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Show I4.67 E. 300 S. Salt Lake Utalv' 81111 ilty, . if ; . m am . imii in m-- - ' t f - l m r - - - , Stuart Breisch of Holy CrossJordan Valley Hospital examines volunteer victims during emergency room accident drill. Doctors will examine each victim to determine those needing the most immediate attention. Doctors and nurses at Holy CrossJordan Valley perform emeraencv treatment on accident victim. Though the injuries weren't real, emergency room personnel went through all the procedures of treating them. Holy Cross-Jorda- Sandy considers Dr. Valley conducts emergency drill n There might have been a few means, literally, "sorting out"," giggles at first as the make explained Dr. Briesh. "It's believe accident victims took up important that we evaluate their positions at the entrance of everyone all at once and let each the Holy CrossJordan Valley patient know what the situation emergency room. But, that is." didn't last long. Those most seriously hurt, of When the automatic doors course; are moved in first. The flew open and the first team of aim of emergency room doctors and nurses emerged, to is stabilize the personnel everyone seemed determined to patient as soon as possible, make it as real as humanly before moving them on to possible. surgery or further testing. The The drill was designed to test bleeding must be stopped and the ability of the hospital and its the vital signs brought in line. staff to handle a large accident Perhaps the most impressive or disaster. When it was over 45 aspect about the drill was the minutes later, those involved felt way a doctor had only to ask and whatever he or she needed was good about their performance. "I was impressed with all the instantly provided. Whether it was help to move a patient to emergency help we received," room surgery or to to start at critiqued emergency I. V., to bring in units of blood, to physician Dr. Stuart Briesh. "We had volunteers from all or to have on hand whatever over the hospital, even the piece of equipment or surgical cafeteria. We made use of instrument the situation everybody." required. According to assistant ; "I think we could have called hospital administrator, Sister " : in more added "Julie2 ; tttzinger, mar km: of Dr. Ruth Filloux, "that is, more teamwork doesn't happen by doctors for definitive care after accident.. the patient is stabilized. Other "We work from an established than that, it went great." iist of procedures set down in a The 20 volunteer victims were manual," she informed. "In an all students from St. Vincent's is emergency, everyone Catholic School, wrapped in red assigned an active role. If we need more help, we can instantly splotched bandages and tagged : with a variety of injuries call more people in." The plan goes so far as to list ranging from minor cuts and bruises to The hospital workers with rare blood first step for attending personnel types in case a transfusion is , was to examine each victim and required and the needed blood : determine isn't available from the hospital priorities. : "We call it a "triage," which blood bank or the, Red Cross. X-ra- y, , people-Tsooner;- ; dead-on-arriva- J l. ; zone problems There are procedures for and relatives directing parents of the victims and for calling in religious leaders. As a result people moved in a hurry, but with a purpose not panic. There was no shouting, no angry words, no tripping or falling over one another. "You can't lose control," stated Dr. Briesh, "That's not going to help the patient. You just tell yourself to do the best you can do, all you can do. If it's too late to help someone, you move on to someone else." There were four victims too late to help in the drill. They were kept secluded, literally and To do otherwise, it's felt, would only increase the anxiety of persons still being treated. Apparently, the idea that "it's only a drill" didn't have much effect on the participants. "The kids were just great," reported Dr. Filloux. "They really toon their roles seriously and that made it easier for us to approach it as the real thing." "When I walked out that door and saw all those kids out there, well it sure got my adrenalin pumping," added Dr. Briesh. Of course, real emergencies occur every day at Holy Cross Jordan Valley, though nothing yet on the same scale as portrayed in the drill. Hospital personnel hope it stays that way, but they plan to be ready if it doesn't. "out-of-sig- Midvale fire fighters rank hiqh in state tests Twenty-eigh- .'City t Fire of the Midvale Department's 38 members have completed a series of state certification testing for fire fighters. Midvale's Seven more volunteers have just began the course. last The testing began October, according to fire chief Merrill Ross. Those qualifying receive a patch and a certificate signifying they have met all the requirements and passed all the tests in the program, which is administered by Trade Tech in Orem. The actually program involves 11 different tests including written and physical performance segments. Among the skills tested were understanding of fire behavior, hoses ventilation and nozzles, techniques, ropes and knots, high rise tactics, first aid, and general fire information. resolutions following public hearings at their last council meeting. First is a request by Dene Kessler to rezone property located between 200 and 300 East, 10600 and 10800 South. Kessler would like the property zoned to allow one unit per 10000 square feet. Sentinel Second is a request by Bell Mountain Corporation for a change in the phasing plan of Pepperwood, located at 2400 E. Volume 51 Number 34 Third is a request to consider amendments to the Sandy City official street map. This is simply to update the current street map which is five years old. This, also, is expected to pass next week. , full-tim- Though it may not look like it from a distance, the phase at the South . . ; Valley Water Reclamation Facility is, as of the end of July, 85 percent completed. Phase one will handle up to 12.5 million gallons of flow per day. "We're right about on schedule," reported facilities manager Jack Peterson. "There may be a few things running a bit behind, but there are also those things that are ahead. At the present time, we feel we'll be able to make our Nov. 1 completion date." : Peterson noted that South is working toward Valley sending some flows through the new plant as early as Oct. 1, aiming at disconnecting from and dismantling of the aeration lagoons at the current Midvale plant as soon as possible. The lagoons are located on private property for which South Valley is paying rent. Most of the pumps and piping are already in, as are many of the valves and other equipment. The electrical substations are completed and both clarifiers have been filled with water so leak checks can be made. oxidation massive The ditches, the heart of the plant, are really starting to take shape and work is progessing on the assemblies that hold the huge aeration units. Finish work is underway at the administration, and , labratory maintenance buildings. South Valley has already put - out to bid phase two with bids to be opened on Sept. 7. Phase two will involve two more ditches, two more clarifiers, and another thickener. When finished, the 25 million gallon per day facility will the be largest carrouseloxidation ditch plant ' in the United States. Incoming flows will first enter the headworks where debris, rags, and grit will be screened out. It will then be pumped into the oxidation ditches where it retained for 18 to 24 will be West Jordan blaze causes $30,000 damage to home West doused Jordan firefighters a blaze in a smoke engulfed home near 7680 S. 2080 W. on Monday afternoon. Firemen were called to the scene at 1 p.m. by neighbors who noticed smoke billowing from the doors and windows of the home. Thursday, August 23, 1984 Continuing The Midvale Sentinel (USPS 347-940- ) Published weekly at 125 W. Center St., Salt Lake County Utah by Midvale city council ordinance an relating to the preservation and dedication of land along the . Jordan, Rive?4r .. Theordinance Will require any developer along the Jordan River Parkway to dedicate enough land for the parkway. the Finally, considered Sentinel Inc. Second-clas- s postage paid at Midvale Utah. Subscription rate Se psr year in Jordan School District, This issue two sections. . ,-- w-- v Joel P. Jensen, Albion will be ready for opening Following a favorable report by the state fire marshall,' the Jordan School District administration passed on a recommendation that both Joel P. Jensen and Albion Middle Schools'' be made ready to receive students on the opening day of the 1984-8- school year. That recommendation was approved by unanimous vote of Jordan School Board Tuesday night. The "move put to rest the possibility of holding double sessions for affected middle school students until the two schools were completed. was The recommendation visit by Dave based on an Pingree, state fire marshall; Theron Jaynes, director of new Elden Talbot, construction; architect; and Clemont Bishop, administrator of auxiliary services on Aug. 14 to review the 5 Murray, Sandy, Salt Lake City, and Salt Lake County are currently taking part in the program, but Midvale is one of the first departments' to it. complete "We feel good about the the of results testing," commented chief Ross. "The people running the program and conducting the tests told us later e that some of the paid, do well." didn't as departments Valley 11000 S. - on-sit- e New treatment plant is right on schedule ; Jordan Sandy City council members are planning to approve four hours. The water will then be sent to the secondary clarifiers and finally the chlorine contact Before chamber. being discharged into the Jordan . River, sulfur dioxide will be used to the water. All of the solids in the flows will settle out in the clarifiers then will be pumped to sludge thickeners. The sludge will then be hauled away and deposited in a secure landfill. Midvale fire department needs more volunteers The Midvale Volunteer Fire Department is looking for six more volunteers to fill vacancies in the department. Applications for the jobs may be picked up at the city hall, 80 East Center St., or at the fire station, 40 North HoldenSt. - progress in construction. Pingree told district officials smoke and heat detectors were operable, all areas occupied by students were finished to a point that nothing would endanger those students, and all fire lanes and safety regulations were observed. At Joel P. Jensen, all classrooms, except specialized rooms (the gym, home economics, shop, and the like), will be ready for occupancy as will the administrative area and the instructional media center. The cafeteria will not be ready for approximately 30 days however, so alternative ways of serving school lunches will be explored. They include selling sack or box lunches, bringing sack lunches from another school or bringing in hot lunches from another school. Classrooms at Albion, except Sandy city hall hosts new photo show People who have trouble placing photography in the same artistic league as painting and sculpture should take in a new exhibit displayed on the walls of Sandy City hall. full color enlargeTwenty-si- x ments, the culmination of three years of work by photographer Ronald Mace, will grace city hall for about the next month or so. All of the photographs will also be on sale. Ron's works emphasize landscape and wildlife themes. Old buildings and ghost towns are also favorite subjects. His works reflect the ability to view what others might see, but see it differently, to recognize what will make a good photo. that there would be no safety hazards for students provided all exit signs were lit, all fire pull stations were installed, all for the same specialized classrooms mentioned above, will be ready along with the administrative area and the media center. It is expected, that the Albion however, cafeteria will be serving hot lunches by the end of the first week of school. The board also approved the acquisition of an additional two lots, valued at $24,000 each, adjacent to the site of planned Lone Park Elementary School. The two lots were needed because expansion of the school to accommodate grades through sixth took up some of the area used for parking and the handling of school buses. Because of the extreme slope of the Lone Peak site, 130 feet from its lowest to its highest point, the school will be of a split level encompassing design seven instruction pods of four stations each. The district "hopes to put site work out to bid on Sept. 25 with the bidding for the rest of the project to follow on Jan. 22. The board voted to allow the district to enter into a contract with Riverton City under which the city would provide free culinary water for Riverton, and Rosamond Southland, Elementaries in exchange for the district mowing lawns at the city's mini-park- s. District business administrator George Copeland reported to the board that the State Tax Commission has set the basic mill levy for school maintenance and operation at 22.18 mills, ,50 mills over the 21.68 levy set in June of 1984. This, however, will not mean an increase in revenue for school districts because the .50 increase will be offset by less state aid. |