The OSU Center for EMS (CEMS) provides comprehensive medical direction, training, continuing education, quality improvement and systems design services for local EMS agencies and the communities we serve. The CEMS conducts clinical resuscitation research and facilitates interdepartmental research focusing on areas, such as sudden cardiac arrest and trauma patients.
The Center provides ongoing training and continuing education programs to EMS personnel that allow access to the latest advanced training and technology for emergency situations, such as the 12-Lead ECG technology provided to Columbus and Franklin County EMS agencies. It also provides opportunities for involvement in clinical labs, research and other services throughout OSU Medical Center.
OSU Medical Center is a pioneer in developing Emergency Medical Services. In 1969, Dr. James V. Warren, an OSU physician, began the Heartmobile project in cooperation with the Columbus Division of Fire. Dr. Warren demonstrated that patients could be successfully resuscitated from cardiac arrest in an out-of-hospital setting. He went on to demonstrate that firefighters could be trained in advanced resuscitation techniques. Present day paramedics and modern EMS systems are the result of a revolution introduced by Dr. Warren and the Columbus Division of Fire.
Find more information on the Heartmobile Project.