MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT (MICU)

The Virtua Health Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) program consists of 11 advanced life support units (ALS) and 5 basic life support units (BLS) serving the southern New Jersey counties of Burlington and Camden and employs over 265 full- and part-time paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and nurses.

Our paramedics, EMTs and nurses work alongside other community ambulances and rescue teams to provide quality pre-hospital life support.

The program includes SouthStar, the medical air transport helicopter for southern New Jersey. Read about the school of paramedic science, EMS education and some frequently asked questions.

See the video The Fox morning news show did three live reports from Virtua that highlight the important role EMS professionals play in the community:

• Corporate director of EMS Scott Kasper discusses the MICU
  
  
• Paramedic Dan Newman talks to reporter Nick Smith
  
  
• EMTs Kevin Dunn and John Rafferty demonstrate CPR
  

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