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Show A3 The Emery County Review, Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Emery County EMS honored for efforts in Crandall Canyon Mine disaster In August 2007, the entire nation was aware of the events as they unfolded during the more than month long Crandall Canyon mine disaster. What most people were unaware of is the heroic efforts and enumerable man hours provided by the EMS providers of Emery County. Shortly after the early morning response on Aug. 6, 2007, by the Huntington EMTs to a “possible mine collapse, unknown injuries”, it became apparent there would be no quick rescue of the six trapped miners. Plans were put into place to have an ambulance, manned with three EMTs, on scene throughout the rescue operation. The need was not only to staff the ambulance at the mine continually for an undetermined number of days, but to maintain the normal number of responders for the Huntington community. As word spread of the situation, calls came in from EMTs in the neighboring towns of Castle Dale, Orangeville, Ferron, Emery and Green River, who were eager to do what they could to help. Emery County EMS consists of approximately 59 volunteer EMTs, including Green River. Huntington’s ambulance is staffed by 20 of them. And like most ru- ral volunteer EMTs, they all have other full-time jobs and responsibilities. Some would go to work and then man a shift at the mine. Others sacrificed work, home and family responsibilities to cover the 12-hour shifts. Then on August 16th the unthinkable happened. As a crew was standing by, a mine worker rushed up to them and said: “Get your ambulance, we’ve had another cave in.” This had trapped and injured an unknown number of mine rescue workers. At the request of a mine official, one EMT on scene was asked to go underground to assist with the initial treatment and triage of the victims as they were removed from the collapsed area. With the limited information received by the EMTs on scene, Emery County dispatchers launched ambulances from Huntington, Castle Dale and Ferron, as well as Life Flight and Air Med helicopters. As ambulances and helicopters were arriving, victims were being removed from the mine. A paramedic and flight nurse from Life Flight were there to assist with triage (the procedure to assess the severity of the victims injuries and prioritize transport. This identified which victims would be flown to hospitals up north. The others would be transported by ambulance to Castleview Hospital. In the mean time Emery’s ambulance was dispatched to Ferron to standby and cover the south end of the county and a Carbon County ambulance was sent to Huntington to cover the north end, so in case something happened the communities were covered. One Carbon County ambulance was also dispatched to the mine to assist with transport. By the time the event wound down a total of 10 miners were treated and transported, two by air and eight by ground. From the beginning and throughout the ordeal, the EMTs of Emery and Carbon Counties, as well as Emery County deputies and dispatchers, flight crews and mine personnel, were continually praised for performing to the highest standards of professionalism. An Emery County EMT is quoted as saying: “You have no idea how a small area like ours will act when there is a disaster. It’s not just donating something to a cause, this is personal to us.” EMT crews worked so well together that often EMTs were doing patient care with other EMTs and transporting in ambulances that were not from the town they work Members of the Emery County Emergency Medical Services are honored during a Utah state EMS awards ceremony. in. Another EMT is quoted from an email to the county EMTs: “Even though we all work in different towns and do things differentially, and we may not always see eye to eye on things, we still strive for one thing and that is the best care for our patients. We train together, and no amount of training could have prepared us for this, but that day in August we all stepped up and we worked as one team. I’m truly honored to work with each of you and am proud to be an Emery County EMT. We should all be proud of what we do.” On May 19, in Salt Lake City during the Utah State EMS awards, Emery County EMS was honored for their enumerable hours of service and selfless acts of professionalism, heroism and cooperation, an award for the Outstanding Response to a Specific Incident for 2007. Along with the Emery County Ambulance, the Emery County Sheriffs office, Life Flight, and Carbon County ambulance were also honored for their assistance in the rescue efforts. The volunteer EMTs of Emery County dedicate themselves to the citizens of the county through countless hours of training and service, and would like to thank you and the other agencies, for the support given to them. (Information excerpted from the Utah State EMS awards ceremony in Salt Lake City.) Emery High student receives life-saving transplant Continued from Page A1. all, and in the process new friendships were formed as everyone gave their support for a young man fighting for his life. When the call came that a liver was available, the Thompsons were told to get Ryan to the hospital as soon as possible. They wanted him at the hospital by the afternoon and his surgery was scheduled for 5 p.m. But after the family arrived, the surgery was postponed until 6:45 p.m. while tests were run on the donor liver. When Ryan was taken in for surgery his family and girlfriend, Brittany Hansen, were told it could take as long as 10 hours. Eight hours after going in for surgery the family was notified that the surgery had gone well and Ryan was doing fine. “It was a long time to wait but we were able to experience the most amazing thing,” Yolanda said. While Ryan was in surgery his family was able to meet the donor family. “They were so happy to be able to help save the life of a child. The doctor said he has been doing transplants for 25 years and this is the first time he could recall the families being able to meet at such an early time,” Yolanda said. Yolanda reported that they had Ryan standing the day after his surgery and by the end of the week he was walking. He will need to stay in the hospital for two weeks, and after his release will need to stay within a one hour drive of the hospital for another month. Yolanda said they will stay with his grandmother in Orem. As for his prognosis, Yolanda said things look good. She reported that they couldn’t find any other signs of cancer, so they believed the chemotherapy and radiation contained it. “They think they got it all,” she said. Today, Ryan can look forward to being back at Emery High for his senior year. “The doctors said get him enrolled in school. He will be two or three weeks late, but he’ll be there. He’s really excited about that. He didn’t want to miss his senior year,” Yolanda said. As for the roller coaster ride the family has endured, they are grateful for the help of the community. “We just really need to thank the community for all they have done for us,” she said. Doll maker wins best of show during Emery County Fair vinyl parts, I reborn them. First, I paint them to create a lifelike skin tone. The hair is rooted into the doll’s head using a rooting needle so that the hair looks as if it has grown.” Aleina said she has met people who don’t like the reality of the reborn babies, but for her, the more lifelike she can make them, the better. Aleina started working on reborn babies about seven years ago, buying store bought babies and reborning them by painting them to look more realistic and replacing plastic eyes with glass eyes. From there she made the leap from reborning babies to sculpting babies after one day telling her husband, Patrick, “I can do that.” Her husband told her that if she thought she could do it, then she should give it a try. Aleina said she has never taken any lessons in sculpting and learned about sculpting and reborning babies from her friend, Denise Pratt. Today their baby creations can both be found on the web site bountifulbaby. com. While Aleina may never have had formal training in sculpting, she has plenty of little models to spark her imagination when it comes to sculpting babies. With seven children, there are always plenty of little faces to draw inspiration from. “I usually sculpt from my imagination, from what I think looks cute, but when it comes to things like ears, my kids will be running by and I’ll say ‘stop’ and look at their ears and they’ll say ‘oh Mom,’” Aleina said with a smile. While Patrick and Aleina already have a large family, they have occasionally mistakenly been thought to have more children than they actually do. That has happened when Aleina has taken her reborn babies out with real children, Hyrum, 12; Martha, 10; Joseph, 8; Samantha, 6; Charles, 4; Cheyenne, 2; and Nathanael, 7 months. She said on a trip to the store to buy clothing for the reborn babies she had taken them into the store with her. “My kids got tired of holding them so they put them in the shopping cart,” Aleina said with a grin. While shopping the babies eventually were covered in the cart with cereal and other shopping items and on the verge of being buried by groceries when Aleina heard a couple of women gasp, concerned that they were burying real babies in a shopping cart. “I had a friend who put one of the babies in a car seat in the back of her car to keep it safe. She went into a store and someone called the police on her,” Aleina said. A friend of one of Aleina’s daughters once confessed she didn’t really like coming over to their house to play. It seems the baby doll heads laying around Jimmy Jones hired as new principal at Canyon View Josie Luke The game of administrative musical chairs continues as the Emery County School District announced the hiring of Jimmy Jones as the new principal at Canyon View Junior High and Doug Mecham as vice-principal at Emery High. Mecham replaces Jones at the high school, Jones replaces Larry Davis at the junior high, Davis replaced Gwen Callahan as principal at the high school and Callahan replaced JJ Grant as secondary supervisor at the school board office. Despite the continued uncertainty caused by changes being made so close to the upcoming school year, those involved are excited by the opportunities the new positions offer. Jones has worked at Emery High since 1985, both News Tip? Give the Review a call at 748-2541. as a teacher, and in his most recent position as vice-principal. Known by most of his students and many community members as “Coach Jones”, he has also been involved in coaching many sports teams. Mecham, who has had his administrative certificate for three years now, is excited to have the opportunity to focus on his new position at the high school. “I’m sad to leave my Canyon View family, and I’ll miss the class room,” he explained, “but we’re excited.” He has taught for 12 at the junior high and has also been involved in coaching wresting. For the past three years he has split his time between teaching and serving as school counselor, while teaching part-time. While working at Canyon View, Mecham worked often with Larry Davis, who he will serve under at the high school. His experience with Davis makes him even more excited for his new position. “I’m excited to work with Larry,” he said. “He is an incredible administrator, and so there’s so much to learn working with him.” The Meat Shop 790 N. 400 E. 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She said they all show a love of art that she hopes to see grow in them. As for her own love of art, she said she wants to learn to paint and plans to some day pick up a brush and give it a try. When she does, it will most likely be with the same eye for detail that brings her reborn babies to life. Emery County’s New Newspaper 685 South Main Street P.O. Box 487 Orangeville, UT. 84537 www.theemerycountyreview.com Phone: 435-748-2541 Fax: 435-748-2543 Established January 2, 2007 Published Every Tuesday Publisher / Editor James L. Davis jldavis@theemerycountyreview.com Co-Publisher / Office / Advertising Manager Colleen A. Davis cdavis@theemerycountyreview.com Assistant Editor Josie Luke Advertising Design / Office Lyndsay Reid Advertising Sales Charlotte Williams Editorial Staff Kathy P. Ockey Webmaster Casey Wood Postmaster: Send change of address to The Emery County Review, 685 South Main Street, P.O. Box 487, Orangeville, UT. 84537. 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