Welcome to the Northwest Community EMS System
The Northwest Community System is composed of a Resource Hospital, five associate hospitals and twenty-four provider agencies covering the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Our EMS system has the distinction of being the first advanced life support sytem in the State of Illinois and the first multi-juristictional EMS system in the country. We encouter over 60,000 patients per year. Learn more about us...
Connie Mattera Retirement
07/05/2024
Connie Mattera, a regional and national leader in Emergency Medical Services, is retiring in July after over 50 years as a nurse and nearly 50 years as a paramedic. Based at NCH since 1979, she has served as EMS System Coordinator and Administrative Director, as well as EMS Education Program Director for Harper College. Mattera has made significant contributions, including creating Harper College's AAS degree in Applied Sciences and leading the NCH Community Training Center. Even in her final months, she continues to impact the field, teaching internationally recognized EMS courses.
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NWC/NLC Mobile Integrated Health Program Approved
07/03/2024
We are proud to announce that the NWC/NLC MIH program has been given IDPH approval. A long time in the making we will launch the Northwest Community/Northern Lake County Mobile Integrated Healthcare (NWC/NLC MIH) Program! This has been years in the making and we could not have done it without extraordinary champions like Chief Pat Kane, DC Devin Mueller, and Erik Christensen at Wauconda FPD and our other participants.
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