Columbia University Emergency Medical Service

FALL 2020 UPDATE: We are now back in full 24/7 service! If you have a medical emergency please call (212) 854-5555 to call CUEMS for a free ambulance service and transport. We will respond to on-campus and off-campus medical emergencies as long as they are within the Morningside Heights or Manhattanville neighborhoods near campus. If you have any more questions or would like more information, please visit our website at cuems.columbia.edu or send us an email at [email protected]. Stay safe and wear a mask to protect yourself and others around you!

UPDATE FOR FALL 2020 SEMESTER: CUEMS has an updated, extended schedule. We will now be covering Thursday nights and Saturday during the day. We are also now covering the Manhattanville campus in addition to the Morningside campus. Here is our updated schedule: Sunday 8:15 pm - Monday 8:15 pm Tuesday 8:15 am - Tuesday 8:15 pm Wednesday 8:15 am - Wednesday 8:15 pm... Thursday 8:15 am - Sunday 10:00 am We will be sticking to this schedule even over Election Day weekend, so please give us a call if needed. If you have a medical emergency please call (212) 854-5555 to call CUEMS for a free ambulance service and transport. We will respond to on-campus and off-campus medical emergencies as long as they are within the Morningside Heights or Manhattanville neighborhoods near campus. If you have any more questions or would like more information, please visit our website at cuems.columbia.edu or send us an email at [email protected]. Stay safe, social distance, and wear a mask!

UPDATE FOR FALL 2020 SEMESTER: CUEMS is in service and will respond according to the following schedule: Sunday 8:15 pm - Monday 8:15 pm Tuesday 8:15 am - Tuesday 8:15 pm Wednesday 8:15 am - Wednesday 8:15 pm... Thursday 8:15 am - Thursday 8:15 pm Friday 8:15 am - Saturday 10:00 am Saturday 8:15 pm - Sunday 10:00 am If you have a medical emergency please call (212) 854-5555 to call CUEMS for a free ambulance service and transport. We will respond to on-campus and off-campus medical emergencies as long as they are within the Morningside Heights neighborhood near campus. If you have any more questions or would like more information, please visit our website at cuems.columbia.edu or send us an email at [email protected]. Stay safe, social distance, and wear a mask!

UPDATE FOR THE FALL 2020 SEMESTER: We will not be accepting applications for membership this upcoming term. But, we will still be offering tuition sponsorships for EMT-B certification courses this fall in New York City. Details regarding course dates and times as well as application materials will be made available during our mandatory, virtual information sessions on August 31st and September 1st at 9PM EST. Make sure to fill out the interest form linked below if you wish to attend, as we will only be sending the Zoom link to those who have signed up. If you have any further questions or concerns, do not hesitate to reach out to us via email at [email protected]. https://docs.google.com//1PyzQtRWUbu4zjz9BRbJ8cZsrut/edit

We at CUEMS stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and black communities fighting injustice. We mourn and remember the lives of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and the countless victims of systemic racism. As an EMS organization, we recognize the inherent racial bias that pervades the medical world and disproportionately harms people of color, especially black women. No institution in this country is free of the systematic racism th...at is ingrained in our past and plagues our present. This racism will continue into the foreseeable future unless drastic changes are made. A post on social media is nowhere near sufficient to make these changes, and we recognize this. We have compiled a few resources on racism and bias in the medical community. We encourage everyone, especially within the medical community, to speak up, educate themselves, and take action against racism to create lasting change. Racism within the medical field: Race and Medicine: The Harm That Comes From Mistrust - https://www.nytimes.com//race-and-medicine-the-harm-that-c Structural Racism in Medicine Worsens the Health of Black Women and Infants - https://rewire.news//structural-racism-in-medicine-worsen/ How Discrimination Can Harm Black Women's Health - https://www.hsph.harvard.edu//discrimination-black-womens/ Is There Systemic Racism in EMS? - https://www.emra.org/emresident/article/hpjc-ems-racism/ Law Enforcement Violence as a Public Health Issue - https://www.apha.org///2019/01/29/law-enforcement-violence Emergency Medical Responders Confront Racial Bias - https://www.npr.org//emergency-medical-responders-confront Other Resources: Statement from Columbia Health Regarding Bias and Violence Against People of Color - https://health.columbia.edu//statement-columbia-health-reg

Unfortunately, due to developments on campus due to COVID-19, we will not be able to offer EMT-B certification course sponsorships for the summer term. Please check back here or on our website later this summer for information regarding Fall course sponsorship and membership. Stay safe everyone!

Interested in becoming an EMT or joining CUEMS? Want to serve your community, gain clinical experience, and build relationships with a wonderful and passionate corps? If you already have a valid EMT license and valid driver's license (both of these are absolutely required), you can apply for membership to join CUEMS. If you do not have a valid EMT license, you can apply for a sponsorship course to get one (no prior experience required). There will be two information sessions ...held in Hamilton (check signage in the lobby for room number) from 9pm - 10pm on Tuesday, January 28th, and Wednesday, January 29th. You must attend one of these info sessions if you would like to be considered for either sponsorship or membership. Please be on time, as doors will close at 9pm sharp! CUEMS is committed to being an inclusive and welcoming organization, and we strongly encourage students of all backgrounds to attend an information session and consider being a part of our corps. E-mail [email protected] for more information or with questions.

Happy New Year from all of us at CUEMS! In the spirit of the new year, we'd like to announce our 40th Executive Board, congratulations! Director: Brian McTyre, CC'21... Captain: Alice Sardarian, BC'21 Operations: Joseph Phelan, CC'21 Personnel: Vivienne Li, CC'21 Member-At-Large: Judah Hoffman, GS/JTS'21 See more

Happy holidays and good luck on your finals from the CUEMS team! Photo credits: Alex Homer #ambulance #snow #volunteers #ems #emt #holidays #finals

For the last time in 2019, CUEMS had its Advisory Board meeting along with Department heads, Deans and Vice Presidents from Columbia and Barnard. We want to thank all of our campus partners for their unending support! Looking forward to seeing where the next year takes us. @ Columbia University in the City of New York

CUEMS along with the Department of Public Safety, Columbia Health and Residential Life conducted a full scale Mass Casualty Incident this morning with the purpose of testing our emergency response protocols. This was the first of its kind and a huge success! Many thanks to all the participants. #ems #mcidrill #emergency #mci #preparedness

Looking forward to participating in the Department of Public Safety's event for Security Awareness Day! Hope to see many of you there.

Interested in joining CUEMS or becoming an EMT? Are you a Columbia student? Check out cuems.columbia.edu for more info!

When 91-B ran into 91-A at St. Lukes

Director N. Danev and Captain K. Stephan at the 2nd CUEMS Advisory Board Meeting. After lots of preparation, including satisfaction surveys, meetings with members, stakeholders and administration; decisive action is being taken to ensure we not only fulfill our mission of providing free medical care to the Columbia and Morningside Heights communities, but also to continue the upward trends of growth and improvement within the corps.