Emergency Medical Services
About Us
The Emergency Medical Services program at the University of Denver (DU EMS) is a fully functional EMS agency, integrated into the City and County of Denver emergency medical response system, providing high-quality basic life support emergency medical care to the DU campus. We deliver community health services through comprehensive education and training programs, targeted at the entire DU community. We partner with the Health and Counseling Center, Department of Campus Safety and Office of Public Health to promote health and wellness campus-wide.
DU EMS serves as a hub for allied health education. Through our innovative partnership with Denver Health EMS Education, we are training the next generation of EMS providers and equipping current providers with our renowned behavioral health and executive leadership programs, all tailored to the EMS profession. Our Kennedy Mountain Campus plays classroom to a renowned wilderness medicine programming. Leveraging the University’s history of academic excellence, we serve the public good, keeping communities safe and healthy, while fostering what we call the community of care.
Call Us
Call DU EMS anytime you observe a medical emergency on the DU campus. Call us if you or a friend are not feeling well or are injured. Our services are completely free.
On-Campus Dial: (303) 871-3000
Off-Campus: 911
Medical Response
Our team of nationally and state-certified EMTs respond to medical emergencies. We operate as a basic life support (BLS) quick response agency under medical direction provided by the Denver Health and Hospital Authority. We answer calls for service in collaboration with the Department of Campus Safety and provide event medical standby across campus.
Community Health
Our community of care touches everyone that spends time on the DU campus. Our community health education courses are open to the entire DU community, including students, faculty, staff and visitors. We are an American Heart Association training site and provide nationally recognized training in CPR, opioid overdose and bleeding control.
EMS Education
Through an innovative partnership with the Denver Health Paramedic School, we are proud to host initial EMT training courses throughout the year, available to the entire Denver community. We provide continuing medical education courses to existing providers along with wilderness and backcountry medicine courses hosted at the Kennedy Mountain Campus.
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