IU-EMS

• IU-EMS' founder, Scott Savett (new window), went on to earn a Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Clemson University, and now serves as the Vice President of the NCEMSF (National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation, new window) and is a volunteer EMT in Pennsylvania in addition to his primary career.

  • Savett founded IU-EMS the year following the NCEMSF's establishment, and IU-EMS joined the national foundation that year and attended its second annual national conference.

• IU-EMS is the only organization in Monroe County that provides BLS (basic life support) emergency medical care other than BHAS (Bloomington Hospital Ambulance Service), and is the only one affiliated with Indiana University.

• IU-EMS provides service at the Indiana University Student Foundation's Little 500 bicycle race, the nation's largest collegiate cycling event.

• IU-EMS provides service at the Indiana University Dance Marathon, the nation's second largest and a national model for dance marathons.

• IU-EMS owns equipment for all levels of BLS treatment, including two AEDs (automated external defibrillators) and Combitubes.  It even owns all necessary pediatric equipment.  The only equipment it does not carry are a traction splint and a KED (Kendricks Extrication Device).

• IU-EMS' website receives an average of 70 visitors per day from all 50 states and from numerous nations around the world, including such locations as Egypt, Israel, Mauritius, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sudan, Thailand, and Venezuela.

  • There is a different picture featured at the bottom of each page on IU-EMS' website.

• IU-EMS has its own pit board (advertisement on the side of the track) during the IUSF Little 500 races, which members painted themselves for  the 2004 races.

• The words "Eruditio" and "Adservio" on IU-EMS' logo are Latin for "Education" and "Service," the two components of the organization's motto.

• IU-EMS' "birthday" is November 10th.

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 General EMS

• Modern ambulance service originated in the United States Army during World War I.

• Modern civilian ambulance service was originally provided by funeral homes, which used modified hearses to transport patients.

• A heart attack is more likely on a Monday than on any other day of the week.

• Proper treatment of a heart attack, including CPR and AED administration, can increase a person's chances of survival by as many as 30 times (see the first aid, CPR, and AED administration courses page).

 Indiana University

• Indiana University alumnus and Indiana U.S. Representative J. Edward Roush is credited with convincing Congress to pass the bill introducing the 911 emergency system.

  • The first 911 emergency system was planned to be implemented in Huntington, Indiana, but was changed to CITY NAME, Alabama, late in the process.

  • The 911 emergency system was initially referred to as the 9-11 (nine-eleven) system, but  was changed to 9-1-1 (nine-one-one) after panicked callers failed to locate the "11" key on their telephones.

• Indiana University is commonly considered one of the most beautiful collegiate campuses in the world, if not the most beautiful.

• The origin of Indiana University's athletic name, Hoosiers (also the name for any Indiana resident), is uncertain.

• Indiana University is the only school in the Big Ten athletic conference without a mascot.

• Indiana University was founded as a seminary.

• Ballantine Hall was the largest academic building in the world upon its construction in 1959.

• The Indiana Memorial Union is the nation's second-largest student union.

• The Indiana University Art Museum was constructed as a piece of art in itself, with no right angles in its design

• Indiana University's School of Law contains the highest-rated law library in the nation.

• Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music has been ranked the best in the nation, tying with two others.

• Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs is the largest public affairs school in the nation and is the highest-ranked one at a public university.

• Indiana University's Kinsey Institute is the first and leading sexuality research center in the world, founded by Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the field and the subject of the 2004 film Kinsey.

• Most of Indiana University's buildings are constructed from locally quarried limestone.

• Crest Toothpaste was developed and tested at Indiana University.

• The 1979 film Breaking Away is based on a true story about Indiana University's Little 500 bicycle race and was filmed on location.

• Famous Indiana University alumni include:

  • Vice President Dan Quayle

  • NBA Star Isiah Washington

  • Olympic Swimming Star Mark Spitz

  • Actor Kevin Kline

  • Subway Spokesperson Jared Fogle

  • Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales

• Rock-and-roll musician and singer John Mellencamp is a Bloomington resident and is often very visible in the university and Bloomington communities.

IUSF Little 500 2004 Pit Board Painting

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