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Show I M " 0 t '- - ''. - ii V ... , , Patc lO- - UINTAH BASIN STANDARD. Ngycmfrci 1L 1291 ' v. " , - : v-.- ' - " yjSp - program expands to U Telemedicine Vernal to serve childrens needs Children with special health care who are served through the Utsh Department of Healths clinic in Vernal soon will be able to be seen by specialists at University Hoepital via telemedicine between d visits from the t m of health care providers. special-need- The Utah Department ofHealths Bureau for Children with Special Health Care Needs currently ducts clinics every two to four months in Vernal and Richfield, sending out teams of pediatricians, psychologists, social workers, audiologists, occupational, physiealand speech therapists, nutritionists, dentists and others, as needed. The children with special needs are identified by local health, de-tipartment nurses, physicians, teach- era, and even neighbors and relatives. About 4,500 Utah kids with special needs are seen in the program each year. ' eon-regul- ar state-funde- The Telemedicine Outreach Program and the Utah Telemedicine Network will expand to indude Vernal, as well as Richfield with a new $370,000 grant from the federal Telecommunications and Informs- Infrastructure Assistance Pro-gram (TIIAP). Combined with state, local and hospital matching funds, total perfect cost for the next two years is $740,450. For the past two years, the Universitys Telemedicine Outreach Program has worked with the Utah Department of Health to begin establishing the Utah Telemedidne Network, linking rural hospitals to each other and to University Hospital. The Network currently links hospitals and clinics in Wendover, Moab, Milford and the University City police officers are assisted by EMTs as they decontaminate with water after being with as mace part of a training course. sprayed By Lezlee E. Whiting one spray right on target will cause an aggressor to loee the will to fight. Its important to remember that when youre sprayed in the eye with pepper mace it only causes a burning "sensation but doesnt really burn. Yeah, right As part of a recent training exercise, Rooeevelt City police officers got to experience what its like to be prayed in the face with the nontoxic chemical OC-1- 0 (Oleo Reein Capsicum), commonly known as pepper mace. By encountering the stream of officers stinging spray first-hanknow the precise effect mace will have on a suspect they may have to subdue sometime, explained Utah Corrections officer Brad Draper, who served as the course instructor. Successful completion of the training course also qualifies them to serve as instructors. Mace first began being used as a d, law enforcement tool in 1974. Most Roosevelt officers carry mace as part of their standard equipment, and several said they have had to use it before. Mace doesnt burn the eye or the but it does skin and is produce a strong physiological effect on the victim, Draper told offio-ernon-toxi- c, The theory behind the practice is that by using mace an officer could prevent an even worse fate, such as serious bodily injury or even a poThe antential gun battle. tidote for a face full of mace is simple - copious amounts ofwatermust be splashed onto the face and in the eyes, and its important to get fresh air. Roosevelt police were goodsports about the training, no one opted to sit it out But, as X-ra-ys on . $7 million in federal funds going to Ashley Valley A new spending bill became law last week sending$7million toUtah (R-Uta- through interactive video telemedidne and has data transmission links to hospitals in Beaver, Price, Nephi, Gunnison and -- Police take what they may have to dish out . secured by Senator Bob Bennett for sewer construction in the Uintah Basin. Bennett secured $7 million for a new mechanised plant in the Ashley Cedar City. Valley Sewer District in Utahs This program makes the medi- Uintah Basin. . cal resources of the Utah DepartWe may now move forward in ment ofHealth and University Hoeour efforts to improve current enpital available to the residents of dangered spedes problems on the rural Utah through theirhealthcare Green River and provide a new sysproviders, said Marta J. Petersen, tem in the Uintah Basin, said M.D., a University dermatologist Bennett The existing treatment and director of the Telemedidne system is jeopardising endangered Outreach Program. species on the river and will meet The system uses computers, its design life span by the time the high-spee- d transmission lines and new system is complete. . video equipment to enable physiConstruction of the new facility cians, physician assistants, and will prevent both the Ashley Valley nurse practitioners inrural areas to Sewer Management Board and the examine their patients and discuss state of Utah from facing legal ac TRAINING-Roosev- elt Pepper Mace University of Utah . raw officer com- mented, I hope we never have to go through the same kind of training ' with our firearms. , The telemedicine program will provide for interim visits, according to John Eiehwald, clinical administrator of (he state bureau. When on of our patients needs to be seen by S specialist between clin-ic- s, it may sometimes be done by telemedidne. It saves time and money by cutting travel by both' patients and specialists, he said. The patient and his or her caregiver are brought electronically to the University. We can talk and back and forth, look at other images and check test data. It allows us to deliver the same medical care available in Salt Lake to Moab and Vernal and the other sites, Petersen said. s their conditions "live with iete at bothUniveriity Hospital end the Utah Department of Health. . tion. Seepage from the existing systems sewage lagoons mobilizes selenium from the underlying maneos shale, or clay. This harmful element is then carried from Ashley Creek to the Green River. Both en-- . tides could have faced legal action by the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) because of the high selenium levels in Ashley Creek. Bennett has been working closely with the Utah Department of Environmental Quality in crafting a cooperative funding play consisting offederal and state grants totaling $11.5 million to address the problem. Bennett is also working with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) office in Denver to ' make sure die local sewer management board is not required to repay , EPA grant money used to construct . the current system. . s. Within one to two eeconds of the time the mace (which cranes in a stream, mist, foam or powder) cranes in contact with the victims face it creates a burning sensation so intense that the eyes are forced to dose. The person being maced focuses so intently on the pain they often have to concentrate just to breathe. The effects ofmace typically last for 15 minutes to rare hour, but sometimes will last for several hours, said Draper. While it sounds like a horrible punishment, it does serve a purpose Letter writing urged to stop postage hike With the Postal Service continuing to ride a wave of record profits, the nations largest coalition offirst class mail consumers urged citizens to write letters demanding the agenrate hike cys planned billion-dollbe denied. Despite a third year of profits, the Postal Service is looking to increase first class stamp prices to 33 cents - an increase that would bring in an extra billion dollare-a-yea- r in revenue. The Coalition to Make Our First Class Mail FIRST CLASS has said the Foetal Service should not receive any rate increases until serious refrains are undertaken, but members say the current profit situation makes it dear the proposed hike is simply unnecessary. "By writing the Postal Rate Commission (PRC) dtizens can make it dear how outrageous it is that the Postal Service is charging forward with this increase proposal while it is swimming in money," said Marvin Toms, manager of mailing services for the National Association of Realtors which is a member of the coalition. There simply is no need for any first class rate hike. The PRC is the independent body charged with reviewing poatal rate proposals. The commission makes a recommendation back to the Poatal Service which then has the final ar billion-dollar-pl- i authority over what to do. The coalition has called on Congress to give that final authority to the PRC to bring more accountability into the system. Toms criticized the Postal Service for spending money on retail efforts and splashy television commercials instead of improving mail service. Once again we are watching multi-millio- I IB I ivv i V JL mtmjumm ALL! SEASON STEEL: RADI ALS ALLISEASON STEELTRADIALS 222H38S2L a ddlar advertising n campaign for our postal monopoly while one in five letters is being delivered late. The PRC does the beet it can without having the authority it needs and we need to make it dear to the commissioners there should be no first class rate hike. Toms Said citizens can write the PRC directly at 1333 H Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington DC, 20268 or they can get help by calling the 6 coalition at (800) or visitnon-loc- al P21 75B1S pisv 0R1 15SR13 17570R13 18570R13 18S70R14 19570R14 26.00 29.00 31.00 35.00 37.00 P18575R14 P19575R14 P20575R14 P20575R15 P21575R15 ' . 230-814- ing their website at http-- 7 . www.firstdasemail.oig. The Coalition to Make Our First Class Mail FIRST CLASS has more than 200 member organizations representing more than five million Americans. 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