Virginia Beach Department of Emergency Medical Services

Virginia Beach Department of EMS
JurisdictionCity of Virginia Beach
Total area (sq. miles)310
Dept. typeVolunteer Based
Employees1100+
BLS or ALSALS
ChiefJason Stroud
Medical directorDr. Stewart Martin, MD
Responses45.899 (2016)
WebsiteOfficial website

The Virginia Beach Department of Emergency Medical Services is the 911 EMS provider for Virginia Beach, Virginia. Virginia Beach is the largest city in the United States with a volunteer based EMS system. Since the 1940s Virginia Beach has offered free pre-hospital emergency services through 10 volunteer rescue squads supported by 1,100+ volunteers throughout the city. Virginia Beach EMS has also been a leader in a variety of pre-hospital technologies, including point-of-care ultrasound, 12-lead transmission, EZ-IO technology, therapeutic hypothermia, rapid sequence induction and intubation (RSI), video laryngoscopy, end-tidal CO2 monitoring, ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and stroke programs, as well as community cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), among others. These programs and more have contributed to the 36% cardiac arrest survival rate (2012).

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