mandatory CE SOP Updates.
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Two New Policies take effect June 1, 2019
05/12/2019
There are two new policy updates posted.
They are: the A3 - ALS-BLS Scope of Practice (Effective 6/1/19) and the
G2 - System Review Board. While the G2 policy is not changed, the list of people that compose the Local System Review Board, has been updated.
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Northwest Community EMS System - 2019 Standing Meetings (Updated)
05/01/2019
This is an update, due to room changes. Please review.
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Measles making an appearance in our area
03/30/2019
As many of you might know, there are reported outbreaks of measles in several parts of the country, including in the Chicago region, that are causing concern in the public health community. Folks travel so much, that it is possible that our personnel could come in contact with someone infected with the illness. As hospitals are issuing information to their staff about the disease, it seems a good idea to remind EMS personnel about the nature of the disease, how it is transmitted, precautions they should take and how to clean and disinfect the vehicles if a patient with suspected measles is transported.
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