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Student Emergency Medical Services (SEMS) is a student organization first formed at the University of Colorado at Boulder in the fall of 2004[1] with the goal of preventing alcohol related injury among the student body[2]. This goal is achieved by providing licensed emergency medical technicians to student and university sponsored events, peer-to-peer education about the dangers of binge drinking, and alcohol/drug emergency preparedness training for student and university groups.

Following the formation of SEMS, a foundation was created to spread the idea of SEMS to other universities. SEMS foundation is currently in the process of creating a second chapter at Colorado State University

History[edit]

This is the history of Student Emergency Medical Services (SEMS).

Chapters[edit]

University of Colorado at Boulder[edit]

This is the first chapter.

Colorado State University[edit]

This is the chapter in Fort Collins, CO at Colorado State University (CSU). There were initially a number of setbacks in organizing the CSU chapter due to confusion about whether the group would be run by the university or by students[3]. There were also difficulties in finding a licensed medical director for the program.

References[edit]

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