FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Broadview Fire Department Donates Reserve Ambulance to Loyola EMS System Maywood, Illinois – The Broadview Fire Department has donated its reserve ambulance to the Loyola EMS System, enabling the organization to further its education of EMTs and Paramedics and foster the next generation of future leaders in emergency medical services. This donation would not have been possible …
Colleagues Take Part in Regional Disaster Drill
On October 18, representatives from Loyola, Gottlieb and MacNeal participated in a regional disaster drill. The exercise involved a discussion about how the hospitals would respond in the event of a mass casualty. Topics included the triage and care of patients, use of resources and well-being of colleagues. Area hospitals, first responders, public health and emergency management agencies participated. Loyola …
The Loyola EMS System Obtains ASLS Training Center Status
The Loyola Emergency Medical Services System recently became the first authorized training center in the state of Illinois for the Advanced Stroke Life Support (ASLS) program. The ASLS program offers an assessment approach which is designed to rapidly identify various types of stroke presentation, which may be ordinarily missed by traditional assessment means. The Miami Emergency Neurologic Deficit (MEND) exam was devised to …
The Loyola EMS System trains providers in Difficult Airway Management
Loyola Emergency Medical Services System in conjunction with some of our adjunct instructors put on a Difficult Airway course earlier this May. Adjunct Instructor Daniel Carlascio has stated time and again that “patients don’t stop breathing on conference room tables.” Typical airway management courses include practice static intubations with a task-trainer on a table. “Why do we practice intubations like they do?” Dan further …
Loyola Medicine, Cook County Train 30 Police Departments on Using Narcan® to Combat Opioid Crisis
Loyola University Medical Center in conjunction with Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is excited to announce the Law Enforcement Narcan® Program which will equip more than 1,900 officers from 30 suburban Cook County police departments, Cook County Sheriff’s Department and Cook County Forest Preserve Police to administer Narcan®when they encounter someone overdosing from opioids. Narcan® counteracts the life-threatening effects of …
Loyola Obtains Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification
Loyola Medicine Certified as Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC) by The Joint Commission CSC certification is granted only to hospitals that meet an advanced level of stroke-related care. Loyola University Medical Center is proud to announce that we are now certified by The Joint Commission as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. This level of certification, developed in collaboration with the American Heart …