Campus EMS
About Campus EMS
Hours of Operation
Thursday-Saturday | 7pm-3am
What Campus EMS Does
911 Response
- Serve as a first-responder agency and provide patient care at the EMT-B level to help those experiencing medical emergencies on UNC Main Campus
- Stabilize and prepare patients to be transported for an average of 11 minutes before ambulance arrival
- Average response time of 4 minutes in 2021-2022 inaugural operations
COVID-19 Relief
- Assist UNC Campus Health in their efforts to provide relief to the UNC-CH community
- Work as vaccinators with Campus Health & Orange County
- Operate as a strike team for testing to help control the impact of COVID-19 outbreaks on campus
Campus Outreach
Please contact us using the emails on the "Contact Campus EMS Leaders" tab for bystander education course inquiries.
- Volunteered over 150 hours at both COVID-19 and Influenza vaccination clinics
- Stabilize and treat patients during mass casualty incidents with Orange County EMS including Halloween, the NCAA Final Four Basketball Game, and the NCAA Championship Basketball Game
- Help educate students on life-saving skills & public health issues through designing and teaching community education courses
- Lead initiatives to promote equality for all students
- Became Mental Health First Aid certified to respond to the needs of our peers
Donations
UNC Campus EMS is funded by UNC Campus Health as well as through generous donations from our community. Any and all donations to our mission are greatly appreciated! If you would like to donate please contact us for next steps!
UNC Campus EMS would like to give a special thank you to UNC Parents Council for their donation to assist with crucial start-up equipment. We greatly appreciate the UNC Parents Council’s support of UNC Campus EMS in our pursuit of service for the Carolina community.
Contact Campus EMS Leaders
Join Campus EMS
Eligibility & Requirements
- Must be an Undergraduate student enrolled in at least 3 credit hours per semester at UNC Chapel Hill
- Must maintain a GPA of 2.7 or higher
- Hold a valid North Carolina EMT-B certification (or higher) and current CPR certification
- For out-of-state & NREMT applicants North Carolina offers reciprocity. You can find information on this process here. Do not hesitate to contact us with any questions regarding obtaining reciprocity
- Required to complete one shift weekly
- Attend all trainings & complete 24 hours of continuing eduction annually
Join us!
- Interest meetings will be held throughout the semester
- Contact us to get more details regarding these meetings
- Zoom link to meeting
- The application process consists of the written application below followed by an interview and skills assessment. We will reach out to you after reviewing your written application to provide you with more information regarding the in-person components.
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