Northampton Community College students studying emergency medical services now will be able to practice emergency scenarios with a real ambulance. St. Luke's University Health Network recently donated an ambulance to the college for use in its EMS degree program and community training.
St. Luke's University Health Network recently donated an ambulance to the college for use in its EMS degree program and community training. The ambulance will be used by students to practice real-world scenarios similar to what they will be doing as an EMT or paramedic professional, said John T. Evans, EMS program manager, at the college.
The ambulance is the first the college program has owned. It is expected to be re-lettered with the college's name and stationed at the college's Fowler Center on Third Street in South Bethlehem.
Simulations may include placing a patient on a stretcher and into the ambulance, checking vital signs, administering medication and transporting the patient from an ambulance to the emergency room.