MAY 15, 1999
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Grand Ronde staff to have advanced cardiac training
By Oscar Johnson
The Tribe's Health and Wellness
Center is helping Grand Ronde staff
jumpstart their emergency lifesav
ing skills by training them to use an
Automatic External Difibrullator.
Training began in April to teach
selected clinic staff to use the device
which can revive a stopped heart
with the electrical shock and moni
tor vital signs.
Other Grand Ronde staff from a
variety of departments took the
half-day-course last month and more
are expected to be trained in the near
future.
'This is the first of several more
classes to get people caught up on
the basics of Advanced Cardiac Life
Support (ACLS) techniques," said
Dr. Jim Molloy, clinic physician. "The
initial plan is to have two people in
each (tribal) building certified in
ACLS use."
Dr. Molloy, an advocate of train
ing as many as possible to use the
lifesaving device (which many phy
sicians are not required to use), was
instrumental in the Tribe getting its
first difibrullator and initiating the
training program.
The courses are co-taught by Pearl
Mekemson, wellness education coun-
The initial plan is to
have two people in each
(tribal) building certified in
ACLS use."
Dr. Jim Molloy, clinic physician
selor and within in a few weeks
Kathy Faber, clinic family nurse
practitioner, is also expected to be a
certified Advanced Life Support in
structor. Molloy is already certified to teach
the difibrullator course and will soon
become an Advanced Life Support
course director, he said.
"We will have the freedom to set up
our own classes instead of relying on
others " said Molloy. "We will also be
able to offer the courses to other local
facilities and other tribal facilities."
He added that some Warm Springs
tribal officials have already ex
pressed interest in taking the course.
Molloy and Faber are also plan
ing to fit a medical conference on
child abuse and pediatrics into their
busy schedule.
"We're just trying to enhance what
we're doing here," he said.
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Pearl Mekemson demonstrates lifesaving uses of the Automatic Ex
ternal Difibrullator. Participants of the first AED class include: Mary
Alice Bowen, Katrinia Herber, Tom LaChance, Lonnie Leno, Mardell Wil
liams, Lynn Robertson, Kevin Mueller, and Arvid Ekman.
Grand Meadows Neighborhood Association helps residents
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Members living in Grand Meadows help landscape and Elder's home.
The Grand Ronde Tribal Housing
Authority, in coordination with
Grand Meadows residents, has es
tablished a Neighborhood Associa
tion for Grand Meadows. It is com
prised of Grand Meadows residents
only. Jan Michael Reibach was se
lected as chairman of this commit
tee at its first meeting. Since that
time, the committee has imple
mented a neighborhood watch pro
gram, emergency contacts, and an
Elders' Day, which will be held an
nually. The first Elders' Day, which
was held on May 1, was organized
to assist Elders who live in Grand
Meadows. A number a residents
participated in helping to perform
yard maintenance and landscaping
of Elders homes. Grand Meadows is
a housing development for tribal
families. This committee and Elders'
Day was created by the people liv
ing in the subdivision on their
own. Good job to these tribal fami
lies who are working together to help
each other!
Members who helped on Elders'
Day are: Buddy and Anna White,
Jeff Huff, Anthony Lucio, Ben
Rogers, Carl Lambert, Robert and
Rosa Schmid, Jan Michael Reibach,
and Lynn Kitchen.
A few kids helped out, too: Joey
Holmes, Harris Reibach, and Mac
Rogers. Special thanks to Jan D. Rei-
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Portland Area
Indian Health Board
visits Clinic
Jon George, vocational rehabilitation specialist,
gives members of the Portland Area Indian Health
Board a tour of the Grand Ronde Health and Wellness
Center. The Board took time out from their three-day
conference at Spirit Mountain Lodge to visit the
Tribe's model clinic on April 16th. The Tribe's Health
and Wellness Center is one of few tribally-owned
clinics that provide health care to tribal as well as
community members.
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