Topics: Emergency Medicine

Portraits of Lauren McNickle, MD (faculty), and Woo Yul Byun, MD (resident), are shown next to the words Exceptional Moments in Teaching.

McNickle and Byun recognized for Exceptional Moments in Teaching

Aug 1, 2025

Lauren McNickle, MD, faculty member, and Woo Yul Byun, MD, resident, were recognized through the “Exceptional Moments in Teaching” program.

Students practice a simulated rope rescue next to climbing rocks with a mannequin

Medical students get outdoors with wilderness medicine training

Oct 14, 2024

First and second-year medical students at Penn State College of Medicine stepped out of the box and next to the rocks for a simulated rope rescue.

Fireworks are shown exploding in the sky.

The Medical Minute: Relax and let the experts handle your Independence Day fireworks

Jun 26, 2024

Want to enjoy Independence Day fireworks responsibly? A Penn State Health physician offers tips to help you celebrate with a bang – safely.

An ambulance bears the Children’s Miracle Network and Penn State Health logos and marks, as well as the likeness of a costumed Nittany Lion.

Penn State Health adds new, specially equipped pediatric ambulance to its fleet

Jun 4, 2024

A new pediatric ambulance featuring several pieces of specialty equipment has joined the Penn State Health Life Lion Critical Care Transport fleet.

A group of people in parkas riding skis gather at the base of a mountain striped with ski runs. One is seated on a sit-ski, a device that balances his body on a single runner, and his legs are propped in front of him.

Saying yes: Adaptive Ski Day helps people with life-altering injuries find purpose

Feb 6, 2024

For Lebanon resident Bill Hoffman, Adaptive Ski Day is as life-changing as the accident he's overcoming.

Woman, seen from behind wearing a headset, looks at a video conference on a computer monitor showing a male patient lying in a bed in a hospital room, with a woman sitting beside the bed reaching out to him.

Hershey Medical Center Emergency Department uses virtual intensive care services to enhance patient monitoring

Sep 12, 2023

Emergencies are never virtual, but virtual care is now part of Emergency Department services for patients at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Virtual intensive care services have been added to 10 beds in the Emergency Department.

Dr. Vasudev Virparia, left, points at an intravascular ultrasound image on a monitor while Norah Martin, a registered cardiovascular invasive specialist at Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center, watches. They are both wearing scrubs, face masks and surgical caps. They are standing in a cardiac catheterization lab.

Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center’s interventional cardiology team provides seamless emergency care

Aug 9, 2023

Don Farr of Mount Joy is alive today thanks to the quick actions of Penn State Health emergency medical technicians, emergency department staff and interventional cardiologists at Lancaster Medical Center.

A statue depicting the mascot of Penn State University, the Nittany Lion, surrounded by bushes.

College of Medicine faculty receive promotions, tenure for 2023-2024 academic year

Jun 29, 2023

Effective July 1, the following faculty have been promoted and/or awarded tenure at Penn State College of Medicine.

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Buchle wins Ralph Backenstoes Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to Emergency Medical Services

Jun 15, 2023

The Lebanon County Ambulance Association named Scott Buchle, director of operations at Penn State Health Life Lion LLC, as the recipient of the 2023 Ralph Backenstoes Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Celebrating National EMS Week and coping with stress

Jun 6, 2023

Between the flapjacks, dogs and celebrations during National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week May 21-27, a chaplain and a paramedic discuss self-care.

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