Region 11 EMS Medical Directors Consortium Memos
2025 Memos
Updated STEMI Center Requirements 2025 (5/12/25)
Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement (CARE) Program (2/19/25)
Mandatory “Cardiac Update 2025” Continuing Education Assignment (1/8/25)
Region 11 EMS Designated Infection Control Officer Contact List (Updated 11/24)
2024 Memos
Region 11 Chicago EMS Stroke System of Care Update – Effective 11/6/24 (11/6/24)
Avoiding an Intravenous (IV) Fluid Shortage (10/8/24)
Community First Medical Center EDAP Status (9/17/24)
Ascension Resurrection Medical Center Upgrades to Comprehensive Stroke Center (7/30/24)
Mandatory “Toxin and Operations Update 2024” Continuing Education Assignment (6/26/24)
Mandatory “Trauma and Burn Update 2024” Continuing Education Assignment (5/20/24)
Updates to the Region 11 EMS Drug, Equipment and Supply (DES) List (5/8/24)
IDPH Measles Guidance for EMS & CDC Measles Fact Sheet (3/12/24)
New ECG Transmission to Hospitals (3/1/24)
Region 11 EMS System Update for Hospital Diversion/Ambulance Bypass or Resource Limitation (1/17/24)
2023 Memos
Region 11 Resource Hospital Contact Information (12/19/23)
Region 11 EMS System Update For Hospital Diversion/Ambulance Bypass or Resource Limitation (12/6/23)
Region 11 EMS QR Codes for Easy Access to Protocols, Policies and Procedures (11/21/23)
Dispatch Assisted CPR and Prearrival Instructions (11/10/23)
Mandatory “Systems of Care and Medical Update 2023” Continuing Education Assignment (10/11/23)
Ascension Resurrection Medical Center Downgrade to a Primary Stroke Center (6/29/23)
Updates to the Region 11 EMS Drug, Equipment and Supply (DES) List (6/1/23)
Mandatory “Pediatric and Policy Update 2023” Continuing Education Assignment (4/12/23)
Required Dementia Continuing Education for IDPH EMS License Renewals (3/17/23)
2022 Memos
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Downgrade to a Primary Stroke Center (12/15/22)
Mandatory “Cardiac Arrest Management Update 2022” Continuing Education Assignment (10/21/22)
Mandatory “Medication Administration Update 2022” Continuing Education Assignment (6/28/22)
Updates to the Region 11 Drug, Equipment and Supply (DES) List (6/21/22)
Region 11 EMS Continuing Education (CE) Update – Core Content Category Hours (1/21/22)
Transfer of Patient Care From EMS to the Emergency Department (1/7/22)
2021 Memos
Mandatory Airway Management Update 2021 Assignment (11/12/21)
Non-Mandatory Prehospital Management of the Collapsed Athlete 2021 Assignment (9/29/21)
Pediatric AED Pads and Cardiac Equipment for Patient Care (6/10/21)
Mandatory Trauma Update 2021 – Part 3 Assignment for EMTs, Paramedics, ECRNS and ECPs (5/28/21)
Mandatory Capnography and Cardiac Procedures Update Assignment for Paramedics (4/12/21)
Mandatory Advanced Airway Equipment Update (3/5/21)
Prehospital Airway Control Trial (PACT) (2/12/21)
2020 Memos
New Vaccine Administration Policy & Procedure and Community Paramedic Policy (12/11/20)
Mandatory Trauma Update Assignment – Part 2 (10/29/20)
Call Disposition Policy Update (9/15/20)
Cardiac Arrest Review Team (CART) Performance Measures (9/8/20)
Field to Hospital Communication – Policy Update (9/3/20)
Mandatory Trauma Update Assignment – Part 1 (7/30/20)
New EMS Lead Instructor Policy (7/14/20)
New Airway Product – i-gel Supraglottic Airway (6/15/20)
Region 11 EMS Guidelines for Bypass Requests During the COVID-19 Pandemic (6/5/20)
Region 11 EMS Patient Triage and Transport Policy (4/3/20)
UPDATED Region 11 EMS Suspected COVID-19 Protocol (ALS/BLS) (4/3/20)
Region 11 EMS Guidelines for Suspected COVID-19 Patients (3/19/20)
Mandatory Death in the Field Assignment (2/11/20)
Mandatory EMT Competency Testing (1/9/20)
2019 Memos
New Medications – Fentanyl and Ondansetron (9/18/19)
Mandatory Medication Update Assignment (9/18/19)
Revised Management of Multiple Patient Incidents (MPI) Policy and Triage Algorithm (8/7/19)
Mandatory Triage Update Assignment (2/13/19)
Mandatory Paramedic Competency Testing (1/17/19)
2018 Memos
Mandatory Cardiac Update Module (12/6/18)
Mandatory Stroke Update Module (10/5/18)
Mandatory Adult Assessment Module (7/31/18)
Mandatory Policy Update Module Memo (5/16/18)
2017 Memos
Morphine Shortage – Alternate Concentrations (12/21/17)
MERCI Radios (8/17/17)
Expiring Drugs (6/23/17)
Epinephrine Shortage (5/25/2017)
ECRN Cardiac Arrest Online Medical Control Memo (2/28/17)
Region 11 STEMI Receiving Center Requirements (1/4/17)
2016 Memos
Trauma Patient Transport (11/17/16)
Cardiac Arrest Documentation (9/1/16)
Transport of Veteran Patients (7/7/16)
EMS Licensure Levels (3/23/16)
2015 Memos
Hospital Replacement of Termination of Resuscitation Supplies (8/23/15)
Clarification Regarding the Withholding of Resuscitation (8/5/15)
2014 Memos
Licensure Downgrade (11/12/14)
Continuous Monitoring (9/3/14)
Benzo Standardization (6/13/14)