About us

Our Mission

The Lowcountry Regional Emergency Medical Services Council, is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization serving the twelve counties in the Lowcountry Region by providing training, consulting, and technical assistance to emergency services agencies and other allied health agencies and personnel. It is the express purpose of the EMS Council to assist in the development of emergency health care systems within EMS Region IV of South Carolina, and to increase the accessibility and continuity of the overall quality of health care in the Lowcountry Region of South Carolina.

Our History

The Lowcountry Regional Emergency Medical Services Council, Inc. was created on February 10, 1976 as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization by twelve counties in the Lowcountry Region pursuant to § 44-7-2010, et seq., 1976 South Carolina Code of Laws and the Federal Emergency Medical Services Act of 1973 to develop an emergency medical service in the Lowcountry region which provides for the arrangement of personnel, facility and equipment for the effective and coordinated delivery of health care services.

The Council is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the governing bodies of the counties that make up the Lowcountry Emergency Medical Service Region. Originally there were thirteen counties in the region and a forty-nine member Board of Directors.

The Lowcountry EMS Council serves twelve counties and has a twenty-nine member Board of Directors. Each county appoints two representatives to the Board and the Board of Directors selects five at-large members from the community.

In 1977 the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), Division of EMS, initiated Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic training through the four South Carolina Regional EMS Councils. DHEC Regulation Number 61-7 designates the Regional EMS Councils in South Carolina as institutions for Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate and Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic training using the U.S. Department of Transportation/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate and Paramedic National Standard Curricula.

The Lowcountry Regional EMS Council began providing EMT-Paramedic education on August 16, 1977 with twenty students.

**CAAHEP Accreditation Statement**

The Lowcountry Regional EMS Council is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs 727-210-2350 www.caahep.org

To contact CoAEMSP: 214-703-8445 www.coaemsp.org

**Paramedic Pass Rates**

Year	# of Students	Graduation Rate	NREMT Written Exam Pass Rate	Job Placement
2018	26	73.1%	84.2%	100%
2019	14	78.6%	81.8%	100%
2020	22	81.8%	94.4%	100%
2021	14	78.6%	72.7%	100%
2022	18	88.8%	93.8%	100%

**EMT Pass Rates**

Year	# of Students	Graduation Rate	NREMT Written Exam Pass Rate	Job Placement
2018
2019
2020
2021

Contact Information

David French, M.D., FACEP

Medical Director (843) 529-0977 dfrench@lowcountryems.com

Austin Mandeville, MHS, NRP

Executive Director (843) 529-0977 x2000 amandeville@lowcountryems.com

Devan Hall, BS, NRP

EMT/AEMT Program Director CTC Coordinator (843) 529-0977 x3000 dhall@lowcountryems.com

Meghan Jaggars, MPA, NRP

Paramedic Program Director (843) 529-0977 x5000 mjaggars@lowcountryems.com

Courtney Varnadoe

Office Manager (843) 529-0977 cvarnadoe@lowcountryems.com