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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]].
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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]].
  
You can reach it by dialing *99 on a [[ROLM]] phone.
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CAVA is also a verb in Columbia [[slang]]. For example, you might get so drunk that you need to be CAVAed.
  
The organization is now officially known as CU EMS (Columbia University Emergency Medical Service).
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== Contact details ==
 
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You can reach CU EMS by dialing *99 on a [[ROLM]] phone or 212-854-5555 from off-campus.
CAVA is also a verb in Columbia [[slang]]. For example, you might get so drunk that you need to be CAVAed.
 
  
 
==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]
  
 
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[[Category:Health Services]]

Revision as of 16:43, 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.

Contact details

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

External links