HEALTH ON WHEELS
CETRONIA AMBULANCE CORPS AND LEHIGH COUNTY BREAK GROUND ON JOINT OPERATIONS, COMMUNITY EDUCATION & MEDICO-LEGAL FORENSICS CENTER
Governor Tom Corbett, Lieutenant Governor Jim Cawley, State EMS Director Joseph Schmider, Senator Pat Browne and Representative Ryan Mackenzie joined representatives from Cetronia Ambulance Corps and Lehigh County at the ceremonial groundbreaking for their new Joint Operations, Community Education and Medico-Legal Forensics Center located at the intersection of Broadway and Parkway Roads in South Whitehall Township on Thursday, February 21st. “We strongly believe that a regionalized approach to public health and safety is in the best interest of our community. As part of our unique collaboration with Lehigh County, we will expand the capabilities for response to emergencies, natural disasters and every day medico-legal events. It will lead to revolutionary advances in pre-hospital emergency care, resulting in even more lives saved,” said Larry Wiersch, Chief Executive Officer of Cetronia Ambulance Corps...Read More
CITY OF ALLENTOWN AND CETRONIA AMBULANCE CORPS DONATE AMBULANCE TO HAITI
The City of Allentown and Cetronia Ambulance Corps will donate two retired ambulances to the City of Carrefour, Haiti to help with emergency medical treatment in that area that was ravaged by a 2010 earthquake...Read More
CETRONIA AMBULANCE CORPS RECOGNIZES EMPLOYEES FOR PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL PATIENT CARE
At its annual General Membership Meeting on December 12th, Cetronia Ambulance Corps CEO, Medical Director and Board of Trustees recognized four associates for their exceptional patient care and credited them for saving the life of a 35 year old Macungie woman. Paramedics Matthew Sadrovitz, Philip Kolodziejek and EMT's Daniel Riga and Peter Lenig recieved the first "Medical Director Exceptional Patient Care" Award for providing exemplary care, response and compassion in alighment with Cetronia's core values and mission....Read More
CETRONIA AMBULANCE CORPS SENDS TOW DISASTER RESPONSE TEAMS TO NEW JERSEY FOLLOWING HURRICAN SANDY
As an active member of the Pennsylvania Strike Team, Cetronia Ambulance Corps provides staffing, vehicles, equipment and other resources to be utilized for major emergency and disaster response. Following Hurricane Sandy, represenatives from Cetronia and the Region II Strike Team were deployed to Atlantic, Ocean and Monmouth Counties in New Jersey. Cetronia's team operated in conjuction with other Pennsylvania EMS Strike Team's providing 911 relief, shelter support and search and rescue operations....Read More
CETRONIA AMBULANCE CORPS FIRST SERVICE TO RECIEVE "GOLD STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FROM THE EASTERN PA EMS COUNCIL"
On Monday, June 18th, represenatives from the Eastern Pennsylvania Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Council formally recognized Cetronia Ambulance Corps as the first EMS agency in the region to acchieve the Council's "Gold Standard of Excellence" The Eastern PA EMS Council launched this program in February to acknowledge those agencies that routinely go "above and beyond" the call of duty and licensure requiresmens through the PA Department of Health...Read More
CETRONIA AMBULANCE CORPS HOSTS STATE REPRESENTATIVE GARY DAY FOR AMBULANCE RIDE-ALONG DURING NATIONAL EMS WEEK
Representative Day (R-Berks/Lehigh) joined the emergency response crew of Michael LaPearl, EMT-P and Jason Fusselman, EMT to experience firsthand the critical role that EMS providers play in pre-hospital care and emergency preparedness...Read More
THE GREAT AMBULANCE CHASE GENERATES SUPPORT FOR CHILDRENS 911 EDUCATION
Cetronia Ambulance Corps held its first annual "Great Ambulance Chase 5K Race and Family-Fun Walk on Sunday, May 20th at the Lehigh Valley Zoo, which generated more than $10,000 in proceeds that will enhance the children's education and 911 awareness programs offered by Cetronia. More than 200 racers, walkers and supporters participated in the event which was coordinated by Cetronia Ambulance Corps and endorsed by the Young Lawyer's Division of the Bar Association of Lehigh County...Read More
REGIONAL EMS CENTER TO HELP PROTECT GROWING LV POPULATION
The Lehigh Valley's population is booming, and so is the need for ambulance service. Cetronia's new regional EMS center hopes to keep response times low, save money and more lives...Read More
ICEDOT EXPANDS LOCAL EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONDER NETWORK
ICEdot is is expanding its free Yellow ICEdot service by providing free training to first responders throughout the City of Philadelphia, Montgomery, Delware, Upper Bucks and Lehigh Counties. ICEdot which stands for In Case of Emergency, is an emergency notification and identification service. Indivduals use the service by compleeting a basic health and emergency contact form on the ICEdot website, printing it out and placing it in the car's glove box and then placing the ICEdot sticker on their rear window, indicating to first responders that their emergency information is located inside the car...Read More
The Pennsylvania Department of Health and the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council (PEHSC) held the annual
CETRONIA AMBULANCE CORPS AND LEHIGH COUNTY TO ENTER INTO A REGIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PARTNERSHIP
The Lehigh County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a land lease agreement between Cetronia Ambulance
