PRESS PHOTOS BY KATHY HASSICKOn July 19, Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Emergency Medicine Institute conducted an emergency medical training class exercise at the Mack Boulevard training center with the help of multiple local EMS agencies. Students were required to assess and treat patients, take them to an ambulance and onto an ER classroom where they gave a report to a trauma nurse. ABOVE: Dan Sullivan and John Schwartz gather information and treat “patient” Krista Benner who was injured in a chain saw accident. An additional photo appears on Page A9.

After treating the patient’s injuries, EMI students John Schwartz and Dan Sullivan transport the patient to a waiting ambulance.

PRESS PHOTO BY KATHY HASSICKA crew of EMI training students work together to transport a simulator patient in cardiac arrest down a narrow flight of stairs while continuing to administer CPR with an attached LUCAS device that mechanically administers compressions.

After negotiating a narrow stairwell with a simulator cardiac patient attached to a LUCAS device, a group of EMI training students load the patient onto a stretcher and into an ambulance for a trip to the emergency room.

After assessing and treating their patient, students Claire Mulligan and Emily Pepe wheel the patient to the ambulance for transport.

Emergency medical training students Nathan Lambert, Zach Glabin and Keegan Damitz arrive at the emergency room classroom where they will relay information about the patient to a trauma nurse.

Claire Mulligan reports the vital information gathered in the field to trauma nurse Cheryl Lansenderfer.

Bill Sames, Claire Mulligan, trauma nurse Cheryl Lansenderfer and Emily Pepe work together to transfer their patient to an emergency room bed.

Zachary LaPerrie takes a blood pressure reading from Mary Ellen Dischinat as Joseph Scribiano records her vitals during a training exercise for emergency medical students held July 19 at Lehigh Valley Health Network’s Emergency Medicine Institute.