Dewey EMS Recieves help from a multitude of stations. This is mainly due to our wide area of coverage and the different types of calls we recieve.  For the BLS or Basic Life Support end of this support we recieve help from the following agencies; Bethlehem Township Vol. Fire Co. EMS (Northampton County St. 17 or N.C. St. 17), Lehigh Valley MedTech EMS (N.C. St. 77) Williams Township Vol. Fire Co. Ambulance Sq. (N.C. St. 28), Easton Emergency Sq. (N.C. St. 20), Fountain Hill EMS (N.C. 12/Lehigh County [L.C.] St. 73 ?), South Mountain Medic 5 (L.C./N.C. St. 76), Cetronia EMS (L.C. St. 62), Coopersburg EMS (L.C. St. 64), Upper Saucon Township EMS (L.C. 72) and Riegelsville/Palisades EMS (Bucks County [B.C.] St. 141/142).

    Dewey EMS also recives ALS or Advanced Life Support Mutrial Aid on a great many of our calls. Our two main ALS services that we recieve help from are Bethlehem Township Fire Co. EMS (N.C. 17 or Medic I/II) and South Mountain Medic 5 (L.C./N.C. Medic 76). Outside of these two services, depending upon their availablity, location, and/or the severity of the call, we also gain ALS support from the following agencies; Easton Emergency Squad (N.C. St. 20), Suburban Rescue (N.C. St. 27), Bethlehem City EMS (N.C. St. 10), Cetronia EMS (L.C. St. 62) and University Medevac 1, 2 and 3 from the Lehigh Valley Hospital Health Network. Depending on the availability of Medevac 1 through 3, we recieve ALS Helicopter transport from PENNSTAR 3, which is part of the University of Pennsylvania/St. Lukes Health Network.

Some people might be wondering, "When you take a patient to the hospital, which hospital do you go to?" Well, the answer to that is fairly easy. Basiclly we'll go to any hospital in the Lehigh Valley, unless it is imparitive that you go to the nearest hospital. Here is the list of hospitals we go to and some of the services they offer.

St. Lukes Hospital - Bethlehem, PA Lehigh County
      St. Lukes is a  Level 2 Trama Center and the Main center for the St. Lukes Hospital Network (SLHN). St. Lukes is also our primary hospital, due to its proximity to Hellertown and most of Lower Saucon.

Lehigh Valley Hospital, I-78 and Cedar Crest Blvd, Saulsbury Township, PA Lehigh County
        Level 1 Regional Resource Trama Center, with additional certifications in Pediatric Trama (Only one of 4 in the state to hold BOTH certifications), Burn Center, Cancer Center, Emergency Room. Is also the main center for the Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network (LVHHN).

Muhlenberg Medical Center, Bethlehem, PA Lehigh County
     Muhlenberg is the home to Medevac 1 and is part of LVHHN

Easton Hospital, Easton, PA Northampton County
   Easton is the only hospital actually IN Northampton County

Lehigh Valley Hospital, 17th and Chew St's. Allentown, PA Lehigh County
    LVH 17th and Chew is a part of LVHHN

St. Lukes, Allentown Campus, Allentown, PA Lehigh County (Formerly Allentown Ostiopathic Hospital)
     St. Lukes Allentown is a part of SLHN

St. Lukes, Quakertown, Quakertown, PA Bucks County
   St. Lukes Quakertown is also a part of SLHN

Sacert Heart Hospital, Allentown, PA
    Cardiac Care Center.

Here are some interesting links for EMS agencies around the area:

Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network

St. Lukes Hospital Network

University Medevac's Unnoffical Home Page
 (It has more informations that the official page has sometimes)

Eastern PA Emergency Medical Services Council
    (This is the group all of the EMS agencies in Northampton, Lehigh, Berks, Carbon, Schuykill, and Monroe Counties answer to.)

Motorola's Home Page
    (all of Dewey EMS's two-way radios, all of the personal pagers we use, and our cellphones are made by Motorola)

Horton Emergency Vehicles
  (Both of Dewey's current ambulances are Horton Ambulances

  This is a picture of University Medevac from two years ago at our carnival. They had to leave for an on scene call, so we had to bid them farewell. The following is pretty much a sequence of photos.

This page last updated 02.20.2001

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