Cornell University Emergency Medical Service (CUEMS) strives to provide professional, efficient,
and effective First Response Basic Life Support care to the entire Cornell Community. Serving
Cornell students, graduate students, faculty, staff, visitors, and their children and families, CUEMS
responds to all 911 calls for medical assistance and evaluation twenty-four
hours per day, seven days
per week during the academic year. CUEMS provides extensive, weekly training to all squad members
consisting of Basic Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT-B), Intermediate Emergency Medical Technicians
(AEMT-I), Critical Care Technicians (AEMT-CC), and Paramedics (AEMT-P). Moreover, CUEMS offers training
to the entire Cornell Community in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR), automated external defibrillation (AED),
calling 911, alcohol emergencies, and basic emergency care. Working together
with emergency services from all of Cornell and Tompkins County, CUEMS provides a valuable resource available to the Cornell Campus and much
of the surrounding Tompkins County community.