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Show State health officials here to resolve emergency care disagreements Officials from the State Division of Community Health Services and the Bureau of Emergency Medical Med-ical Services (E.M.S) came to Park City Monday evening to help local emergency-care providers reorganize the Summit County E.M.S. council. coun-cil. Representatives from the three ambulance companies Park City, North and South Summit were on hand, in addition to representatives from Holy Cross Hospital, Wasatch Hospital and the Park City Emergency Center. Summit County Health Director Frank Singleton prepared the agenda for the group and pointed out he would be meeting with the Summit County commissioners commission-ers next Tuesday to renew current E.M.S. agreements. Presently, Holy Cross is the resource hospital for all three companies with Drs. Winn and Barnett serving as medical advisors. Discussions of dispatch protocol followed, along with an explanation of the present difficulty with radio communication commun-ication between parts of the county, which are separated by mountains over which the signal cannot pass. Singleton advised the group that the grant for the microwave radio system was proceeding as expected and, he said, "the equipment should be up by November." Richard Warburton, E.M.S. director for the state, explained the system would allow northeastern Utah to talk "virtually to anywhere in the state," geography notwithstanding. not-withstanding. The new radio system will piggy-back the existing state emergency operating system. No chairman was named for the group at Monday night's meeting, nor were specific by-laws discussed. At the suggestion of Dr. Michael Romney, director of emergency services for Holy Cross Hospital, the group decided to wait until a June meeting to set goals. They will elect a chairman at that time. |