Darryll Headley of Penn Care recently delivered this beautiful 2011 Braun Super Chief on a Ford F650 XLT to Avon Fire Department. The department, which has been in operation for roughly 80 years, chose this particular make and model because of Braun’s reputation for safety, quality of construction, and EZ-Glide door. The fact that Penn Care offers superior customer service also helped play into their decision.

This Ohio built rig will be used by the 31 personnel at Avon Fire Department to service the citizens of Avon, Ohio. For more information on Braun Ambulances, please visit our website at http://www.penncare.net or the manufacturer’s website at http://www.braunambulances.com!

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If ALS stands for “Advanced Life Saving” techniques, what follows should be classified as “Super Advanced Life Saving” techniques. The shots below were taken of the SMRT (Special Medical Response) team together with Penn Care personnel in a mine that stretched roughly a mile beneath the Earth’s surface. Founded in the 80′s, this specialized team of volunteer physicians, paramedics, and EMTs was responsible for responding to mining and industrial emergencies within Pennsylvania.

With a mere 4′ ceiling to work in, it was necessary to understand which ALS techniques could still be performed and which needed to be modified. The Reeves stretcher allowed the SMRT team to immobilize patients and drag them through tight spaces. The automatic CPR machine was used because traditional CPR could not be performed. The lack of headroom certainly affected the methods they were using to save lives.

A majority of the techniques practiced by the SMRT team had application in other locations. In July of 1988 the SMRT team was summoned to Brownsville, Texas to assist local emergency responders in freeing trapped victims from heaps of rubble.

If you have an experience where you had to modify your life saving techniques as a result of your surroundings or available resources – then we’d really love to hear from you in the comments section below!

Be sure to keep up with us as we continue to publish photos and stories taken from our 25 year history!

Last week Mike Bowman of Penn Care, Inc. delivered a Braun Chief XL G-4500 Type III ambulance to the Green Township Fire Department. The department chose this particular make and model because of the success they had with their previous vehicle. It was an exact replica of what they recently received.

Green Township Fire Department is manned 24 hours a day using a combination of full-time and part-time personnel. Capable of performing ALS (Advance Life Saving) procedures, the staff will pleased to know that the G-4500 has an interior headroom of 42″ and boasts one of the highest usable payloads in the industry. It is well known for providing optimum interior space and storage.

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