Paramedic Director Receives State Educator Award
Sept. 19, 2011 - 3:30 p.m.
Penn College’s paramedic program director, Mark A. Trueman, was named the recipient of the 2011 Emergency Medical Services Educator Award by the Pennsylvania State EMS Awards Selection Committee. The award, presented by the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council and the Pennsylvania Department of Health, honors an individual emergency medical services educator who has contributed to the development and growth of EMS education in Pennsylvania. Trueman’s selection was announced at Pennsylvania’s 34th Annual State EMS Conference and will be officially presented during the Pennsylvania Fire and Emergency Services Institute annual dinner in November.
EMS Majors Afforded Look Inside Medical Flight Operations
July 7, 2011 - 2:14 p.m.
A Life Flight crew landed a helicopter on campus Thursday for the benefit of students in emergency medical services majors. The regional helicopter service, part of Geisinger Health System, operates aircraft from the Williamsport Regional Airport, along with four other locations. The students heard from Life Flight pilot Dave Whitehead and flight paramedic Kevin Niedzwiecki, who is also a part-time instructor in the college’s Paramedic Program.
Bureau of EMS Officials Pay Encouraging Visit to Main Campus
Dec. 7, 2010 - 10:03 a.m.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, visited the Penn College campus and Paramedic Program on Monday. The Bureau of EMS recently established a statewide requirement that all paramedic training programs become nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions. This is an important step in EMS education, because only graduates of nationally accredited paramedic programs will be permitted to sit for national certification testing beginning Jan. 1, 2013. National certification testing is conducted by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. The Penn College Paramedic Program was the third in the United States to become nationally accredited more than 30 years ago. Joseph Schmider, the bureau's director, and John Englert, its education program manager, requested a visit to see campus and program resources available to students in the
associate in Emergency Medical Services
and
certificate in Paramedic Technician
majors. They commented often how impressed they were with the paramedic program’s faculty/staff, laboratory and students’ performance with national certification testing, which has established the program’s reputation as a leader in paramedic education within Pennsylvania. Schmider and Englert provided the current paramedic class with words of encouragement and answered questions from the group during a meet-and-greet session.
Students Donate Time, Gain Experience at Little League World Series
Sept. 22, 2010 - 5:02 p.m.
A large group of Penn College students offered their assistance while gaining hands-on experience at the 2010 Little League Baseball World Series in South Williamsport. Emergency medical services students were stationed in the stadium, working under the leadership of Susquehanna Regional Emergency Medical Services paramedics to respond to medical emergencies among the thousands of fans attending the international event. Sixty-six junior- and senior-level physician assistant students, accompanied by licensed physician assistant faculty, were stationed round-the-clock in the Little League Complex’s International Grove, where participating teams reside during the event. In addition, several School of Hospitality students helped to prepare and serve a picnic lunch at South Williamsport Community Park for participants in the Challenger Game – played in Lamade Stadium the last Saturday of the series – and their families.
College Hosts Camps for High Schoolers Interested in Health Careers
June 30, 2010 - 4:08 p.m.
Penn College hosted nearly 50 high school students on its campus on June 16-17 to learn about a variety of health careers. The college’s School of Health Sciences offered two activities: Health Careers Camp and EMT-Paramedic Camp, both of which were open to students entering grades nine to 12. The camps offered hands-on workshops and opportunities to network with Penn College students and faculty, as well as working professionals in the health-care industry.
Medical Helicopter Adds to Campers' Career Insight
June 18, 2010 - 7:39 a.m.
High schoolers visiting campus for the annual EMT-Paramedic Camp – sponsored by Penn College and the state Department of Health – explored Geisinger’s newest Life Flight helicopter, an $8 million piece of equipment. The camp offers students in grades 9-12 (who have no prior experience) hands-on workshops in basic first aid, advanced life support and rescue operations, basic first aid and CPR certification, an opportunity to learn in state-of-the-art paramedic and rescue facilities, and opportunities to network with college students and faculty, as well as Susquehanna Health and Geisinger Life Flight paramedics.
Penn College Receives Grant to Support Paramedic Camp
April 22, 2010 - 1:53 p.m.
Penn College received a grant to support a summer camp for secondary school students interested in careers in emergency medical services. The EMT-Paramedic Camp, scheduled for June 16-17 for students entering grades nine to 12, is funded in part by a $1,500 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health through the Lycoming County Department of Public Safety.
Penn College EMS Students Take Part in Prison Drill
Feb. 18, 2010 - 9:40 a.m.
Penn College students volunteered recently to assist in a drill for medical staff at the U.S. Penitentiary at Lewisburg. Invited by Bryan Walls, a paramedic and training coordinator at USP Lewisburg, six students from the emergency medical services program at the college used their medical knowledge to act out injuries during the prison’s annual mass casualty drill. “Once the drill was started and the staff began to arrive at the scene, the students fell right into character,” said Walls, a 2002 graduate of the college’s paramedic technology major. “They did a terrific job acting out their parts. They responded appropriately to the treatments they received, good or bad. Then, when the drill was over, they offered constructive criticisms and helpful suggestions during the debriefing.”
Penn College Adds Powerful Punch to Little League Lineup
Aug. 26, 2009 - 4:28 p.m.
Penn College, which
last week ushered in the
63rd Little League World Series
with a cookout and an impressive presence in the Grand Slam Parade, continues to be a most valuable player on the event's support team.
Students
from the School of Health Sciences again are staffing the stands and the infirmary, and college students and employees frequently are spotted among fans attending the homegrown phenomenon.
Photos by Jessica L. Tobias, student photographer
Student Paramedics Hold Mass-Casualty Simulation
July 8, 2009 - 2:12 p.m.
Student paramedics learning about mass-casualty incidents and the incident command system held a drill on Penn College's main campus Wednesday. "The simulated incidents put into practice the concepts of triaging 'patients' of different severity, beginning appropriate on-scene treatment and organizing the logistics to get the 'patients' transported," said Mark A. Trueman, director of the paramedic
technology program in the college's School of Health Sciences. "The scenarios are important so the students experience the problem-solving and radio communication required to successfully manage the incident and not transfer the confusion to health-care facilities that will receive the patients."
Photos by Jessica L. Tobias, student photographer
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