June 26th 2019, Penbrook PA STEMS had the opportunity to visit the Little Valley Park Summer Program in Penbrook PA to introduce the kids to Emergency Medical Services. Paramedic Chris Villeda and EMT Steph Myers Shared with them the work that our EMS professionals do each day as well as Read more…
Visit abc27news For Full Article here “HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – This week is National CPR and AED Awareness Week. Susquehanna Township EMS demonstrated how to perform CPR during an emergency situation. “The best chance that out-of-hospital cardiac arrests have is with someone providing CPR pretty much immediately,” Susquehanna Township EMS Chief Read more…
Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Plus Recognition Award Harrisburg, Pa – June 6th 2019— Susquehanna Township EMS has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Gold Plus Award for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks. “Susquehanna Township EMS has dedicated itself to Read more…
Dec. 4th 2018, Harrisburg, PA In Nov. of 2018 the Senate Resolution 6 Commission released their report about the state of EMS and Fire in the Commonwealth. Starting in January this commission sought to qualify and quantify the challenges and issues faced by our Emergency Services infrastructure. What they found Read more…
Susquehanna Township EMS received a visit from world record holder and Harlem Globe Trotter Chris “Handles” Franklin today. A former basketball player with Susquehanna Township High School, Chris returned to Harrisburg to open the newly renovated basketball courts at Edgemont Park. Thanks to the generosity of his non-profit organization, the Read more…
STEMS Chief Matt Baily recently spoke with ABC27’s Megan Frank “HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A record number of drug overdose deaths is helping to ease America’s organ shortage, according to a new study. In 2000, the number of people who died from an overdose and donated an organ in the U.S. was an Read more…
This week our Captain Kunst worked with local boy scouts to teach them the skills necessary to handle injuries and illnesses in the wilderness! Captain Kunst has long with the Boy Scouts in various roles and loves teaching Wilderness First Aid! Two days after the class, an attendee got to Read more…
STEMS is set to replace an older ambulance with a new 2018 Medix RP-90 MR Ambulance! This will Replace Ambulance 9-G We hope to get our new unit shortly, and begin the process of preparing for PA DOH licensure and inspection. Thank you to our Safety Committee for reviewing the Read more…
Recently, Brett Sholtis (a reporter with WITF) rode along with Captain Tempel as they saved the life of a patient overdosing on Heroin. Captain Tempel’s experience and expertise saved the life of this patient in what is becoming an increasingly common problem facing EMS agencies across the US. Listen here Read more…
In order to continue to provide the best Pre-hospital cardiac care possible, STEMS will be removing our existing fleet of aged Philips MRx Cardiac Monitors from service. These monitors have treated literally thousands of patients and have well served our citizens over their 6 years of use. STEMS has partnered Read more…