EMICS is a network of volunteer doctors with specialist training in pre-hospital emergency medicine who assist East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) at the scene of life threatening emergencies.
The Volunteer doctors freely donate their time . They are unpaid and have undergone pre hospital emergency medicine training to enable them to deliver the highest level of care at the scene .
The doctors all work in hospital or GP surgeries and volunteer after and around their shifts.
EMICS medics get called out by East Midlands Ambulance Service to emergencies.
EMIiCS trains and retains the medics.
EMIICS receive no NHS funding.
EMIICS operates at the highest level and each medic is equipped with lifesaving equipment and drugs.
The organisation operates entirely staffed by volunteers.
