Mission
Sedgwick County EMS (SCEMS) is committed to providing quality out-of-hospital health care.
Serving Sedgwick County Since 1975
SCEMS is the primary agency responsible for the out-of-hospital care and transportation of persons who become acutely ill or injured and are in need of ambulance transport to a hospital using Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances. Additionally, SCEMS provides scheduled ambulance transportation services for persons who require routine transfer due to a medical necessity.
Locations
SCEMS administration is located at 1015 Stillwell, the Training Department is located at 200 W. Murdock and our crews are stationed at 19 posts throughout Sedgwick County.
- Post 1 – 2622 W. Central, Wichita
- Post 2 – 1903 W. Pawnee, Wichita
- Post 3 – 3002 E. Central, Wichita
- Post 4 – 1100 S. Clifton, Wichita
- Post 5 – 698 Caddy Lane, Wichita
- Post 6 – 6401 Mabel, Haysville
- Post 7 – 1535 S. 199th St. W., Goddard
- Post 8 – 501 E. 53rd St. N., Wichita
- Post 9 – 1218 S. Webb Rd., Wichita
- Post 10 – 636 N. St. Francis, Wichita
- Post 11 – 1401 N. Rock Rd., Derby
- Post 12 – 3320 N. Hillside, Wichita
- Post 14 – 4030 N. Reed, Maize
- Post 15 – 3575 N. Webb Rd.
- Post 16 – 5055 S. Oliver
- Post 20 – 1015 Stillwell
- Post 45 – 616 E. 5th St., Valley Center
- Post 81 – 319 W. Ross, Clearwater
- Post 82 – 525 N. Main, Cheney
What’s the difference between paramedics and EMTs?
Paramedic
A paramedic is the highest level of pre-hospital emergency care provider in the state of Kansas. Paramedics provide advanced emergency pre-hospital life support. Procedures that paramedics deliver include the following in addition to the EMT skills listed above:
- Administering medications
- Advanced airway management
- Intravenous infusions
- EKG monitoring
- Cardiac defibrillation
- Advanced trauma care
- Management of critical medical emergencies
- Chest decompression
- Blood glucose monitoring
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) is a basic-level, pre-hospital health care provider. EMTs perform the following basic life support skills:
- Taking vital signs
- Patient assessment
- Administration of oxygen
- Airway management
- Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- External semi-automatic defibrillation
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Splinting
- Wound care
EMS Feedback
At Sedgwick County EMS, we believe that the service and care we deliver should be the same that we would all want for our own families – compassionate, competent, and safe.
We invite you to provide us feedback about our services and ask that you do so in the space provided below or by CLICKING HERE or scan the QR code.
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