Lehigh Valley Hospital Network / Emergency Medicine Institute and St Lukes Hospital & Health Network celebrate EMS and provide excellent continuing education opportunities during EMS week.

• Mon, May 17th - Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenburg (LVH)
  • 6pm - 7pm; Registration & Dinner
    
  • 7pm - 9pm: "Gang Identification Update - Det. Christopher McCarty, Youth Div. Allentown PD"

• Tue, May 18th - BBQ Lunch @ LVH-17th & Chew - 11am - 2pm (LVH)
• Tue, May 18th - Annual EMS Dinner and Con-ed Presentations (STL) - Details Available Soon
  
• Wed, May 19 - Pig Pen Sports Grille (LVH)
  
  • 6pm - 10:30pm
  • 1st Annual Bowling Tournament
    
  • Itailian Food Buffet Served 6:30pm - 8:30pm
    
  • 702 Union Blvd, Allentown, PA
• Thu, May 20th - BBQ Lunch @ LVH-Muhlenberg - 11am - 3pm (LVH)
  
• Fri, May 21th - BBQ Lunch @ LVH-Cedar Crest - 11am - 3pm (LVH)
• Fri, May 21th - 3rd Annual St. Luke's EMS Night at the Iron Pigs (STL)
  

Download the LVH EMS Week Registration Form.

Certification: No prerequisites. Course manuals are available for review prior to the course. Most material will be covered by the AHA video shown during the course. Course Length: 3.5 - 5.5hrs, depending on class size.

Recertification: Must have current card, or previous AHA card expired within last two months. Course Length: 1.5 - 2.5hrs, depending on class size.

Challenge: Must have current AHA card. Must pass written test. Must pass practical skills test WITHOUT ERROR. (Remediation is not permitted. If you fail the practical skills portion, you must take the full course.)

Contact Bill Krauss to schedule a class.

Download pre-class reading from our fire company web site.

Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network (LVHHN), through the George E. Moerkirk Emergency Medicine Institute, trains pre-hospital providers in the community in first response treatment. You can search for classes and register online on GEM-EMI's Search for Classes page.  GEM-EMI also offers both EMT-B and Paramedic courses.