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Show Signpost Tuesday, September 23, 1986 13 A Earthquakes make rumble in conference sponsored by WSC Continuing Education JaNae Barlow Managing Editor Evelyn Draper will show films of recent disasters Thursday as part of an Earthquake and Disaster Preparedness Governor's Conference Sept. 24-25 in Salt Lake City. The films will serve in prparing for a final test for the workshop. Participants will have a few seconds after viewing each disaster to write down their immediate reactions. Draper, director of the Weber State emergency program, is the principle organizer for the conference. The event is sponsored by the Utah Office of Comprehensive Emergency Management and the WSC Division of Continuing Education. It is for anyone who is expected to be a positive resource during a disaster, including city officials, police and fire personnel, and emergency and hospital professionals. While this type of conference is nothing new, Draper said this is the first time it has been expanded to include medical people and fire personnel. "I think the response is very good," she said. "People are wanting to be prepared." Conference organizers expect 400 to 500 participants. At the conference, people with hands-on experience will tell of the disastrous situation they were in, mistakes they made and concerns they have. Workshops will cover subjects such as earthquake hazards along the Wasatch Front, psychological impact of disaster, a look at "Not If But When," and collapsed building rescue. Draper said the major problem during an earthquake is collapsed buildings that pancake on themselves. "Our -typical rescue work using heavy machinery doesn't work. This kind of rescue is very specialized, and we have no one trained for that in Utah," she said. "We're bringing in a man to begin training." This man is Larry McBride, a fire captain and training officer who par ticipated in the Mexican disaster relief. He will show conference participants how to access the buildings and to know where the trapped live victims are. Draper said one thing the group will find out, as learned in the recent Mexican disaster, is that a properly trained rescue dog will become excited upon the discovery of a live victim. If the victim is dead, he will merely indicate the existence of a body by scratching or sniffing.Along with McBride and Draper, included as faculty for the conference are Richard Eply, director of the Utah search and rescue dogs; Walter W. Hays, director of earthquakes, volcanoes and engineering with the U.S. Geological Survey; and Jeffery T. Michell, an assistant professor of emergency health services program at the University of Maryland. "It's scary because when the earthquake comes, we're not going to have enough resources to go around. Some small cities will have to know enough rescue efforts to buy some time until more help can arrive," said Draper. Each town or small city is supposed to have their own disaster plan, said Draper. If the community experiences more damage than they can handle, then the plan for the county goes into effect. If that county has more damage tl.an they can handle, they refer to the state and the state in turn would ask for federal help, she said. A major concern in the local area, she said, is the possibility of Pineview Dam breaking as the result of an earthquake. If this were to occur suddenly without warning, emergency operations specialists have predicted that there would be 8.000-12,000 casualties. Governor Norman H. Bangerter will give the opening remarks at the conference."We have some really exciting ideas that have not been addressed before in Utah. We've got to think a little bigger and that's what this workshop is doing," she said. mm 2dK CLOSER TO HOME f 1 a KM" If srdeer. 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"Trained pediatric nurses will care for patients who will be given lots of tender, loving care," Faye Lindquist, head nurse of pediatrics, said. The program is specifically designed for children who are too sick to attend regular day care, but not sick enough to be in the hospital. These children will be cared for on the third-floor pediatrics unit of the hospital, but they will be isolated from the regular patients. "Under the Weather" will have a flexible staff, depending on the number of patients that day. The day care will be staffed according to the age and illness of the patients. "A tiny baby may need one person to hold and rock him," Lindquist said. "An older child with only a fever may be able to play and requires less supervision. We will provide activities for children who are less ill." Parents may call McKay-Dee's pediatrics department at 625-2300 for more information. 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