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Show Vernal Express : V 4. V- m p i a m ejtate tp e iik. . 1 v h' r I I I i t 1 Children from Maeser Elementary School made and donated three blankets to the OB Unit at Ashley Regional Medical Center. The children also handed out roses to the hospital staff. (Submitted Photo) .i" .v Wednesday, December 17, 2008 8W B5 RMP safety Continued from B4 power lines and utility lines. Even if the lines are not sparking, they could still be electrified and extremely dangerous. Keep everyone, including pets, out of the area and report the downed line to Rocky Mountain Moun-tain Power, by calling toll free at 1-888-221-7070. Never touch a person or object that is touching a power line. Call 911 immediately if someone is in contact with a live power line or has been injured by electrical contact. Don't drive over downed power lines. If a power line falls across your vehicle while you are in it, stay inside and wait for emergency personnel to cut the power. Warn otherstb'stay away frdmHhe' vehicle. If your car is on fire and you must exit, jump - with both feet together - as far from the car as possible. Do not touch the car and the ground at the same time! Land with both feet still together and hop with both feet touching until you are a safe distance away (at least 30 feet). For more outage preparation and safety tips, and other electrical electri-cal safety information, visit www. rockymountainpower.netsafety or call 1-800-375-7085. State trying to reduce prescription overdoses SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - State health officials are writing writ-ing guidelines for doctors who prescribe powerful drugs to treat chronic pain. The state is trying to reduce the number of overdoses from prescription drugs. Recommendations by the state include random testing for illegal drugs and overuse of pain pills. Doctors may also ask patients to sign a contract before being prescribed opioids like oxycodone. Some doctors believe pain pills are over-prescribed and say there aren't enough restrictions. "We really need to step back look at what we're doing and 'make certain we're" not creat-; r ing more problems," said Alan Colledge, a Utah County orthopedic ortho-pedic doctor and member of the guildeline panel. But other doctors say the painkillers pain-killers are necessary for some patients and there are already too many restrictions. A public comment period on the recommendations ran through Monday. Any recommendations recom-mendations that are officially adopted by the state could become required by insurance companies. Lynn Webster, a Salt Lake County pain management and addiction doctor, supports the guidelines' emphasis on assessing assess-ing whether patients are at risk for abuse. Webster, the medical director of Lifetree Clinical Research and Pain Clinic 'and a member of the guidelines panel, he said primary care doctors don't do that enough. But he said the recommendation recommenda-tion that opioids be used as a last resort is inappropriate for some patients in severe pain and strongly disagreed with the call for doctors to consult a pain specialist for patients who need high doses. Webster said there aren't enough pain specialists in Utah for referrals and that the state's limit is "an arbitrary number" that may not apply in individual cases. Utah's guidelines advise doctors doc-tors to try other pain relieving methods, including physical therapy, before turning to prescriptions. pre-scriptions. And patients are to be warned not to expect complete relief and that they could become addicted. "It's aimed at trying to make sure people don't end up on opioids who don't need them or won't benefit from them," said Robert Rolfs, the state epidemiologist. ft. ABidcrson Jewelers 26 West Main Vernal, UT 40? ! ! 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