4 Tuesday January 17, 2012 SKI PATROL www.dailyutahchronicle.corn Grad protects Brighton-goe r. Dave Okubo graduated from the School of Medicine in 1979. On top of working for Brighton Ski Patrol, he heads the Brighton Urgent Care Medical Clinic. "Working on patrol lets me help people while enjoying the slopes at Brighton," he said. D PHOTOS BY JONATHAN ROYCE/The Daily Utah Chronicle els^ * 111P0111 $ Before the lifts open, patrols evaluate slope conditions to identify hazards and post signs and boundaries as necessary. •. • Okubo is involved with a diabetes camp that offers elective credit for medical and pharmacy students. "I enjoy educating children on how to manage their diabetes and to live active lifestyles with methods like snow sports; he said. - Along with providing backcountry helicopter skiing, Wasatch Powderbird Guides assists Alta and Snowbird resorts in avalanche control. With Alta's new Daisy Bell device, a blasting cannon is tethered by cable to the helicopter and triggered by remote for a more effective and safe method of avalanche control. - , moi,to (:11 l1, The ski patrol provides first aid to those injured on the slopes and enforces proper behavior of skiers and snowboarders. A The Brighton Urgent Care Medical Clinic offers elective credit to pediatric residents in the winter sports medicine program. Okubo helps a child with a temporary splint on his leg.