Southwestern Illinois EMS System

09/09/2025

Are you unsure if your child’s car seat is installed correctly??? Go see the staff Monroe County EMS on September 25 and they can help you!!

09/08/2025

🏁 What an incredible weekend! 🏁

This weekend, our Regional Medical Emergency Response Team had the privilege of working alongside some truly amazing partners at the NASCAR races in Madison, IL.

Events like these showcase the incredible dedication and teamwork of our local responders who work tirelessly behind the scenes to ensure everyone has a safe and enjoyable experience. It's partnerships like these that make our community stronger and our events safer for all.

Thank you to all the first responders, volunteers, and partners who made this weekend a success! 🚑👏

City of Madison Fire Department MedStar Ambulance St. Clair Special Emergency Services Association

09/04/2025

05/28/2025

🚨👶 PEDiReady is BACK! 👶🚨
Are you ready to level up your pediatric emergency skills and have a blast doing it?

🗓️ June 30, 2025
🕗 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 O'Fallon Public Safety
285 N 7 Hills Rd, O'Fallon, IL

🎯 What’s in store?
🧠 Pediatric stroke recognition
🩹 Trauma assessment
💊 Medication dosing
🚑 Safe transport tips
🌬️ Respiratory emergencies
⭐ STARS training & more!

6 hours of CEUs for EMS providers (Sorry nurses, no CE for this one)
Only 50 spots – this will fill up quickly, don’t miss out!

📲 Register now – scan the QR code or click the link!
📧 Registration questions? leedani@umsystem.edu or kelly.s.riedel@ssmhealth.com

🗓️ Can’t make it? Catch us again on October 6th in Washington, MO!

Brought to you by the pediatric pros at
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital, and Illinois EMSC!

🚨 Let’s get PEDiReady! 🚨

https://cardinalglennon.arlo.co/register?sgid=28efa93b31064b18848b4f86e0b96c50

04/18/2025

Great to see our agencies supporting our youth!!!

04/13/2025

“The ONE thing that separates a medic from every other discipline in healthcare.

It’s not the sirens.
Not the trauma scenes.
Not the adrenaline.
Not even the chaos.

It’s this:

A medic is the only clinician trained to make life-or-death decisions with no labs, no imaging, no backup, just a gut, a brain, a flashlight, and a patient.

You’re the diagnosis.
You’re the treatment.
You’re the transport.
You’re the decision-maker.

Every other clinician works with a system.
Paramedics are the system.

And when a medic transitions into any other area of healthcare, leadership, education, utilization review, hospital care, they bring with them something that can’t be taught or replicated:

Unshakable clinical instinct under pressure.
Command presence.

A sixth sense for when things are about to go south.

It’s why medics make phenomenal nurses, providers, case managers, executives and why they often see what others miss.

The training sharpens you.
The street sculpts you.
The chaos refines you.

And when you bring that into a boardroom, an ICU, a C-suite, or a documentation review?

You’re not just another clinician.
You’re a force multiplier.

What do you think?

Paramedics, what’s the one thing you carry that nobody else can?

Healthcare leaders, have you worked with a former medic? What stood out?

Let’s talk about it.”

- Orlando Rivera DNP