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Indiana University Emergency
Medical Service is a student organization comprised of certified Indiana EMT-Basics
and first aid personnel. IU-EMS is privately hired by university
departments, student organizations, and community organizations to provide
comprehensive emergency medical care to event participants. The
organization has a long and proud tradition of providing emergency medical care at major
university and area events, including the world-famous Little 500 bicycle races, as well
as the Dance Marathon fundraiser for Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis,
which serves as a model for dance marathons around the nation.
IU-EMS members also individually
volunteer to assist in instructing the practical skills portion of the
university's EMT-Basic course, HPER-H404. At the conclusion of each
semester, the organization hosts a state practical skills examination, one of
two examinations required for students to become EMT-certified. The
organization also provides first aid, CPR, and AED administration courses to its members as
well as to the public, and assists in instructing the IU Police Academy first
responder course. Finally, IU-EMS holds many of its own educational
and social functions for its members.
IU-EMS' mission for the
future is to continue to provide quality patient care at various area
events, to further expand its educational leadership, especially to the public,
and, finally, to establish a non-transport campus first response service in
cooperation with BHAS (Bloomington Hospital Ambulance Service). Such a
response service will allow anyone on the IU campus who call 911 and ask for an ambulance to
receive professional care sooner than they otherwise would, from fellow students
who are familiar with the campus' layout and that of its buildings. IU-EMS
will be implementing the first stage of this program, a weekend response service
based in the residence halls, during the 2008-2009 academic year. |
