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Show i WHIMS SECTION 2)ftitii$7tcmto THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, METRO EDITOR I Amie Rose (801) 2009 aroseheraldextra.com 344-253- Local hospitals practice to flu pandemic response Heidi Toth DAILY HtRALD OREM One day, in the midst of a viral pandemic that's hitting Utah from all sides and taxing the entire health care market, Dr. Eugene Zanolli, or someone like him, may have to decide which of the sick get treatment and which don't. Fortunately for the emergency MARK JOHNSTONDaily Herald physician at Timpanogos RegionDr. Justin Pearson leftft an ER physician at Timpanogos Regional Hospital, decides on al Hospital in Orem, that day was treatment for mock patient Ken Palkki, a UVU nursing student and volunteer, during not Wednesday. He and other a pandemic drill at the hospital in Orem on Wednesday. health care providers did, how UDOT survey ever, practice triage at a statewide drill run at all Mount ainStar hospitals. After the avian flu scare three years ago, the Utah Department of Health started working on a list of triage guidelines in the event of a pandemic in the state. On Wednesday, in the flu season time as talk of the swine flu persists, those guidelines got put to use. "It's intended to be used in a severe pandemic of influenza where there were so many people sick that the hospitals wouldn't be able to take care of them in the usual way," said Dr. Robert Rolfs, the state epidemiologist for the health department. A public health emergency changes how health care is provided because of its pervasive nature. In the event of an emergency like a plane crash, there would be a limited number of people affected, and the initial hospital would have the option of using other resources in the community, including other hospitals. If, however, Utah County gets See PRACTICE, B6 Walldng Safely to School to ask about Am. Fork f jut. interchange , i- "'lr J., ,.. "t """I"' Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALD M How confident are you that UDOT's Diverging Diamond Interchange, now being built in American Fork, will improve new-to-Uta- h transportation and reduce vrr:::::,' Mjv . - f I. j conges- tion? UDOT is looking to find 500 North County residents with 10 or minutes to answer that -"It's going and a couple "dozen other'-- " to be unlike telephone suranything vey questions.. All focus on they've the new interdriven on change being built to replace before." the American Fork Main Scott Thompson Street interUDOT change as part of the Pioneer Crossing road project through Saratoga Springs and Lehi. "It's going to be unlike'anything they've driven on before," said Scott Thompson of UDOT. Because this type of interchange, which at least on artist renderings looks perhaps counter-intuitivhas never been used in Utah before, it is critical to begin gauging the public's understanding of the interchange and how they can be educated on how to use it, said Thompson. "We'll use it to gauge how much people know about the project at this point," Thompson said of the telephone survey. "Anytime we introduce a new transportation concept, we need to educate people on how to use it. We need to educate folks about how it is going to ; work." ( 15 : A . u J- .. ' . i j t i - V.. jr aaKS8gefrr--a,i'iiiitiiMi- l - y ii ill The Diverging Diamond Inter-- . ; See UDOT, r , MARK JOHNSTONDaily e, change will be unique because it diverts motorists to the left side of the road for a short distance to allow movements for free m Herald Elementary School Principal Drew Daniels right and north neighborhood chairman and Provo mayoral Don Allphin second from right cross Geneva Road and parents to promote UDOT's Walk More in Four program on Wednesday. The program encourages elementary students to walk to and from school at least 60 percent of the time in the month of September by offering prizes donated by various Utah companies. Daniels was happy to join UDOT in promoting the program since it would reduce the amount of traffic around the building. "If you go to any school when it lets out, it's chaos," he said, "And that chaos is caused by parents not yet comfortable with their kids walking to school. " Provo City Mayor Lewis also attended the event to express the city's concern for student safety. "We try to do all we can to make it safe, but it comes down to individual responsibility," he said. Students : letters for city work done presented Billings with a stack of thank-yo- u to promote their safety, including the installation of a traffic light at 1390 North on Geneva Road. At right, students at Lakeview Elementary in Provo gather for an assembly on Wednesday to thank public safety personnel and UDOT for their efforts. Lakeview B6 Poll workers in Orem Convicted sex readv 1 or Genelle Pugmire Orem's City Recorder and Election Judge, the one election where the people get to make the most choices OREM They sit at their tables for will also be the least attended. "I get frustrated that voter turnout hours, waiting, watching and hoping that a few more people will trickle is so low," Weaver said. "The last in to vote. Sadly, the average poll primary, 5 percent of registered worker this September will likely voters decided who people would be spend more time reading, sewing, voting for in the general election." Asked why she thinks there are so visiting and snacking than helping voters. Primary elections just don't few voting, Weaver shook her head draw a crowd. and said, "I'm guessing people are Sept. 15 is primary election day, and according to Donna Weaver, See ELECTION, B4 CORRESPONDENT MARK JOHNSTONDaily Herald Beverly Burdett left takes notes during a class training poll workers for the primary and general election at Orem's city hall on Tuesday. on rape charge DAILY HERALD PROVO A Provo man out on probation for multiple sex crime convictions has been arrested on a rape charge. Andrew Jonathan Harris, 21, is accused of raping an acquaintance on Monday while she was "extremely drowsy" from medications, according to a police report. See ARREST, B4 |
