| Show Death Raises Con Concern tern on Campus Sou South h City jf guest es speaker speaker- suffer suffer- heart hear a attack ack before giving lecture e lec ure Christopher Jones Staff Writer On Wednesday April 7 Ramon was carrying lecture materials into the South City Campus when he suddenly col col- col lapsed 59 suffered a massive heart attack After several several several sever sever- al long minutes of resuscitation paramedics rushed to Hospital Unfortunately he died en route What occurred in the first few minutes after collapsed gave some students cause for con con- cern It scares me said Kathleen Tedford newly elected Student Vice President at South City If I were to collapse now Im I'm not so ing CPR with her mother disappointed with what Tedford sure I would make it Wrights Wright's mother is a former regis- regis described as s a despondent Tedford was critical of Utah nurse Both are CPR response by the officers It Hi T hway Patrols Patrol's hrino brings up tin awareness response t to th the emergency The was recently hired by Salt Lake Community College as Campus Police to help increase campus security Campus a pus Police Police are We will make it student safety an issue We will represent the students Kathleen Tedford the first to be e notified of campus emergencies and are often first on the scene Wednesdays Wednesday's emergency was no exception Campus police were notified and arrived shortly after Upon arrival the officers found Rachael Wright Student Life and Leadership member administer- administer tied fled Wright was overseeing South Campus' Campus Fun in the Sun summer summer summer sum sum- mer off kick-off event when she heard someone shout Call Wright and her mother immediately immediately immediately immedi immedi- located and attempted to resuscitate him Tedford Tedford and Wright were both r that we dont don't have I good crisis services services services ser ser- vices vices said Tedford Its very disappointing disappointing disappointing pointing said Wright right who doesn't feel the campus is adequately staff staffed t to handle medical emergencies But the who are trained for such emergencies and routinely respond to medical problems on campus defended their response to the situation It went as best as it could said Officer Richard who responded to the call We did what we were trained to do and his partner who were nearby when the call came through proceeded to the scene by foot One of the officers assisted with chest compressions until paramedics arrived spoke of the severity of the situation and didn't feel anything anything anything any any- thing could have been done dif dIf- dif dif- Tedford Tedford and Wright were particularly particularly particularly par par- enraged that the officers didn't have a CPR mouth guard on hand which left Wrights Wright's mother exposed to blood and vomit The officers who were not given any details of the situation See Death continued on page 3 Death continued ed from front page other than man down f followed procedure and went directly to the scene Though the officers do dp have a CPR mouth guard it was in their patrol car on the the- theother other side of campus Officer commended commended commended com com- mended Wright and her mother said It was nice to have Rachael and her mother there when we arrived felt most of the students handled the situation well particularly considering the magnitude of what they were witnessing witnessing witnessing witness witness- ing and all the congestion caused by the Fun in the Sun event was further impressed with paramedics' paramedics quick response When Tedford takes office as as' South City's Student VP V.P. P. P she intends to tomake tomake tomake make student safety a Tedford wants students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents to be able to feel safe on campus and to be attended to o pr properly perly when emergencies arise anse We will make it an issue said Tedford We represent the students As of Monday Wright was unaware of any action being taken in regard to the missing mouth guard To Wrights Wright's knowledge no further investigation is being made into the inci inci- dent |
