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Show DIXIE SUN February 25, 1983, Page Dixie College to Sponsor EMT Course The class is geared to ambulance attendants, firemen, police officers, medical ' tX An:?tST'l4v.. ;j MziSM' is v; ; . r f r v -- V "v , , Dixie College will sponsor an Emergency Medical Technician course, beginning Friday night, March 11, 1983 for people involved in some area of public safety or who have the desire to become acquainted with and work in emergency services. It is a course, held from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Friday nights and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Saturdays for nine consecutive 120-ho- weekends. The classes will be held in the Dixie College Science Building, room 114. Registration will be taken care of at the beginning of class, Friday, March 11. The course cost will be $ 1 80.00 per ; ; - yj ' ,' I m, , '&&Mtss$ssss,. ' , " 'MV6,J& student. However, for those students who pass the course and are willing to commit to one years service to Washington County Emergency Medical needs, the county will reimburse that students tuition. The course is being offered for 9 college credits. As usual, the enrollment will be limited. Personnel already involved in some area of public safety or emergency service will be given top priority. Those who wish to become involved in emergency services will receive second priority. And those just wanting the information for their own knowledge will be allowed the remaining seats. forestry personnel, employees, BLM employees, nursing home personnel, and just anyone involved in public services of any kind, or those who feel a need to know what to do in an emergency. Course coordinator Don Reid, Dixie College chief of security, says, Its just too bad we cant offer this course to every citizen in Washington County. The information and training afforded by this program is invaluable to any parent, neighbor, or business, civic or religious group leader. Some of the topics taught in the class will be basic life support, diagnostic signs, how to handle the emergency scene, splinting, bandaging, the treatment of soft tissue injuries, heart attack, stroke, heat exposure, cold exposure injuries, how to handle the disturbed and unruly patient, alcohol and drug abuse, special rescue procedures, emergency driving, traffic control, communication, and a number of additional areas as well. Reid commented, The county can use all the EMTs it can get and there is no more rewarding activity than to be involved in emergency service on the side. Reid states that topics discussed at a meeting of Western States Campus Police Chiefs at Weber State College in Ogden last summer makes it clear the Utah colleges are gearing for some kind of catastrophe in the future. The universities and colleges are currently forming mass casualty incident plans and acquiring emergency equipment. The BYU police department received $200,000.00 last summer for training and equipment and one of the things we discussed in that meeting is the probability of a major earthquake in Utah, he continued. Dixie College is presently working on a mass casualty and contingency plan that will enable trained personnel to respond to a scene with as many as 30 patients at once. Reid says he has been working on the plan since August of 1982 with input and feedback from researched case studies such as: the May 29th, 1975 bomb explosion at New Yorks LaGuardia Airport, 86 victims; a bus collision in Rye, New York, July 3, 1979, 45 injuries; county jail fire in Columbia, Tennessee, June 26, 1977, 75 victims; propane truck explosion in New York, June 20, 1978 106 victims; the MGM Hotel fire in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 21, 1980, 784 victims; the building collapse with many deaths and injuries in Kansas City, Missouri, July 17, 1981, plus 17 other case studies. Reid concluded by saying, A ma- jor catastrophe would be anything amounting to 10 or more victims and it can and will someday happen to good ol St. George America. If we are prepared with equipment, contingency plans, and citizens and personnel, well see it through. well-train- Forensics Wins Again continued from page 1 suasive speaking, oral interpretation, and communication analysis. In addition to Robert and Kristin in readers theatre, the other four performers were: Michelle Shamo, Don-nett- e Larsen, Wendy Davis, and Holt. Hurricanes David Persinger con- RicheLle tributed a second-plac- e win in speech to entertain, while Karen Lloyd added a third-plac- e finish in communica- tion analysis and Kelly Black picked up third place in informative speaking. Jack Moyle added the only other that one coming in persuasive speaking. He also finished as a finalist in informative speaking. Other finalists included Lynda Reay in speech to entertain, Richelle Holt in oral interpretaion, Donnette Larsen and Debra Kleinman in informative speaking, and Michelle trophy, Shamo in communication analysis. We are especially pleased, indicated Donald Hinton, forensic in that we accoach at Dixie, complished the victory in a convincing way with only half of our squad. Many years we h ave been successful in taking a sweepstakes award, either first, second, or third place, at every meet we have travelled to, but this is only the second year in our history that we have won the first place sweepstakes award at every meet we have attended. The Rebel speakers will finish their preseason matchups next week against Snow and CEU and then prepare to host regional competition in The last outing of the season, for the Rebels, will be two weeks after the regional tournament when they head for the national finals in San Antonio, Texas. mid-Marc- h. College Concert Scheduled The annual Dixie College Concert Choir winter quarter concert will be held Sunday, February 27, 1983 in the St. George Tabernacle at 7:00 p.m. Free to the public, the concert, according to director Howard Putnam, will feature sacred music, some con- - temporary, some traditional, some from the pens of the masters. choir is composThe ed of Dixie College students who are majoring in music, some in other areas of the arts, and many from other major scholastic interest who enjoy singing and desire to continue to improve their choral music skills. i ' ' y!, V ' Zions First National Bank President Stan Forsyth presents President Wade with a Zion s T donation for the new football stadium. Makes Donation to College Recent donations by Zions First National Bank, to Dixie College were received recently by college president, Dr. Alton Wade. Shown presenting two separate checks for a total of $6,000.00 is Zions Bank, St. George Branch, President Stan Forsyth. The new football stadium project will receive $2,000, while $4,000 is designated for the light and sound show being prepared by Bonneville International of Salt Lake City. The show is scheduled to open at the Dixie College Obert C. Tanner Amphitheatre, in Springdale, this coming May. milti-med- ia Also involved in the presentation were Doug Allred, college director of athletics and Nick Nackos, of Zions First National Bank. 5 |
