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...
Advisory Board Openings for 2019
01/01/2019
There are openings for the2019 Advisory Board. Please click on the links for more information.
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i-gel Tutorial - Mandatory Education & Skill Competency
12/27/2018
What’s changing?
The January 2019, In-station CE will generally introduce the i-gel, a new supraglottic airway for adults and children that will replace the King LTS-D.
Please read the article and click on the provided links for details.
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Overdose cases resulting from possible contaminated Crack Cocaine
12/20/2018
A letter was sent to EMS Systems from IDPH, advising EMS personnel of cases of Unusual clusters of severely symptomatic patients from presumed contaminated crack cocaine.
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NAEMSE Instructor 1 Courses offered In Illinois in 2019
12/15/2018
The National EMS Instructor Courses have been designed and developed in accordance with the DOT/NHTSA National Guidelines for Educating EMS Instructors.
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November, 2018 EMS System Report Now Available
11/20/2018
The EMS System Report for the month of November is here.
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King Vision Evaluation Form is available online
08/01/2018
Dr. Jordan requires an evaluation form be completed for each of your first twenty attempts, using the King Vision device.
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