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Show Citizen, Press, Review, Wed., May 7, lS6 - Page Hi American Fork Hospital encourages CPR training "When someone's life is at you don't want to be in a position!; making only a haphazard attemD at revival." Facts and stories demonstrat. repeatedly that CPR saves lives ! person trained and able to use CPR in an emergency at least has satisfaction of knowing they've don! everything humanly possible t0 save a life. Are you prepared foran ' emergency? I felt comfortable with CPR so that I wouldn't panic in an emergency." According to Julie Turner, R.N., an infant CPR instructor, just being CPR prepared can be a relief. "I tell people that as surely as they're unprepared, an emergency will occur. If they are prepared, chances are they'll never need to use CPR in an emergency." Julie believes that "Any prepared person can perform CPR and most people know two of the five CPR steps without thinking. People 'in-stinctively attempt to stimulate breathing and get help. "The other three, steps are as simple as ABC," she continued. "Open the Airway, begin artificial Breathing and restore Circulation, if necessary. People shouldn't, worry about performing the procedure incorrectly," she added. "Victims can recover from popped lungs and broken ribs and bruises. They don't recover from an inability to breathe." When the victim's heart stops, the brain' cells are the first to die. Without oxygen severe damage can occur to the brain within four-fiv- e minutes. However, CPR can keep the brain alive until help arrives. Luckily for the collapsed dish-washer, a customer was able to administer CPR and he survived. In retrospect, Cathy Op't Hof believes, "He's not breathing! Hey, can anyone help?" A frantic cry for assistance is sounded and your response could mean the difference between life and death. Recognizing this need to teach people to act appropriately in an emergency, American Fork Hospital will offer free CPR training during a community-wid- e campaign in May. Interested community groups, clubs and organizations should contact the hospital to finalize arrangements for CPR instruction. The one-tw- o hour class will include a CPR video presentation, lecture and demonstration with a Resusci-Annie- . 1984 Utah Bureu of Health statistics record 29 drownings, 23 suffocations, 59 acute pulmonary deaths, five deaths . of electric shock, 69 SIDS related deaths in children under one year of age and 1,850 heart attack victims. It is estimated that half of the heart attack victims died before help arrived. CPR could have saved lives. Everyone seems to know a CPR story involving themselves or someone else. When is needed in an emergency, reactions are often unpredictable. not expected to live. The infant beat the odds and at two months of age was sleeping peacefully in her crib when her mother heard a strange sound. Mrs. Op't Hof recalled, "I sent my seven-year-ol- d to check on the baby and he came running out of her room screaming, "She's blue!' I thought she was dead." Cathy Op't Hof began CPR g techniques on her infant daughter while her son ran to the neighbors to summon the paramedics. Never having per-formed CPR before, Cathy fell she had nothing to lose. "I wasn't going to just stand by and let him die while I did nothing!"' Vanessa is two now and her mother still carries CPR in-structions in her purse. Cathy readily admits, "At this point I still wouldn't feel comfortable using CPR in an emergency." By coincidence, another emergency did occur in the restaurant where she works as a waitress. Hearing a commotion in the rear of the restaurant, Cathy ran back and found the dishwasher collapsed on the floor. During an emergency such as this, the ob-servers present become the most vital link to the victim's survival. "No one knew what to do," Cathy continued. "I felt helpless because I didn't know anything. I wished that ABC's of CPR Observers either react with feelings of panic or helplessness, or else prior CPR training is recalled instinctively and they act ap propriately. Born at American Fork Hospital with severe respiratory com-plications, Vanessa Op't Hof was Basic Life Support Place a victim flat on his back on iTjlJTiT" jm If unconscious, open airway: " Mead till chin lift, or head' lilt . eck " not breathing, begin artificial bre,. Jr : 4 quick b'eall,s' telrra If airway is blocked. h back blows.abdon.mil ,, thrusts, and f,ge, 3cheslcarotid pulse. If pulse absent, begin artificial 4circulation: Depress sternum Hi" 10 2V X One Rescuer: TwRescw! 15 compressions 5tBpB,( (rate 80 per mm.) (ta,e80ptlr 2 quick breaths . blej Continue uninterrupted until advanced life sm is available. 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Salad Bar, choice of large Baked Potato with all the fixin s from our Potato Bar or French Fries, and Texas Toast. It's A WonderfAil Way To Say, "We Love You Mom!" Offer Valid Through Sunday, May 11, 1986. inMi flu Family StealTHouse JoinUsInGelebutingVmWaickrfidDay. 458 E. State, Am. Fork 756-922- 1 Brett Applegate, Mgr. NH6. Ckilden Corral Corp. CPR made the difference to American Fork man Sam Wycherley doesn't remember dying, but he will never forget the gratitude he feels for the people involved in his revival. Thirty-fee- t high on a scaffolding, Sam and a partner were cleaning the brick on the American Fork Tabernacle when an accident sent 70,000 volts of electricity surging through Sam's body. His lifeless form fell backward onto the roof of a smaller building as it plunged to the ground. Todd, scrambled down the scaffolding and raced inside the tabernacle to find help. Ward McDonald, the janitor, rushed to Sam's side and assessed the situation: no pulse and no respirations. Sam was dead, a victim of electrocution. Most people would have ended the tragic scenario there, but not Ward McDonald. That made all the difference. Ward administered CPR to the lifeless body until the paramedics arrived. By providing artificial respirations and cir-culations, Sam's brain continued to receive oxygen. The ambulance crew continued ef-forts during the ride to American Fork Hospital. Ironically, the hospital emergency staff defibrillated Sam's heart to recharge it with a controlled ver-sion of electric shock. Sam's heart responded to the fifth and final attempt. He was alive. Sam's fight for life continued during the next critical with two more cardiac arrests and revivals. Considered to be a "walking miracle," Sam recovered fully, and is now director, of nursing at the American Fork Training School. Owing his life to CPR techniques, Sam Wicherley believes everyone should have the same chance for survival in an emergency. A strong advocate of CPR, he is requiring all Training School nurses and em-ployees to become CPR certified. When asked to express his feelings toward the man who saved his life, Sam pauses emotionally, the silent emphasis dramatic. "If Ward McDonald hadn't been there, I would have made it. I was dead . . .1 looked dead,.... He didn't let that concern him. He gave me a second chance to live!" Wayne County reunion planned All former residents of Wayne County are invited to attend an evening of visiting, renewing old acquaintances, and making new ones at the annual Wayne County reunion on May 16 at 1350 E. 4000 South, Salt Lake City. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. catered by the Windson Second Ward. The cost is $6 per person and there will be a ham dinner with all the trimmings. For details and reservations call one of the following by May 10: Gordon G. Taylor, Pleasant Grove, 785-310- A. Ray Lindsay, Orem, 374-263- and Eldon Morrell, Salt Lake, |
