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TWO - Heppner Gazelle-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, October 9, 1991
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By Pat Southard, trauma director
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October Birthstone
Tourmaline
(tur-muh-leen)
Although October birthstone is represented by
the Pink Tourmaline it is available in many
other colors; from pink to dark reds, light to
dark greens, and blues. Also dors like
yellows, colorless, white, and black which are
very' rare. All o f the colors can be substituted
fo r the October birthstone along with Opal
which is the alternative to Tourmaline.
The specific varieties are Rubellite (red), In-
dicolite (blue), Chromeline (chrome-green),
Bi-color (multi-color),, Watermelon (slabs),
and C at’s Eyes.
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Upcoming events at the E lks...
October 10:
OSEA VP Arin William Visitation
Ladies night - dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Menu: Stuffed pork chops &
Rick Walker pours oil into a car in his newly opened shop
Willow Creek Service Center, formerly Vern’s
Bingo for ladies
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Reno Night - Booster Club 7 p.m.
Heppner Elks 358
“ Where Friends Meet ”
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Sunday , October 20 ,
2-4 p . m ,
Legion Hall , lone
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Displays will be in store window
or at school. All youth in fourt
through 12th grades are invited t
join and adults are welcome a
volunteers. “ 4-H has something t
offer everyone,” they said.
For more information call th
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676-9642.
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The week of October 6 through 12
is in the national spotlight as Na
tional 4-H Week. “ It’s the perfect
time to give a special thanks to
leaders, donors, sponsors, and mom
and dad, too. They’ve given us a lot
of support in our 4-H activities this
past year,” said Morrow County
Extension agents Bill Broderick and
Carol Bennett.
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4- 5” x 8’ 5.00 bdi
5- 6” x 7’ 5.70 bdi'
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Phone 989 8721
Kay Rene Qualls volunteers her time to work in the 4-H Snack
Shack during fair.
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The Oregonian on Sept. 11
published accounts of the reduction
in deaths from motor-vehicle colli
sions. The reduction is attributed to
safety-belt use and the provisional
licensure for teen-age drivers.
Both of these factors have certain-
•ly been responsible for saving lives.
However, there is one other major
factor that should be given credit for
its contribution to decreasing
traumatic deaths and disability: The
institution of the Oregon trauma
' system.
In 1987, the Health Division
' began designating trauma centers for
the state. The process began in a six-
county area that included the
Portland metropolitan area. Oregon
Health Sciences University and
Emanuel Hospital and Health Center
were named as the two Level I
trauma centers in that area. Colum
bia Memorial in Astoria became a
Level III traum a center and
Tillamook and Newburg were
designated Level IV centers.
As trauma centers, these hospitals
took on a multitude of respon
sibilities with the major share assign
ed to the Level I centers. These
responsibilities included a mandate
to provide trauma-prevention educa
tion to the public and trauma-care
education to members of hospital
staff.
In addition, the trauma centers are
required to provide education for the
pre-hospital care providers and assist
the rural trauma centers with their
trauma-education requirements.
Injury-prevention activities were
also required.
Finally, there was a requirement
that the Level I centers perform
research designed to assure that in
jured patient would receive state-of-
the-art trauma care.
The financial commitment by all
designated trauma centers was and
continues to be enormous. Staffing
was increased in many areas of the
hospital to assure that when the
critically injured patient arrived, the
hospital could provide the highest-
quality personnel and equipment in
an attempt to save a life. It is this
“ golden hour" after injury that can
mean life or death. 1
The Level I trauma centers require
traum a „ surgeons
and
anesthesiologists to be available in
the hospital 24 hours a day. These
dedicated physicians, along with
nurses, respiratory therapists,
laboratory personnel and X-ray
technicians, meet the injured patients
upon their arrival at the hospital.
Rural trauma centers throughout
the state have also been major con
tributors to the decrease in traumatic
death and disability. These com
munity hospitals with scarce
resources also made major com
mitments in terms of personnel and
other expenses to provide trauma
care to the injured. These rural
hospitals work hand in hand with
with the Level I centers, often
transferring patients whose critical
injuries require in-hospital trauma
surgeons on a 24-hour basis.
The paramedics in the prehospital
area also became a critical ingredient
in the success of the trauma system.
They attended special-education pro
grams and received specialty cer
tification in trauma care. Their pro
ficiency helped them identify those
patients who were truly in need of
traumacenter care.
Now, three years later, these
paramedics have become skilled in
stabilizing and transporting critical
ly injured patients in a rapid fashion
to
the
traum a
center.
During the past 3 xh years, more
than 5,000 critically injured patients
have been taken to the two Level I
centers. This volume has increased
the expertise of all the members of
the trauma team, and the patients
have been the beneficiaries.
The trauma centers have worked
collaboratively throughout the state
to educate the public about how the
risk of injury can be reduced, in
cluding safe driving, safety-belt
usage, not drinking and driving,
helmet use and other safety issues.
It is disheartening to know that
devastating injuries from a motor
vehicle crash could have been
prevented.
Trauma is the major killer of all
Americans between the ages of 1 and
44. Its treatment and prevention are
underfunded by the federal govern
ment and misunderstood by the
public. It occurs across all
socioeconomic lines, affecting peo
ple from Ronald Reagan to Ramon
Kamos to your son or daughter.
Designated trauma centers have
been major contributors to the
decrease in deaths and disability
from motor vehicle collisions and
other traumatic events. Let’s be sure
they receive the credit that is due for
their efforts.
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ly enjoy it here, adding that they had
set a goal to be out of California
before their children started school.
They have three children, Mandy, 5.
Benjamin. 4, and Katie, 2. Besides
handling the bookkeeping and bank
ing from home, Jane is involved in
the lone pre-school and is serving on
the pre-schpol-^ board of directors.
Rick said that he saw a “‘real lack
of people doing car repair” in the
Heppner area. "There’s no sense for
these repair dollars to go out of
town," he added. "People shouldn't
have to spend all day in Hermiston
or Pendleton just to get their car fix
ed.”
Business hours for the shop are
7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday and 7:30 a.m. to
noon Saturday. Phone number is
676-5057.
Rick and Jane Walker, lone, pur
chased Willow Creek Service
Center, formerly known as Vern’s.
from long-time owners. Vern and
Lilly Wilson, who are semi-retired
Rick, 31. and Jane. 29, moved to
lone a year ago from Stockton.
California, where Rick worked with
his father in thf .auto repair business. »
Rick's father had several auto shops '
and Rick grew up in the business.
Most recently they specialized in
smog and emission control work.
Rick said they were state certified
and attended school to be able to
work on all the later models. “There
are so many things that can affect
emissions,” he said. The shop will
offer complete auto repair and Rtck
said they will continue to operate the
car wash.
Rick said that he and his wife real-
by Joyce and Eleanor
676-9181
Trauma centers aid injured
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Reserve Tickets
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$700 Family
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