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Show O IB THE GREEN SHEET f Thursday, January 24, 1985 luureguyiuB Says Witness To Six Heart Attacks - Emergency Medical Experience Is For Everyone by Bob Mickelson MIDVALE. Elaine Butterfield became an Emergency Medical Technician not by choice, but by necessity. Her husbands had six heart attacks. Having seen, first hand, the value of such training, shes convinced that its something everyone should become acquainted with. Elaine and her husband Earl create the Utah Medical Training Council, a helped non-prof- it organization based in Midvale. Its members are the Trauma Society, Foun- Paramedic Assn., Para-Me- d dation and the EMT Assn. It was formed in 1976, but went dormant, for a time before being reactivated in 1982. The goal, then as is to provide emergency now, medical training to every high school age student in state before graduation. she According to statistics, reported, theres only a one in 100 chance that someone with EMT training will be on hand at the time of an accident or other medical emergency. Those are not very good odds. People need to know what to do until the ambulance arrives. In fact, thats what the training program is called, What To Do Until The Ambulance Arrives. Its a course covering such topics as diagnostic signs, airway manageresuscitament, tion, burns, bleeding, poisons, shock and fractures what people need to know until professional help comes. Does it work? Elaine said she goes to great lengths to document every emergency situation involving one of UEMTCs former students, both to recognize such individuals for their actions and to justify grant requests to various government entities. This year alone seven lives have been saved by students in three heart attack, one drowning and two choking incidents. Currently, the council is operating under a $10,000 grant from Utah Highway Safety and private donations. Elaine knows that it will take many times more, to bring the program into every high school in Utah. Theyve already began to contact various clubs, businesses and civic organizations to enlist their aid. Based on what the group has accomplished so far, it appears, its making the most of whatever funds 80 health it has available. In 1982-8professionals and 1,632 students within Granite School District 27 received training. In 1983-8six-ho- cardio-pulmona- ry - life-savi- LIFE SAVERS. . . Students at Grangar high school perform life saving techniques on mannequin under the direction of Instructor Mavis Glad from tho Utah Emergency Medical Training Council. The council is a agency which teaches it non-prof- emergency medical techniques health professionals and 2,083 students, mostly from rural areas inwere reached. Now in 1984-8structors are working in 30 schools in 21 school districts, including Jordan. 5, According the Elaine, the instructors have organizations donated thousands of hours to the program, as have assisting EMTs and paramedics. But, the council must still foot the bill for supplies and equipment, such as the life-lik- e mannequins used in the hands-o- n training and thousands of instruction manuals, handouts and pamphlets. The students really like the pro- gram, she noted. We even bring an ambulance in and let them look through it. Many have gone on to become EMTs or paramedics." Individuals or groups who would like to donate to the program or sponsor training sessions may obtain more information by writing to the Utah Emergency Medical Training Council at P.O. Box 185, Midvale, Utah 84047 or calling If every high school student had this training before graduation, Elaine concluded, wouldnt Utah highways be a much safer place? 562-266- By UTC Dean - Prudent Use Of Finances Advised TAYLORSVILLE. Students going into higher education should con- sider positively the cost effeccoltiveness of attending a two-yelege. Thats the advice of Dr. Michael M. Homer, school of business dean at Utah Technical College. He says the anticipated population growth in Utah, coupled with the limited tax base, make it imperative for the states citizens to use their financial resources as prudently as possible. Utah has a projected growth rate of more than three percent annually, which could result in the states population escalating from 1.4 million presently, to 2.7 million by the turn of the century, Homer forecasts. We have to house, educate and employ these new Utahns, he added. Increasingly, the kinds of jobs g they will have will be white collar and service positions, providing further pressure on the tax base. Homer says that while the percentage of students going to universities is much higher than the national average (56.6 percent, compared to 24.5 percent), the percentage of Utahns going to two-yeinstitutions is substantially below the national average (23.4 percent, against ar 37.9 percent). He points out the cost of educating a student at a university is considerably more than at a two-yecommunity college. And with about 80 percent of the jobs available not requiring a four-yea- r degree, it makes sense to place emphasis on receiving ones education through a technical community college. Most people understand that tuition charges are only a small fraction of the amount it actually takes to educate a student. For example, the real cost at Utah Technical College here was about $2,400 last year, second lowest in the system. Most of the states institutions had total costs averaging from $3,300 to $5,000 per student, Homer says. One reason why universities have higher costs is, of course, that graduate education is expensive. r And colleges can provide lower division education at less cost. Community college instructors generally receive lower salaries Continued on page 7 two-yea- a Cottonwood Hospital Medical Center Announces the Grand Opening of InstaCare in Taylorsville Come and Join Our Grand Opening Celebration January 25 & 26 Our InstaCare staff will be joined by other medical professionals from Cottonwood Hospital's Center For Women 's Health and Emergency Department to answer your health care questions and to provide helpful information. We will also be offering the following services: Cottonwood Hospital InstaCare has now opened its doors to serve the neighborhoods ip Taylorsville and surrounding areas. Come and help us celebrate during our Open House on January 25 & 26. 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