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...
Medetomidine in Illinois Drug Supply
05/24/2024
On May 11, 2024, IDPH was notified that multiple individuals had presented at four different hospitals in Cook County with symptoms of opioid toxicity but were not responding to naloxone. Some patients also presented with hypertension, bradycardia, and downward gaze.
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