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Show THK SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, November 13. 2002 - Page 2 Nursing resources focused on Utahs underserved rural communities rary nurses are filling shills at the state's largest metropolitan hospitals." More than 90 percent ofANS nurse placement services toward meeting the demands of nurses have experience in rural settings. Many are reUtahs underserved communities in rural parts of the state. questing temporary nursing Utah is suffering from an positions in outlying commuextreme nursing shortage of nities, where their higher levan estimated 2,000 nurses els of experience can benefit (Utah Nurses Association, underserved populations. ANS is already partnering 2002). The state has the third most severe shortage in the with some rural community country with 592 nurses per hospitals to find additional 100,000 people, according to ways and resources to alleviANS President Mindy delloll, ate the nursing shortage. BeUN, MSN, citing a recently sides making dozens of skilled concluded, study nurses available to fill nursing conducted by Utahs Nursing shifts, ANS nurses are being recruited to train and mentor Leadership Forum. Conditions in some rural the nursing staffs of some ruUtah healthcare facilities are ral healthcare facilities. The worse and nearing epidemic company is also exploring status. Rural hospitals face means by which advanced added harriers in hiring and training courses and clinical retaining qualified staffdue to experience might be provided travel distances and limited by ANS to nurses who prefer availability of advanced edu- to practice in rural Utah. ANS cation and training opportuni- is also expanding its traditional recruiting efforts beties. ANS will respond by imme- yond the Wasatch Front to culdiately by placing up to 45 tivate a greater base of temhighly skilled nurses in tem- porary nurses throughout e positions Utah and from other western porary and states. in hospitals and medical faciliAdvanced Nursing Services ties in Sanpete, Tooele, and is a medical staffing company Uintah counties. We have been approached that places highly skilled by several rural hospitals and nurses in temporary and fullhealthcare time positions in hospitals and community-basewith facilities overwhelming medical facilities located needs for experienced nurses," throughout Utah and the said Ms. delloll. It has been western U.S. The company reparticularly difficult for rural cruits only the most qualified healthcare administrators to nurses, many with extensive meet the demand because the experience and specialty trainmajority of available tempo ing in critical care and trauma. Advanced Nursing Services (ANS) announced it will dedicate a greater portion of its November Thursday 14 Monticcllo Chamber of Commerce meeting, 12 noon. Wagon Wheel Pizza. Wednesday November 13 Monticclln City Council meeting. 7 p in., Monticcllo City offices. (Handing City Council meeting, 7 p.m., Blanding City offices. Bluff Service Area Hoard & Wastewater Committee public meeting, 7 p in., Bluff Community Center. November 16 Saturday Canyon Riders monthly ride, 9 a. m., Black Oil parking lot. Monday November IK SJ County Commission meeting, 10 a. m.. Courthouse, Monticello. November Tuesday 19 SJ Soil Conservation District meeting, K a. in.. MI) Ranch Cookhouse. Monticcllo. SI.IJDI ID Board of Health meeting. 5 p.m.. (ireen River city offices. VI W field Service Officer visit, 9 a m., Blanding Workforce Service Center. Wednesday November 20 SJSD Board meeting, 2 p.m., Monument Valley High School. ( irand Water & Sewer Service Agency Ocprating committee meeting, 7 p.m.. District Office, 12-mon- th First responders to be equipped with defibrillators to treat cardiac arrest Services has suddenly stopped beating. For every minute that passes after cardiac arrest occurs, chances of survival decrease by 10 percent. The window of opportunity to help someone suffering a cardiac arrest is very short. Many rural communities are far from hospitals. First responders such as police and fire personnel are usually the first on the scene of a cardiovascular emergency. Equipping them with AEDs and training them in their use, many be the only chance we have to stabilize cardiac arrest patients and buy time to get to the hospital for advanced Administration (HRSA) in the U.S. Depart- ment of Health and Human Services announced approximately $220,000 for rural communities to purchase automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and to train first responders in their use. Each year, approximately 250,000 Americans die from cardiac arrest -a condition where the heart suddenly stops beating effectively and is unable to pump i treatment. Currently, 95 percent of cardiac arrest victims die. By increasing the proportion of victims saved to 30 percent, more than 50,000 lives could be saved each year. out-of-hospi- blood throughout the body. AEDs are small, easy-to-us- e t FINANCIALLY FIT SPONSORED BY SAN JUAN CREDIT UNION full-tim- d devices that provide an electric shock to restart a heart, which Thanks to the efforts of the Utah Department of Healths Emergency Medical Services division, rural communities in Utah will soon have the resources to better respond to one of the most critical medical emergencies - cardiac arrest - thanks to a grant awarded to the state from the federal government. 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