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Students Helping
Students Since 1965
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Western
Carolina University EMS is a student-run organization with supervision
and advisement provided by a non-student EMS Supervisor. WCU EMS is
part of Western Carolina University Student Health Services and is
affiliated with and supported by WestCare EMS, a nationally accredited
ALS service.
Students from various majors make
up the WCU EMS
Team. Students do not have to be part of the university’s Emergency
Medical Care degree program to be part of the team. The team is made up
of full-time, part-time, and third-rider members. Student officers
include a chief, assistant chief, captain, and lieutenant.
Pictured above is the ambulance EMS
20.
WCU
EMS provides BLS
(Basic Life Support)-level care and transport to the students, faculty,
staff, and visitors of Western Carolina University twenty-four hours a
day when the university is in session. The primary response area is the
university campus. The team will respond off-campus when requested by
other emergency service agencies. WCU EMS transports patients to the
University Health Center and to Harris Regional Hospital, located in
nearby Sylva, N.C.
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