Emergency Support Function 9: Emergency Medical Services
PURPOSE
ESF-9: Emergency Medical Services coordinates emergency medical service (EMS) response to provide out-of-medical facility treatment and transport to definitive care facilities for victims of illness and injury.
CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS
Coordinating Unit: Cornell University Office of Emergency Management
Cornell University Emergency Medical Service and Cornell University Environment, Health and Safety Emergency Services have primary responsibility for provision of campus EMS services and for day to day on scene coordination of outside EMS agency service response to the Cornell Ithaca campus. Environment, Health and Safety also has responsibility for management of the campus public access automated emergency defibrillator (AED) program.
Statutory responsibility for provision of emergency medical care falls to the local community fire and ambulance services. Statutory responsibility for emergency medical transport falls to the local community ambulance services. Requests for community emergency medical services will be made through the Tompkins County Department of Emergency Response Dispatch Center by the Cornell University Public Safety Communicatons Center or by campus EMS responders.
Cornell Health provides primary care health services as outlined in ESF-8: Health Services. Cornell Health with act as liaison with Cayuga Medical Center and other health care facilities.
Mass casualty incident response operations will follow the Tompkins County Mass Casualty Incident Plan.
ESF ACTIONS
Cornell University Emergency Medical Service
- NYS Department of Health emergency medical technician basic life support (BLS) first response agency
- Response vehicles equipped with EMT BLS equipment and AEDs for provision of emergency medical care
- Membership of approximately 55 trained personnel to respond to major incidents and to provide EMS staffing at campus events
- Mass Casualty Incident Response Trailer stocked for a 50-patient mass casualty incident
Environment, Health and Safety
- NYS Department of Health emergency medical technician basic life support (BLS) first response agency
- Response vehicles equipped with EMT BLS equipment and AEDs for provision of emergency medical care
- Coordination of emergency medical service agencies responding to incidents
- Act as liaison to outside EMS agencies responding to incidents
Office of Emergency Management and the University Fire Marshal’s Office
- Development of emergency medical service plans and requirements for planned events
- Coordination of emergency medical agency operations at planned events
Local Community Fire Departments
- NYS emergency medical technician basic life support emergency medical care
- Response vehicles equipped with EMT BLS equipment and AEDs
Bangs Ambulance
- NYS emergency medical technician advanced life support emergency medical care
- NYS certified advance life support ambulances and first response vehicles (fly cars)
- Primary transporting ambulance service for the Cornell Ithaca campus
Cornell Police
- Trained in basic first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation and AED use
- Patrol vehicles equipped with basic first aid kits and AEDs
Environment, Health and Safety
- NYS Department of Health emergency medical technician basic life support (BLS) first response agency
- Response vehicles equipped with EMT BLS equipment and AEDs for provision of emergency medical care
- Coordination of emergency medical service agencies responding to incidents
- Act as liaison to outside EMS agencies responding to incidents
Campus Public Access Automatic Emergency Defibrillator (AED) and Stop the Bleed Program
- Approximately 315 AEDs located in Ithaca campus buildings and response vehicles
- Approximately 315 Stop the Bleed bleeding control kits co-located in AED cabinets and response vehicles
- AED and Stop the Bleed program managed by Environment, Health and Safety
Cornell Health
- Normal appointment and walk-in primary care facility medical care for approximately 300 patients per day
- Capable of suspending routine, non-emergency services to support emergency patient care
- Capable of sending medical personnel including physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, and administrative personnel to support out of facility on-campus patient care operations
- Minimal medical supplies and equipment are available for out of facility use
- Can support patient triage, treatment, and medical tracking operations
- Provision of patient education services to support management of worried well and patients post treatment