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Show )' 1 Brigham City, Utah Thursday, April 14, 1977 8 BOX ELDER JOURNAL, EMT INSTRUCTOR Craig Egbert of the Logan Fire Department and ambulance service demonstrates automobile extraction techniques to a Brigham City Emergency Medical Technician class. He is using a portable air gun to cut the top out of a car. "recorda annie was used The tape had to be perfect. . . a . in the CPR test. After 81 . . . basic life support (CPR) was the backbone of the course. hours of instruction Local men, women complete Emergency Medical course An intensive 81 gency Medical . CPR on . . infants as well as adults had to be mastered. hour Emer- Technician (EMT) course is drawing to a close this week in Brigham City as local men and women finish their hospital emergency room and ambulance practical time. The course, the first ever for Brigham City, was sponsored by the Brigham City Fire department ahd held under the direction of the Utah Division of Health anckfhe Federal Department of Transportation. The course is specifically designed to train ambulance and l. hospital emergency room per-sone- The course included lectures by Brigham City and Logan doctors along with many practical demonstrations and practice under the direction of instructor EMTs and doctors. At the conclusion of the course one day was allowed for tests. The EMT hopefuls took the national written EMT test then had to pass practical tests in bandaging, CPR (cardiopulmonary resecitation), splinting and shock. Then each had to pass a interview with a doctor. Results of the tests will not be available from the Department of Transportation for approximately two months the EMT hopefuls were told. The Brigham City course was under the direction of Craig Egbert of the Logan Fire department and assisting him as local director was Rod Romer Brigham City Fire Chief. Both are EMT instructors. Romer said the course was taught at the Box Elder County Jeep Patrol building in Brigham City and he wanted to give special thanks to that organiza- Egbert said, that the Utah EMT course is one of the finest conducted in the nation, and it covers almost every unique emergency situation that ambulance personal may encounter. The course teaches many life saving skills, Egbert said, including basic life support emergency systems (CPR) splinting, bandaging, airway management, patient evalua- tion, ambulance skills, auto extraction and water related injuries. Chief Romer said he was especially proud of the Brigham City group who completed the course and their willingness to give up so much of their time to take it. The 81 hour course was taught in four weekends, Friday nights, all day Saturday and Sunday. Then eight hours additional hospital and ambulance time had to be put in by each student. To be eligible for the course a person has to be connected to emergency services from the fire department, ambulance service, ski patrol, police or hospital. Local organizations represented with members taking the course were the Brigham City Fire Department, the Brigham City Community Hospital, the Box Elder County Sheriffs department, the Box Elder County Jeep Patrol and the Intermountain School police force. tion for use of their facility. Several members of the patrol took the course. Other organizations singled out for special thanks included the Brigham City Community Hospital whose help had to be forthcoming before the course could be held in Brigham City, according to Romer, and Packer Motor and Intermountain School. Packer Motor furnished the wrecked cars and the use of their garage for the extraction portion of the course. Intermountain school allowed the use of their pool for the water hazard portion. Brigham City doctors who helped with the course and whom Romer and Egberg wished to give special thanks are D. L. Bunderson, Thomas L. Han-nuReed Merrill, Howard Rasmussen, Otto F. Smith, Gorden Felt, Arnold Gilbert, t, William Horsley, David Bruce Keller and Gregg H. Wilding. Also, local psychologists Tom Beesley and John C. Christensen were thanked for their help and participation. Logan doctors singled out for thanks were Glen Terry and Niel Langerman. Other local EMT instructors who helped with the course included Mark Vanderstein, Bill Sackett, Lee Packer and Doyle Packer while Logan EMT in Carl-quis- structors who helped included Stan Johnson, Tom Hillar, George Thomas, George Becker, Mike Stoffer, Dale Stuart, Lynn Clark, Scott Alvard and David Nelson. The 29 students who took the course, all local except two from Salt Lake one from Ogden and one from Logan, included Eldon Dickamore, John Reese, Richard Holt, Lee Clement, Tuff Claybaugh, Jess Jepper-son- , Rees Richards and Charlie . several course. . . Box Elder Sheriff's deputys took the Skeen. Dennis Pettingill, Dave Cos- grove, Randall Auree, Dave Barnes, Roger Olsen, Lynn Yeates, Bryce Hunsaker, Larry Midget, Ron Tso and Dan Perry. Ann Smith, Jessie Jepperson, Betty Claybaugh, Debbie Boyd, Yvonne Stokes, Jennie Call, Don Myers, Greg Fisher, Scott Clement, and Monty Smith. Robert Haynie also took the course to recertify as an EMT. EMTs must recertify every two years. Chief Romer said that The Utah Department of Health and state EMT coordinator James L. Hendrickson and state training specialist Allen Parker should be given a big vote of thanks for giving the Brigham City Fire Department an opportunity to hold the class in Brigham City along with Governor Matheson who helped get the class here. the "flying arm splint" was one of the more difficult to master. . . . . . . then it is the in "very difficult" . students turn to try their luck. positions. Live . . back boards on extraction are basic. patients with special injury makeup were used and put . proper automobile extraction proved to be demanding. . . ' f 'v yX- . . members of the Brigham City EMT class who took the 81 hour course sponsored by Fire Department and the Utah Board of Health. . the Brigham City tools. |