About HERO

The Hopkins Emergency Response Organization (HERO) is a professional emergency medical services organization, located on the Homewood campus of the Johns Hopkins University. Situated in the heart of Baltimore, Maryland, the JHU Homewood campus is home to more than 5,000 students, faculty, and staff.

HERO operates the Hopkins Emergency Response Unit (HERU)--a collegiate EMS service that responds to medical emergencies on the JHU Homewood campus and surrounding areas--as well as the Hopkins Emergency Response Teaching Unit (HERTU), which teaches courses in CPR, First Aid, and Emergency Response.

HERU is a Basic Life Support rapid response service, and is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week during the fall and spring academic semesters. HERU runs on a modified scheduled during New Student Orientation and Intersession, and provides standby coverage at special JHU affiliated events. HERU operates under the operational direction of JHU Homewood Security, and the medical direction of the JHU Student Health and Wellness Center. We also work with the Baltimore City Fire Department, which provides advanced life support (ALS), emergency transport, and assistance in education and training exercises.

Staffed and run entirely by top students of the university, HERU is a member of the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation. HERU currently operates with approximately 60 active members, each certified at either the EMT-B, Emergency First Responder, or Emergency Medical Responder level. We are always looking for new members.

In the case of a medical emergency, HERU can be reached by calling 410-516-7777 or 911 from any campus phone, or by contacting a JHU security personnel in close proximity.

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