By LOU WHEELAND

Special to The Press

Cetronia Ambulance Corps recently presented an Emergency Medical Services for Children event at the ambulance corps headquarters, 4300 Broadway, South Whitehall.

The purpose of the program was to introduce youngsters and their families to emergency services and the high degree of professional emergency medical services available to residents of the Lehigh Valley.

Along with static displays of ambulances, the ambulance corps had the Mobile Stroke Unit on hand.

This highly specialized and capable ambulance has a mobile computerized tomography scanner installed which can rapidly help diagnose a stroke within an hour of symptoms occurring.

The first hour of a stroke is the most critical time to apply corrective measures to reduce or even eliminate the effects of a life altering stroke.

In addition, “meLVin,” the Allentown Phantoms professional hockey team’s mascot, made an appearance as did “Bubbles,” a balloon master clown from Easton.