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Study/Objective: Our objective is to look at data collected by the National Collegiate EMS Foundation (NCEMSF) to present an updated statistical summary of the Collegiate-Based Emergency Medical Service (CBEMS) organizations. Background: University campuses are unique, typically selfcontained environments. In North America over the past twenty years, CBEMS organizations have proliferated on campuses. Today, hundreds of university-funded, student-run organizations perform prehospital medical care for the campus population of our universities. Methods: We performed a retrospective observational study of 200 CBEMS organizations in North America. The NCEMSF has aggregated data from 1993 to 2015 from an annual survey of all CBEMS organizations. Of those, 329 organizations selfidentified themselves to the NCEMSF and completed the survey. We excluded 129 organizations who were either not operational or who had not completed significant portions of the survey. Results: In North America, the mean response time for CBEMS organizations is 3.09 minutes. The mean annual budget reported is $38,333. The mean annual call volume is 516 calls, while the mean number of total vehicles per organization is 3.8. Looking at the level of service provided by the CBEMS organization, 15.50% (31/200) are classified as first responder only organizations, 69.50% (139/200) are basic life support (BLS) capable, 3% (6/200) provide intermediate level of care, 8.5% (17/200) provide Advanced Life Support (ALS) care, while the remaining 3.5% (7/200) were classified as ‘other’. For the type of response provided, 10.5% (21/200) provide ‘event only’ coverage, 54.5% (109/200) provide quick response services (QRS) only, 23% (46/200) provide ambulance response, 5.5% (11/200) provide a response type classified as ‘other’, while the remaining 6.5% (13/200) provide nonemergent response (see Table 1). Conclusion: Collegiate EMS organizations are diverse, with the majority being urban Basic Life Support (BLS) Quality Rescue Services (QRS) services. CBEMS organizations are a relatively recent development in the history of EMS, paralleling other specialty EMS agencies, such as wilderness and tactical medicine. Variable N Size Mean Or % Std. Dev