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Show WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, MARCH 1 , 1 979 Openings At Job Service LAYTON Although the winter months have brought some construction slowdown, there still appears to be a fairly heavy demand for workers in that area, the Layton Job Service reports. r LATEST JOB listings indicate openings for two bricklayers and single listings for aluminum siding applicator, shingle roofer, stone mason, asphalt Participates Willard L. Eccles and Dr. Robert F. Lang examine the fixation point of the retinal angiogram camera in the new Eye Center at St. Benedict's Hospital. BETTER EYE CARE WASHINGTON TERRACE Robert K. Eisleben, St. Benedicts Hospital administrator, announces the opening of the $75,000 Willard L. Eccles Eye Center. The Uje is the he said, Center, generous gift of Ruth and Willard L. Eccles and is expected to serve a large share the diabetic community and others with eye of problems. DR. ROBERT F. Lang, one of the Ogden area eye surgeons using the Eye Center, expressed the great need for this facility in the Northern Utah area as witnessed by the large numbers of diabetics in Utah. Dr. Lang recommends that diabetics schedule a yearly visit with an ophthalmologist (eye physician and surgeon) to evaluate the medical condition of their eyes. According to statistics, two percent of the U.S. population is diabetic, and ten percent of all diabetics are legally blind before they die. THE WILLARD Eccles Eye Center houses an argon surgical laser, a retinal an- . camera, an ul-- giogram trasonic ophthalmic diagnostic system, a slit lamp viewer, a and a karatometer programmable computer. The equipment is impressive and represents a technology that is catching up with the intricate operations of the human body. The surgical laser and the retinal camera work hand in hand to diagnose and treat many eye conditions. The re- tinal camera produces a fluorescein angiogram, a picture of the eye, that pinpoints vessels with irregularities in them that are or could be causing trouble. BRIEFLY, THE process is an injection in the arm of fluorescein dye which is photographed as it flows through the retinal and choroidal vessels. If the vessels or the surrounding tissues are al- tered by disease, the normal pattern of fluorescein dye is changed. The slide pictures taken with the retinal angiogram camera show the trouble spots that are highlighted by the dye. Later, when the slides are processed, the patient returns for treatment. The doctor projects a slide on a screen and as he views the patients eye, he can see where the trouble spots are and with the laser can destroy abnormal blood vessels or "weld shut" those with leaks. THE LASER can, for diabetics, preserve existing vision by destroying these abnormal blood vessels before they proliferate and hemorrhage, causing loss of vision. Use of the laser, including the treatment of diabetics, are repair of retinal holes, retinal detachments Also in the Eye Center is an ultrasonic ophthalimic diagnostic system. The ultrasonic system is a machine that determines which intraocular lens (implant) should be placed in the eye of patients undergoing cataract surgery. ing the sound waves into the eye. When the sound waves touch or reach a wall of tissue or matter they are reversed and bounced back. The transa ducer then becomes receiver of the soundwaves. ALL OF this action happens simultaneously and instantly. The sound waves are then converted into electrical energy that becomes an image of the patients eye. This image appears on a monitor similar to a TV screen. The doctor knows what the normal condition looks like, so by viewing the image on the screen he can assess the normal or abnormal condition of the eye. This diagnosis occurs quickly and without any pain to the patient. THE SLIT lamp microscope is used to view the cornea and iris to perform glaucoma tests. A further use is to evaluate the eye for the presence of cataracts. This process, also painless, manipulates a tiny rectangle of light. This light is gathered and focused in a system of mirrors and directed into the eye on the cornea. The light can show the curvature of the cornea; the curvature determines certain eye conditions that a physician can diagnose. of ANOTHER PIECE equipment, the karatometer, measures the corneal surface in diopters. The eye measurements are very important to the implanting of lenses. As all of these measurements are collected, they are fed into the preprogrammed computer. The of computer gives a read-ou- t the exact lens to replace a damaged, destroyed or diseased lens in the eye. The retinal angiogram camera, the argon surgical laser, the ultrasonic ophthalmic diagnostic system, the slit lamp microscope, the karatometer and the computer are tools that require the skills of our highly trained physicians. skills along with generosity of Ruth THIS GREEN beam of light is focused through the tissue of the eye and heats at a precise point to destroy the abnormal blood vessels or to repair a retinal hole. This Hospital. treatment arrests further problems; it does not cure or bring back lost vision. THESE TOOLS and these the and Willard L. Eccles make eye health care and treatment in Northern Utah a reality through the Willard L. Eccles Eye Center at St. Benedict's Scholarship Is Awarded J. Peter, Indiana Bloomington junior from Layton, has been a Residence awarded Michael DANS ELECTRIC iPPLIANCE REPAIR Troubleshooting Rewiring University Scholarship at IU. THE SCHOLARSHIP has a of value monetary approximately $500. Each Residence Scholar is expected to spend approximately one hour per week in housekeep- ing duties in his or her residence hall. Peters hometown address is 24 East 825 N., Layton. Sofw NO SERVICE CHARGES WHOS CHANGED? "Has your wife changed 376-10- 86 very much since you married her? Ill say--m- y habits, my friends and my hours. mobility exercise, 9k "Rcfoif Quantum Ok&j! demon- strates the U.S. capability to move by air and sea to reinforce NATO rapidly in a crisis situation. The Reforger units join U.S. units stationed IN ADDITION, the ultrasound machine can diagnose many diseases of the eye and orbit, much like an but with the use of high energy sound waves instead of radiation. The test is painless and can be done on small children. The patient lies down, closes his or her eyes, and a small metal transducer that resembles a microphone touches the closed eyelids. While the transducer touches the patient's eyelids it acts as a transmitter send- and bleeding disorders in the retina. The laser, in this case, is an argon laser, so the color is green. First Lt. John W. Barton, son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Barton, 617 S. Grand Oaks, Kaysville, is participating in the first Return of Forces to Germany (REFORGER) exercise to be held in winter. REFORGER 79, a strategic in Germany shingler, laborer and form setter. Warehouse and temporary openings include listings for a general office clerk, line driver, stores laborer and operating engineers apprentice. CLERICAL AND professional listings include one for medical transcriber, small or business manager manager trainee, accounting In Exercise Layton Store 200 West Gentile clerk secretary, title and recepregistration clerk, tionist, secretary and cooking instructor. Also needed are five waiters or waitresses, a cook, dayworker, two mechanics for computer equipment and TVs and radios, two salespersons, a fiberglass laminator and electrician's helper. baby-sitter- s, FURTHER information is available by visiting the Job Service Office at 195 East Gentile weekdays from 8 a m. to 5 p.m. tb Phone E and allied elements for the exercise in an area between Northern and Eastern Bavaria. ARMY NATIONAL Guard and Army Reserve units also are included in Reforger, one of NATOs largest annual exercises. The soldier is a member of the 1st Armored Division in Germany. BARTONS wife, Carla, is with him in Germany. MIME 376-42- 93 |
