Shenandoah Ambulance ready to provide care as usual in wake of pandemic
KAYLEE LINDENMUTH / SHENANDOAH SENTINEL FILE
SHENANDOAH – Shenandoah Community Ambulance is ready to provide care as usual in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, according to officials.
Though, the ambulance service — which provides basic life support coverage to the Greater Shenandoah and Ringtown Valley areas and advanced life support to most of northern Schuylkill — is taking precautions of its own to be certain it’s ready.
“We are actually working to decontaminate and sanitize the ambulances more often on shift as call volume allows,” said Rick Examitas, Shenandoah Ambulance president. “I can assure that our vehicles are sanitary ready prior to taking an additional patient to the hospital.”
In addition, Examitas said his organization is encouraging its staff and volunteers to take care of themselves and let them know if they are feeling ill.
“We are not changing the way we provide care cause of the pandemic,” Examitas said. “We are ready to serve the public, as always.”
Examitas noted that they encourage the public to remain calm, not to panic or be alarmed.
As of 6:30pm Friday, the nearest cases to Schuylkill County were in Monroe and Northampton Counties. 41 cases presumptive positive or confirmed cases were in PA according to the PA Department of Health.
Lehigh Valley Health Network officials told the Hazleton Standard~Speaker Friday that rumors of cases at their Hazleton hospital were just that, rumors. They told the newspaper the only confirmed cases in their network were at their Pocono hospital.
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