Students Learn How to Save Lives with University of Rhode Island EMS

By Lauren Poirier University of Rhode Island’s Emergency Medical Services has dealt with almost every medical emergency you could imagine, from heart attacks to car accidents and from the flu to sports injuries. However, the 85 student volunteers who are the backbone of the service never expected they would be dealing with a worldwide pandemic in their undergraduate years. Even so, as one of the oldest collegiate emergency medical services in the country, which provides on-site emergency medical service and ambulance transport to area hospitals, the team wants the URI community to know that it has the skills needed to serve the University’s emergency medical needs throughout this demanding time. Related How Student Providers Are Leaders in the COVID-19 Response On College CampusesJEMS Revisits Subjects of Article About EMS on College CampusesCollege Students Experience Emergency Medicine at Rowan University “Our student corpsmen are extremely driven and dedicated people who thrive on challenges,” said Cmdr. Robert Hart, a lieutenant with the Warwick Police Department who graduated from the University in 2004. “As scary as this pandemic is, they view it as a challenge to tackle and overcome. When we recruit new corpsmen, we look for traits that show us that they will be fighters and will embrace the challenges of public safety work. This way, when something as prolonged as the COVID-19 pandemic or something as acute as an immediate life-threatening s...
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