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...
Update on Synthetic Cannabinoid (SC) (K2/spice) outbreak
04/05/2018
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), along with local health departments, continue to investigate an outbreak of severe bleeding among individuals who have recently used synthetic cannabinoids, often called Spice, K2, or fake weed.
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Safe Transport of Children By EMS - Interim Guidance
04/02/2018
Some Guidance regarding the Safe Transport of Children is posted courtesy of IDPH.
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2018 Strategic Plan Published
03/08/2018
The Final Copy of the annual update of the Strategic Plan has been posted
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NEW INFORMATION! King Vision Training Remaining Dates and locations
01/22/2018
Dr. Jordan announced that as of February 14th, only five (5) agencies are left to train. As such, here are the remaining training dates and locations for the King Vision Intubation Device. As he wrote in the announcement, "The training and device use has proven to be effective for our patients and the system, as the success continues to be high".
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Additional make-up opportunities for Nov CE class
01/17/2018
Here is an update for additional opportunities to make up the mandatory November CE
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2018 Meeting Dates
01/03/2018
Here is a listing of regular meeting dates for system committees. This list is accurate as of January 17, 2018. As always, please refer to the meeting calendar on the home page for any changes or updates.
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New information on the new Statewide Opioid Helpline.
12/14/2017
This is a document containing information on the new Statewide Opioid Helpline. Feel free to share this information in your community through social media, newsletters, etc.
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