For all Inquiries, please email us at uncems@office.unc.edu
What Campus EMS Does
Medical Response
- Serves as a first-responder agency and provides patient care at the EMT-B level to help those experiencing medical emergencies on UNC Main Campus
- Stabilizes and prepares patients to be transported for an average of 9.5 minutes before transporting unit arrival
- Average response time of less than 5 minutes in 2024 operations
- Members ride on neighboring county ambulances to experience different EMS systems and a wide-variety of call types throughout the semester
- Stabilize and treat patients during mass casualty incidents with Orange County EMS including Halloween, NCAA events, etc.
Campus Outreach
Campus EMS helps educate and train students on life-saving skills and public heath issues including:
- Educational tables at Emergency Preparedness events
- Offers hands-on Narcan, CPR, Stop the Bleed, and First Aid training to campus organizations
- Provides free bystander CPR classes alongside UNC HeartSafe to maintain Carolina’s status as a HeartSafe campus
Please email uncems@office.unc.edu for outreach inquiries, with the exception of CPR and First Aid courses.
- Register online for FREE HeartSafe Bystander CPR and First Aid education courses. All questions regarding CPR classes can be directed to heartsafecpr@office.unc.edu.
- UNC Campus EMS is unable to provide event standby services at this time. If you are looking for EMS standby services for campus events, we recommend contacting South Orange Rescue Squad (SORS) for assistance.
Campus EMS Leaders
Donations
UNC Campus EMS is funded by the health fee as well as through generous donations from our community. Any and all donations to our mission are greatly appreciated! You may use this link to make a donation.
UNC Campus EMS would like to give a special thank you to UNC Parents Council for their donation to assist with crucial start-up equipment. We greatly appreciate the UNC Parents Council’s support of UNC Campus EMS in our pursuit of service for the Carolina community.
Join us!
Our Fall ’26 application is now closed. Applications for Campus EMS will open again for the Spring 2027 semester. If you will be a freshman or sophomore with your EMT certification in the Spring of 2027 you are eligible to apply to our agency.
Follow us on Instagram (@unc.ems) for updates on the next application cycle and interest meeting dates/times.