SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2017
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Stroke victims can require special care transfers, says WLAD
Western Lane Ambulance
District (WLAD) is a leader in
the state of Oregon in terms of
the number of highly trained
and experienced Critical Care
Paramedics (CCP).
These paramedics can effec-
tively handle a Critical Stoke
Patient that requires transport
to a definitive specialty Stroke
Center, such as Sacred Heart
Regional Medical Center at
Riverbend.
WLAD CC Paramedic and
Training Officer Rob Chance
strongly recommends CCPs for
these difficult transfers to
Stroke Centers.
“One of the main concerns
we have with our stroke
patients is that if they are hav-
ing intracranial bleeding
(which occurs when a weak-
ened blood vessel ruptures), we
do everything we can to keep it
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from getting worse,” said
Chance, who added that the
potential for blood clots is
another reason blood pressure
is carefully monitored.
“Labetalol is one of the med-
ications we now carry on the
ambulance, and is a beta block-
er designed to treat the high
blood pressure,” Chance said.
Another medication WLAD
carries to protect against high
blood pressure caused by a
stroke is Hydralazine.
“Our critical care paramedics
are specifically trained to use
these vasoactive drugs to give
our patients the best chances at
preventing long term or perma-
nent deficits,” Chance said
The
American
Heart
Association recommends that
the clot busting drug tPA can be
used if the stroke occurs within
three hours of emergency
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First responders prepare a patient to be transported by
helicopter to receive emergency care.
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How much do you know about the Tabernacle of the Old Testament?
How does the Tabernacle relate to the church of the New Testament?
When we understand the Tabernacle, it will help us to understand
the redemptive work of God that is brought out in Scripture.
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4445 Hwy 101 (South of Fred Meyer) – 997-3951
Worship on Saturday 10:30 A.M.
Adult/Children’s Sabbath School 9:15 A.M.
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Every Friday night at 7pm • Non-denominational
Bay Berry Square; 101 at Sutton Lake Dr. /milepost 185 N.
For more information , please call 541-997-2681
N.W. Corner of Heceta Beach Road & Hwy. 101
Every Sunday at 10 a.m.
All are welcome. (541) 997-2840
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE GROUP
FLORENCE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
“God Is Principle”
Meeting Friday at 3pm
Summer Worship Time: Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
Coff ee Fellowship Following Service
2nd & Kingwood • (541) 997-6025
575-313-3640
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
Located at Munsel Lake Road and North Fork Road
Worship Services 10:00 AM Sunday
All are welcome! 541-997-7268
FOURSQUARE CHURCH
1624 Highway 101 (next to A&W) –- 997-6337
Pastor George Pagel – Something for the entire family.
Sun. Services: 10:45 a.m., Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m.
Website:fl orence4square.com
FLORENCE VINEYARD (GOD’S POWER HOUSE)
COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
4590 Hwy. 101, Across from Fred Meyer –- 997-7418
Sunday School, 9:30a.m. – Worship, 10:45
Wed. Prayer - 6:00 p.m. –Wed. Ministries 1-8 Grade 7 p.m.
2610 Kingwood, Florence • 541-268-2025
Sunday Worship @ 10:00 a.m., experience the Power of the Holy Spirit
Pastors: George & Beverly Sisemore
Intercessory Prayer & Worship, Th ursday night @ 5:00 pm
fl orencevineyardchurch.com
CROSS ROAD ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Corner of 10th & Maple –997-3533
Wednesday, 7 p.m. - Family Connections
Adult Bible Class, 9:30am on Sundays.
Sunday Services, 9am and 10:45am.
fl orencecrossroad.org • offi ce@fl orencecrossroad.org
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - SBC
1935 25th St. – 997-7660 • Pastor, Dr. Marvin Owen
Series “People of the Bible.” on Wednesdays 6 p.m.
A friendly place to worship, vacationers welcome.
Sun.; 11am & 6pm, Sunday school 9:45am.
FLORENCE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
2nd & Ivy – 997-2961 –Non-Denominational
Worship Service: 9:00 am & 10:30 am
Middle School and High School youth groups meet on Wednesday.
FLORENCE CHURCH OF CHRIST
medics in the back with these
critically ill stroke patients.
If time is a matter of con-
cerns, and in many cases, it is,
then it is imperative that the
patient or family be offered air
medical transport to the Stroke
Center. There are several air
medical agencies within the
Western Lane Ambulance
District. Weather permitting,
they can gain access to appro-
priate landing zones such as the
Florence Airport.
The air medical crews are all
critical care trained paramedics
or flight nurses. These para-
medics have become Flight
Paramedic Certified (FP-C),
which is essentially the same as
the CCP, but focuses on air
rather than ground transport.
Air medical crews carry
basically the same equipment
and medications as WLAD
ground ambulances.
The critical care paramedic
curriculum is more than 100
hours in duration and is a
nationally recognized program
with
classes
conducted
throughout the nation.
“It has been an amazing help
to the patients that we serve
throughout Western Lane
Ambulance District and it is an
honor and a privilege to be
involved in this amazing pro-
gram,” said Chance.
—Submitted by Al Krietz,
M.A. EMT-P/PIO with WLAD
FUUF discusses restoring
democratic process
Join us for a 13 week study.
Beginning Tuesday, July 11th from 6:30-7:30pm
at the Florence Church of Christ ,1833 Tamarack St.
Questions? Contact us at 541-997-3133
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department arrival. This drug is
used in cases of an ischemic
stroke, which occurs as a result
of an obstruction within a blood
vessel supplying blood to the
brain.
It accounts for 87 percent of
all stroke cases, and the goal of
tPA is to dissolve the clot and
allow stroke patients to regain
normal function of their
speech, sight and motor func-
tion — rather than being left
with weakness or paralysis on
one side of the patient.
Sometimes the ED staff start
tPA as the paramedics are in the
process of loading the patient in
the ambulance, for the transport
to the Stroke Center. Some
stroke patients are so critical
that they require endotracheal
intubation and are placed on a
ventilator for the course of the
medical transport.
“Understanding and utilizing
the ventilator requires a signifi-
cant level of training and expe-
rience,” Chance said.
In addition to the ventilator
training, the CCP’s learn and
train on the various medica-
tions that are used to sedate and
keep the patient still, while the
patient is on the ventilator.
“We become familiar with
Propofol, Versed, Ketamine,
Fentanyl, Rocuronium, as well
as various other drugs,” Chance
explained.
Typically, there are 2 para-
NEW LIFE CHURCH-UPC
Senior Center, 1570 Kingwood • 541-991-9398
Sunday Services: 10am and 6pm
Wednesday Bible Study 7:00pm
NEW LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH, E.L.C.A.
21st & Spruce Street – 997-8113
Adult Forum 9 a.m. – Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
Worship services; Sun. 10:30am & Mon. 5pm
Pastor Lori Blake
www.lutheranchurchfl orence.com
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE SIUSLAW
Traditional Worship Service 10:00 a.m. , Reverend Greg Wood
Sunday School and Nursery – Organ and Choir
All Welcome. Come as you are.
3996 N Hwy 101 997-7136
Pre-Denominational (Romans 16:16)
1833 Tamarack Street (2 blocks east of Hwy. 101 on 18th St.)
Bible Study: Sunday 10 a.m.; Worship: Sunday 11 a.m.
www.churchofchristfl orence.org
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FLORENCE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCH, L.C.M.S.
12th and Nopal –997-9020
Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
10 am Wed., Women’s Bible Study
Saturdays, Mens’ Breakfast @ 8 a.m.
Online Worship Service@ www.fl orencenaz.com
Every Sun., Bible Class 9 a.m., Worship Service 10 a.m.
85294 Hwy. 101 S. – 997-8038
DVD of Weekly worship service available.
Pastor Randy Benscoter
“War is still not the answer.” FCNL
We worship in homes at 11am Sundays
Call 997-4237 or 902-9511 for locations.
On Sunday, July 9, from 10
until 11 a.m. at the Florence
Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship, the Rev. Dr. Ruth
Miller will lead the worship
service titled “Restoring the
Democratic Process.”
“We learned in school that
ancient Athens was a democ-
racy and the founding fathers
knew that and created one for
the U.S.,” said Miller.
“There’s much more to the
story however, and what we
know about it can be useful in
the confusion of today’s
world.”
The UU Fellowship, 87738
Highway 101 at Heceta Beach
Rd., is wheelchair accessible.
Each service concludes
with refreshments and a dia-
logue circle to explore the
questions that come up during
each service.
For more information, visit
www.florenceuuf.org or call
541-997-2840.
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541 999-5223
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1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200
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ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
FLORENCE EVANGELICAL CHURCH
1318 Rhododendron Dr. –- 997-2523 – Worship at 11:00 AM –- Sunday
School at 9:30 AM – Variety of Sunday evening activities - 5 PM
Wed. Bible & Children classes at 6:00 PM
Call for details.
2135 19th St. –- 997-6600
8:30am, Tuesdays, Morning Prayer
Sunday Services: 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. - Wed, 11 a.m.
Everyone Welcome – Come walk our Labyrinth.
SAINT MARY, OUR LADY OF THE DUNES
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Masses: Sat. 5:30 p.m., Sun. 11:00 a.m.
1.5 miles south of river on Hwy 101 – 997-2312
Darlings
Marina & RV
4879 Darlings Loop
Florence, OR 97439
541-997-2841
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