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...
Updated S3 (Staffing) Policy goes into effect immediately.
03/27/2020
Here is the updated S3 policy that is going into effect immediately. It replaced and supersedes the previous S3 policy. This gives you flexibility while we are operating under Contingency and heaven forbid if we have to switch to Crisis operations.
All new language is underlined and almost all of it under Crisis operation comes directly from a memo we received from Ashley Theole, Chief IDPH Division of EMS.
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2020 Covid-19 App available March 26
03/26/2020
The EMS App has been updated for Covid-19. If users go to google play, they can find the update. The Apple IoS update should go out later today.
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NWC EMSS Covid-19 Briefing for March 26 2020
Here is the IDPH Update for 3/26/20, along with some information from the system.
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PWW Offers legal guidance related to Covid-19
In this message, PWW answers many of the HIPAA-related questions we have received.
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New Guidelines for patients not transported with suspected Covid-19
03/25/2020
Now that we provided the option of not transporting asymptomatic and symptomatic patients at low risk, it is also prudent to have something you can give them regarding what they should do to reduce transmission to others in the home.
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EPA Approved products for disinfecting SARS-CoV-2
This is an updated list of the EPA-approved products that may be used in disinfecting surfaces for SARS-CoV-2.
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NWC EMSS Covid-19 Guidelines on 3/24
03/24/2020
These guidelines bring together everything that has been discussed in the last couple of System memos into one place with references.
It also provides –for the first time- criteria for NOT transporting patients at no or low risk.
This, in essence, is our SOP for this condition during the public health emergency.
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System Memo # 386 released
03/23/2020
The system has released a briefing that explains operating under current constraints including PPE.
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NWC EMSS adds two new infection control guidelines - Updated
The system has issued a new screening tool for personnel and a new PPE reminder with illustrations (Updated on 3/23).
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Meeting Cancellations
03/22/2020
The following meetings are cancelled, due to Covid-19:
March Provider EMSCs, March EMSC/educators and April PBPI.
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March 20 2020 IDPH Covid-19 Update
03/21/2020
Management of Acute Respiratory Symptoms during COVID-19 Pandemic
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Drug & Supply List for ambulances has been updated on 3/19/20
03/19/2020
There is a new update to the Drug & Supply List.
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