valuable equipment to carry on providing crucial care for those in need of medical assistance.
See how partnerships plus residential and business involvement plays and important part in PMREMS operations all year through
GRANTS
FUNDING FOR
2024 LIFE SAVING PROVIDE
STRYKER STAIRCHAIRS
With $127,000 in grant funding by an organization that wishes to remain anonymous; Pocono Mountain Regional EMS acquired 9 Stryker stair-chairs. This equipment allows our professionals to safely move patients out of homes and traverse steps. Four of these chairs are cutting edge power chairs which make it possible to move patients up and down steps without lifting for the well-being of our crews.
SAPPHIRE MEDICATION INFUSION PUMPS
Thanks to Lehigh Valley Pocono Foundation, five new Sapphire Medication Infusion Pumps allow PMREMS Paramedics to administer additional medications to treat patients with critical life threatening medical situations.
LIFEPACK 35 CARDIAC MONITORS
Pocono Mountain Regional
EMS was the first EMS agency in Pennsylvania to receive and place two Lifepack 35 Cardiac Monitors acquired under a FEMA AFG $146,000 grant into service. These cutting edge pieces of cardiac monitoring devices are 5g connected and capable of transmitting patient information in real time to physicians in the emergency room allowing our clinicians to consult with ER physicians in real time and will pave the way for future tele-health style physician consultation. Funding will also allow our crews to have a “backup” set of gear at each of our substations expanding our capability and capacity.
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Final Beam Placed at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Tannersville Campus
Construction on track for late 2025 opening
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Recent frigid temperatures have not slowed construction progress, says Bret Buchman, director of health care construction for Boyle Construction. The final beam, signed by LVHN officials, was placed on the Health Center at Tannersville building, which will occupy the site along with LVH–Tannersville, creating a new health care hub. Both are being built on the site of the former Hunter Pocono Peterbilt truck dealership on Golden Slipper Road, close to major roads including Interstate 80 and Routes 33 and 611 Ground was officially broken on Nov 1, 2024
“This gives us a lot of options regarding care for our community and we’re happy it’s finally coming to fruition ” - David Burmeister, DO
Cor Catena, President, Lehigh Valley Hospital–Pocono, says the construction is generating additional local and regional enthusiasm “It’s a great opportunity and we’re excited about it,” he says
The Health Center at Tannersville will have services including physician practices, adult rehabilitation, cardiology and more Neighborhood hospitals are licensed and accredited acute care facilities, with a full-service emergency room. They are open 24 hours a day, year-round LVH–Tannersville, like its counterparts, will feature 11 ER beds and 10 inpatient beds for those requiring overnight stays or additional monitoring and testing Anyone requiring more acute care can be stabilized and taken to a larger LVHN hospital with increased capability In LVH–Tannersville’s case, that would be LVH–Pocono
“This gives us a lot of options regarding care for our community and we’re happy it’s finally coming to fruition,” says David Burmeister, DO, Associate Chief Physician Executive for Jefferson Health, President of Lehigh Valley Physician Group and Chair, Department of Emergency and Hospital Medicine
