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adolce@observertoday.com OBSERVER photo by Anthony Dolce Barry Wright, Westfield Memorial Hospital facilities manager, is pictured with Karen Surkala, Westfield Memorial Hospital president. WESTFIELD — Thirteen first response groups have a new supply of personal protective equipment thanks to the Allegheny Health Network. As the ongoing support of local EMS providers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic continues from both Allegheny Health Network and Highmark Health, Allegheny Health Network is providing bulk supplies of personal protective equipment to local EMS agencies. The effort has b...

AHN Grove City Hospital and Superior Ambulance have joined forces to participate in a pilot study exploring the rapid use of antibiotics by emergency medical professionals to prevent infections from open, or compound bone fractures. Such fractures are characterized by an open wound or break in the skin near the site of the broken bone, where  infections often develop.   As part of the study protocol,  EMS providers will administer antibiotics as close as possible to the time of the injury to reduce the risk of infection, optimally within the first hour. The risk of infection increa...

Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review Hampton Shaler EMS was among the 28 emergency medical service agencies in the region that participated in a drive-up distribution of personal protective equipment at AHN McCandless Hospital in Wexford. Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review Storage pods filled with cases of KN95 masks, surgical masks, face shields and gowns were set up in the parking lot of AHN McCandless Hospital. Tony LaRussa | Tribune-Review Volunteers packed emergency medical service vehicles to the brim with free personal protective equipment during a drive-up distribution at AHN McCandless Hospit...

Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Melvin Leeper (left) of Kecksburg Rescue is handed PPE supplies Tuesday from Jeffery Wess at AHN Hempfield Neighborhood Hospital. Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Jared Stone, station manager with Mutual Aid Ambulance Service in Greensburg, loads PPE supplies into an ambulance at AHN Hempfield Neighborhood Hospital on Tuesday. Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Lorenzo Garino, of Mutual Aid Ambulance Service in Greensburg, loads PPE supplies into his vehicle outside AHN Hempfield Neighborhood Hospital on Tuesday. Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review Robert Fry, a s...