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SCCEMS Awarded State VFCVASGP Grant FEBRUARY 05 - Southern Chester County Emergency Medical Services received official notification from the Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioner's Office that we have been awarded a VFCVASGP grant for $5,264.37 towards the purchase of a new paramedic responder vehicle in 2010. The Volunteer Fire Company and Volunteer Ambulance Service Grant Program (VFCVASGP) makes an annual grant program available for fire companies, ... (Full Story & Photos)

All of the responders with Linda J one of the cardiac arrest saves

SCCEMS, West Grove and Oxford Crews Meet with Cardiac Arrest Save Victims NOVEMBER 27 - SCCEMS paramedics, West Grove firefighters and EMT and EMT's from the Union Fire Company of Oxford met with the two cardiac arrest save patients and their families at the New London Township Building on November 24th. The patients and their families as well as the New London Township Supervisors thanked the providers involved for the team effort in saving the lives of these two patients last month. ... (Full Story & Photos)

Help Support SCCEMS during our 2009-2010 Fund Drive Campaign NOVEMBER 23 - The 21,000 residences and businesses in our primary service area have received the annual SCCEMS Fund Drive solicitation this past week. SCCEMS counts on this annual appeal to those we service to help support the operations and capital equipment purchases to continue our valuable service. This year represents the 8th year that we have asked the community for funding and this direct appeal accounts ... (Full Story & Photos)

Paramedic Gary Hartung

SCCEMS Paramedics Have Two Cardiac Arrest Saves in October utilizing new Therapeutic Hypothermia Protocol NOVEMBER 18 - Southern Chester County EMS paramedics successfully resuscitated two patients in October who were in cardiac arrest when paramedics arrived on scene. Both of the patients were female and resided in New London Township. The SCCEMS paramedics involved on the first cardiac arrest on October 5th, Pam Hoadley and Gary Hartung successfully resuscitated the patient on scene and initiated the therapeutic ... (Full Story & Photos)

SCCEMS Wins 2009 Governors Award for Safety Excellence OCTOBER 19 - Southern Chester County Emergency Medical Services was awarded the 2009 Governor's Award for Safety Excellence at the Annual Governors Occupational Safety and Health Conference held in Hershey this week. This year the award was presented to 9 companies from across the Commonwealth whose organizational safety programs are determined to be exceptional. SCCEMS was announced as a semi-finalist ... (Full Story & Photos)

Representatives of the SCCEMS staff, the SCCEMS Board of Directors with representatives of the Department of Labor and Industry and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Full Time Staff Complete Advanced Stroke Life Support Training OCTOBER 06 - On Saturday October 3rd the full-time paramedic staff attended the Advanced Stroke Life Support Class taught by Paramedic Supervisor John Pierce. Paramedic Pierce attended the class in 2008 at the JEMS Conference in Baltimore and achieved both the provider certification and Instructor rating for the class. This was the first presentation of the course for providers in the County. Stroke ... (Full Story & Photos)

Pedestrian Safety SEPTEMBER 30 - There is no winner in a contest between a vehicle and a cyclist or pedestrian! It's hard to fathom that the cost to cross the street could be one's life. While in most cases, the pedestrian is found to be at fault, there is an important responsibility for drivers to be vigilant particularly in residential or commercial areas where there is more pedestrian activity. Statistics * Pedestrian fatalities ... (Full Story & Photos)

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