Topics: Life Lion

Physicians dressed in scrubs perform a cardiac catherization.

Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center earns highest-level recognition for chest pain care

Jul 6, 2021

Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center has earned the highest recognition for chest pain care from the American College of Cardiology’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry Chest Pain – Myocardial Infarction Registry.

Rex Carmichael, wearing glasses and a life vest, saws tree roots to free a child in a creek as another paramedic holds onto the boy, who is slumped over his arm. Three other paramedics, wearing helmets and life jackets, sit in a river rescue boat.

Pawsitivity: Off-duty rescue earns top honor for Life Lion paramedic

Jun 8, 2021

A family who ventured into the Yellow Breeches Creek a year ago found themselves in trouble until Penn State Health Life Lion Emergency Medical Services paramedic Rex Carmichael showed up.

Paramedic Sarah Fishburne, who has short hair with glasses on top of her head and wears a face mask, and EMT Madigan Anderson, who has her hair in a ponytail and wears glasses and a face mask, sit in an ambulance with a patient on a stretcher, who is seen from behind. Medical equipment surrounds the patient.

Behind the Scenes on the Front Lines: Emergency Medical Services

May 18, 2021

They think on their feet, have each other’s back and take every patient to heart, caring for our community in heroic ways ─ the Life Lion emergency medical services team.

An ambulance sits outside of an emergency department

Penn State Health and Susquehanna Valley Emergency Medical Services sign letter of intent for company to join health system

Apr 2, 2021

Penn State Health and Susquehanna Valley Emergency Medical Services (SVEMS) announced today they have signed a letter of intent for the company to join Penn State Health.

Photo shows an ambulance parked outside of an emergency department

West Shore Advanced Life Support Services joins Penn State Health

Dec 1, 2020

Eleven stations of West Shore Advanced Life Support Services (WSALS), located in Cumberland, Franklin, Perry and York counties, are now a part of Penn State Health.

Two workers dressed in flight jumpsuits and wearing helmets and masks remove a litter from a Life Lion helicopter.

Life Lion will become established department at Hershey Medical Center

Sep 24, 2020

This fall, with the successful recruitment of a director, Hershey Medical Center will establish Life Lion Emergency Medical Services as a department.

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