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...
Provider EMS Coordinator Meeting date change
03/01/2019
The regular meeting of the Provider EMS Coordinators will be on March 21st, in LC 3 & 4.
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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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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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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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