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Founded in 1993, the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to scholarship, research and to creating a safer, healthier environment on college and university campuses through the support, promotion, and advocacy of campus-based emergency medical services. The Foundation is committed to the advancement of existing response groups and assisting in the development of new response groups.

NCEMSF serves as an umbrella organization supporting its over 250 constituent member colleges and universities in providing campus based emergency medical services. These, often student-run organizations, are comprised of highly trained students ready to respond in any medical emergency. Student volunteers respond within minutes and provide emergency care tailored specifically to their campus community. These groups range from quick-response services on foot or bike to advanced life support (ALS) transporting units.

In addition to providing for the acquisition of medical knowledge, campus based EMS allows student participants to develop certain life skills including leadership, communication, and decision-making. NCEMSF provides a forum for communication and creates an environment where ideas can be exchanged and problems can be solved.

Carnegie Mellon EMS uses AED

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Shortly after noon on Thursday, July 27, 2000, CMU EMS responded to an older member of the CMU community in cardiac arrest in our University Center's locker room. After immediate bystander CPR, CMU EMS was on scene in about two minutes. One minute later, an AED showed up, 2 shocks were delivered (first was ~4 minutes after dispatch), the patient regained a pulse... all before ALS arrived. As I understand it, the patient is now in the ICU and has yet to regain consciousness.

I wanted to publicly thank all who responded from CMU for their good work. EMT's: Yerin Kay, Tim Corcoran; Paramedics (mostly): Adam Brill, Marc Unangst; Officer Don Campbell of the CMU Police Department and Tyrone Wrice, a university employee who happened to be in the locker room and started CPR. The city of Pittsburgh responded an als unit, rescue unit, bls unit, and physician.

Also, I would like to thank the NCEMSF for helping us with our AED program ~2 years ago (?). This was our first AED use (and our first code in a while) and the system seems to have worked as well as we could have hoped.

For more information, contact Adam Berson, Operations Manager of CMU Emergency Medical Services at aberson@andrew.cmu.edu.

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