EMS Week Open House May 20

EMT Randy Templin points out equipment on an ambulance to visitors at a previous open house.

Northwest EMS will open its doors to visits by area residents on Wednesday, May 20, 3 to 5 p.m. at 380 W. Bainbridge St., Elizabethtown.

EMTs will provide blood pressure screenings, emergency health-related information, CPR practice and a chance to see the equipment inside an ambulance.

The open house coincides with National EMS Week, when emergency providers demonstrate the life-saving capabilities they bring to the community.

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MAY
2015

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Food Drive Is a Success!

Amanda Smith, telecommunicator at Lancaster County-Wide Communications, shows the food donation LCWC gave to our food drive.

Northwest EMS was able to donate hundreds of dollars worth of food to the four local food banks in our primary response area, thanks to the generosity of our employees and local residents. Crews delivered the donations to the food banks on March 4.

Donations were accepted at all three EMS stations. Support from the community was generous, with residents stopping by the stations to drop ...

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MAR
2015

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Ambulances Pass State Licensing Inspection

Katy Galer (left), program coordinator at the Emergency Health Services Federation, talks to Randy Templin, EMT, about the state inspection of ambulances operated by Northwest EMS. They are looking at the new van ambulance that is more cost-efficient to operate with Basic Life Support patients than the big box ambulances.

They passed Emergency Health Services Federation inspection on February 25 so the 10 ambulances operated by Northwest EMS are licensed to operate for another three years.
The crew members and supervisors ...

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FEB
2015

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