EMS

Louisville Metro Emergency Medical Services (LMEMS) provides 24-hour-a-day, 911 emergency medical care throughout the Louisville Metro area. Medically focused and data-driven, LMEMS is committed to the development of the latest advances in basic and advanced life support patient care. Utilizing a comprehensive approach to education, training, technology and research, the goal of LMEMS is to provide a "Best-Practices" model for EMS to those whose visit, reside and work in Louisville Metro.

LMEMS is built upon the strong foundations of the former Jefferson County and Louisville Fire Department EMS systems. Providing a broad spectrum of community-based outreach programs in stroke, cardiovascular disease and accident prevention, LMEMS works to promote wider public use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation.

To read more from the Chief Executive Officer of EMS, Dr. Neal Richmond, about the goals and objectives for Louisville Metro Emergency Medical Services in 2006 click here.

EMS in the Press

December 11, 2008
Bluecoats of Louisville honor first responders
A nonprofit, public-safety support organization yesterday honored Louisville Metro Police, Fire & Rescue and Emergency Medical Services personnel for efforts above and beyond the call of duty.
Read more from the Courier-Journal.

December 11, 2008
Could you give CPR?
Deneen Cooper knows what it's like to feel Helpless in an emergency situation. When her grandfather had a heart attack at home several years ago, she was just two minutes away, but there was nothing she could do but wait for emergency personnel.
Read more from the Courier-Journal.

October 20, 2008
Drill hall named for Navy corpsman killed in Iraq
Jeffrey Wiener was an emergency medical technician in New York when terrorists attacked the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, killing thousands and shocking the nation. Read more from the Courier-Journal.

September 15, 2008
EMS Busy; Hospitals Lose Power
Several hospitals in the area lost power during the storm and were forced to go to backup generators, Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson said, but none were forced to evacuate. Read more from the Courier-Journal.

June 20, 2008
Rotary Club honors first responders for their contributions to Louisville
The Rotary Club of Louisville yesterday honored representatives of Louisville's three main public safety agencies for their contributions to the community.
Read more from the Courier-Journal.

June 6, 2008
Louisville hospitals use new system to save lives - It gives doctors a head start on angioplasty
Starting July 1, Louisville Metro EMS ambulance crews will be able to transmit a patient's electrocardiogram to three Norton Healthcare hospitals, allowing doctors to determine immediately whether a heart attack is occurring. Baptist Hospital East recently started a similar service.
Read more from the Courier-Journal.

June 4, 2008
Jefferson launches CPR efforts
CPR Anytime is a kit, complete with an inflatable practice dummy and an instructional DVD, that teaches people the basics of CPR.
Read more from the Courier-Journal.

April 3, 2008
EMS updating cardiac arrest protocol
For years when paramedic Joe Hamilton found a patient was in cardiac arrest, he quickly used a defibrillator to shock the patient's heart. Read more from the Courier-Journal.

April 2, 2008
EMS using computer system
Sometimes in the rush of getting patients cared for and to the hospital, paperwork filled out by Louisville Metro Emergency Medical Services staff ends up hard to read or lost in the shuffle. Read more from Courier-Journal.

April 1, 2008
Louisville EMTs Get New Technology
Metro EMS workers have a new tool that can help save time and lives. Read more from WLKY News

December 27, 2007
EMS workers get chance to be paramedics
An EMS training program, launched in 2006, is now seeing its first graduates. Read more from The Courier-Journal.


December 13, 2007
Group honors 5 EMS workers for saving two at Senior Games
Five men and women are honored for saving two participants during the National Senior Games held in Louisville. Read more from The Courier-Journal.

August 11, 2007
Louisville buys portable field-style hospital
When it's deflated and stored, it's a block 6½ feet long by 3 feet square. But seven minutes later, when fully inflated by a small pump, it's an 850-square-foot, field-style hospital made of neoprene rubber that can accommodate up to 20 stretchers. Read more from The Courier-Journal.

June 28, 2007
Louisville passes a real-life test in cardiac arrest preparedness (USA Today)
LOUISVILLE — The near deaths — and miraculous saves — of two athletes at the National Senior Games has focused attention on what cities do to protect people who gather in large numbers. Read more from USA Today.

June 27, 2007
EMS plan saves second man in senior games
"If what happened happened any place else, I probably wouldn't be alive today," Meyer, 64, said yesterday from his bed in the intensive care unit at Norton Audubon Hospital. Read more from The Courier-Journal.