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...
Our Paramedic Students are graduating
06/07/2018
The 2017-18 paramedic students are graduating. Please join us in celebrating!
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Some Sobering News... Drug Shortages and an update on Ebola
05/30/2018
Hoping you had a safe Memorial Day and remembered those who fought to make it safe!
Now back to reality...
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Directions for use on the new "Jot Pad" option available for the Elite Field Units
05/23/2018
Jim Klein provides a quick set of directions for using the Jot Pad option.
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EMS Documentation Seminar being held on June 29th
05/02/2018
PCRs, Not Behind Bars is a seminar covering EMS Documentation. Please read the flyer for more infroation
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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 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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