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'''Columbia Area Volunteer Ambulance''' (CAVA) is Columbia's ambulance service, and the preferred mode of transportation for inebriated freshmen looking for a ride to [[St Luke's Hospital]].
 
  
You can reach it by dialing *99 on a [[ROLM]] phone.
 
  
The organization is now officially known as CU EMS (Columbia University Emergency Medical Service).
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'''Columbia University Emergency Medical Service''' ('''CU EMS'''), formerly known as '''Columbia Area Volunteer Ambulance''' ('''CAVA'''), is Columbia's ambulance service, and the preferred mode of transportation for inebriated freshmen looking for a ride to [[St Luke's Hospital]].
  
 
CAVA is also a verb in Columbia [[slang]]. For example, you might get so drunk that you need to be CAVAed.
 
CAVA is also a verb in Columbia [[slang]]. For example, you might get so drunk that you need to be CAVAed.
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== Logistics ==
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You can reach CU EMS by dialing *99 on a [[ROLM]] phone or 212-854-5555 from off-campus.
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
* [http://www.health.columbia.edu/docs/urgent/cava/index.html Health Service's CAVA website]
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* [http://www.cuems.org Official CU EMS website]
* [http://www.cuems.org Official CAVA website]
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* [http://www.health.columbia.edu/docs/urgent/cava/index.html Health Service's CU EMS website]
  
 
[[Category:Health Services]]
 
[[Category:Health Services]]

Revision as of 16:38, 8 December 2013


Columbia University Emergency Medical Service (CU EMS), formerly known as Columbia Area Volunteer Ambulance (CAVA), is Columbia's ambulance service, and the preferred mode of transportation for inebriated freshmen looking for a ride to St Luke's Hospital.

CAVA is also a verb in Columbia slang. For example, you might get so drunk that you need to be CAVAed.

Logistics

You can reach CU EMS by dialing *99 on a ROLM phone or 212-854-5555 from off-campus.

External links