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...
Data Collection Short Forms may be found here
03/24/2023
In order to eliminate some confusion regarding use of written short forms for patient care, we have included links here.
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System Memo 414 issued (SOP Take aways)
03/17/2023
This memo contains information on: Sedation contingency plan,
Field Internship info, System entry updates
Mandatory annual competencies, License renewals and Requesting archived PCRs.
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New Policy Updates Posted
The following policies have been updated: A5, C2 and D4.
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2023 Paramedic Class Field Intership Documents Posted
02/22/2023
The updated documentation for the Paramedic Class Field Internship phase has been posted on the website.
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System Memo 413 issued pertaining to Voluntary PM NREMT Testing
We have already started getting requests for the process for NREMT testing.
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2023 Restraint Procedure is found here.
01/16/2023
As agencies are beginning their annual competency assessments, here is the restraint procedure, which can also be found under the Procedure Manual page.
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