Advanced Life Support (ALS)
The Jersey City Medical Center (JCMC) Paramedics provide Advanced Life Support (ALS) Services for greater Hudson County. All 9-1-1 calls are screened by our dispatch center, HUDCEN, for the presence of a life threatening emergency. Those calls that are triaged as life threatening have an ALS unit dispatched to them. ALS is provided via chase cars or ambulances. Along with the Basic Life Support (BLS) unit, the JCMC Paramedics provide ALS care to our patients.
JCMC Paramedics’ Advanced Skills and Equipment:
- Life Pac 12 EKG Monitors with defibrillation, cardioversion, pacemaker, and pulse oximetry. 3 & 12 lead acquisition and transmission capability
- Advanced airways including oral and nasal intubation, King LTD Airway Devices
- IV & IO access including the EZIO Adult & Pediatric devices
- Chest Decompression, Blood Glucose Monitoring, Central Venous Access devices
- Standing Orders and 24 / 7 on line medical command by board certified emergency physicians
- Nerve Agent Antidote Kits (NAAK) and Escape Hoods for CBRNE Incidents
- A Special Operations Division including a Bike and HazMat Teams
- Required training in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Trauma, HazMat and Incident Command
