The Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority — REMSA — is the exclusive ground emergency medical services provider for Washoe County, Nevada and we serve an 11-state western region with our air ambulance program. We are a private, non-profit, fully-integrated, pre-hospital healthcare provider.
We have accountability to the Washoe County District Board of Health and a volunteer board of directors comprised of healthcare and business leadership from across the region. REMSA’s response times consistently meet or beat the requirements and it is renowned nationally for its quality, performance and innovation.
Our Special Events team provides EMS services for more than 700 events per year, ranging from small gatherings to weeklong celebrations. This team is agile, flexible and offers specialized care and vehicles to match the needs of the event.
Request Event CoverageSep 14, 2026
REMSA Health announced the appointment of a new team member: Ryan Felshaw, REMSA Health EMS manager. Felshaw brings more than 10 years of experience in emergency medical services, operations leadership and team development. In this role, he will oversee EMS operations, supporting frontline providers to help advance REMSA Health’s commitment to delivering exceptional patient care […]
Sep 2, 2026
As ambulance services across the United States confront a deepening paramedic shortage with no clear end in sight, REMSA Health is looking abroad to address the crisis. Over the last 18 months, REMSA Health successfully recruited highly trained paramedics from Australia through a first-of-its-kind partnership with International Medic Solutions. Three Australian paramedics have completed the […]
This course provides the knowledge and skills needed to evaluate and manage the first 10 minutes of an adult ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia arrest.
This course covers core material including adult and pediatric CPR, foreign-body airway obstruction, and automated external defibrillation.
