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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-10-30, Page 3HONOUR HISTORICAL SECRETARY — At Wednesday's annual meeting of the Huron Historical Socie- ty, long time secretory -treasurer Doris Batkin was honoured. From the left are past president Joe Hogan, president Isobel Theedom, Mrs. Batkin and guest speaker Rev. James Vanslyke of Seaforth who spoke about his Dutch Roots. T -A photo Mock disaster review outlines few 'Mems establishing an area in the hospital where staff unable to make other ar- rangements in an emergency could leave small children to be cared for. Another phone should be considered for the emergency room. The report recommends the establishment of a community resources planning committee to review and develop emergency plans for the South Huron Hospital catch- ment area, which takes in Hay, • Usborne, Stephen and Stanley townships as well as the communities of Exeter, Hensall, Zurich, Grand Bend, Centralia, Dashwood, Crediton and Huron -Park: - The student "casualties", compris- ing 18 code red (immediate priority), six code yellow (second priority) and eight code green (walking wounded) viewed the exercise from a different perspective. Some complained of be- ing left uncovered for a long time. The firemen and ambulance crews had ample blankets, but did not use them as this - was just a simulation. • Another complained that "They dropped Bren4a". On the whole, the students' com- ments were positive, and their criticism constructive. Nesbitt explained the reason some were kept waiting for what seemed to them a long time was because of priorities. Someone with a broken leg, but no torn arteries does not need as immediate attention as another with serious internal injuries. Nesbitt said he was satisfied the ex- ercise was beneficial to everyone who participated. -The hospital staff learn- ed a great deal, and for the first time the ambulance, police and fire depart- ments planned and worked together as a group, which bodes well for the future, he added. Nesbitt said if he had to single anyone out for special commendation it would be Dr. Wally Read, triage of- ficer at the hospital, and Dr. Linda Steele, triage doctor at the scene of the disaster. One student summed up her feel- ings by saying "f was put on the lawn after treatment and told I was in Lon- don. It was all too suddenly over. I en- joyed the disaster, and hope it helped out in making all the emergency staff more orenared for a real disaster." The mock disaster staged inExeter on September 25 accomplished its purpose, which was to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in South Huron Hospital's emergency measures plan. The scenario, assuming the explo- sion and collapse of the South Huron Recreation Centre causing 32 casualties, involved South Huron Hospital staff and physicians, Exeter police and fire departments, am- bulance services from Dashwood, Zurich, Lucan and Central Dispatch, London, and South Huron High School students acting as victims. Representatives from each of those '---groups—Met —iater with"disa'ster` organizer George Jones to identify areas to receive future consideration, and drafted a report containing recommendations to enable all agen- cies to cope efficiently and effective- ly in future emergency. A number.of lessons were learned from what happened at the rec cen- tre. Two firemen trying to control one distraught, hysterical but otherwise unhurt person were kept from Weir primary Function of firefighting and casualty evacuation. Jones said that ideally the police should have stepped in and locked the casualty in the cruiser until the seriously injured had been evacuated and treated. A pro- tocol will be developed for dealing with disturbed casualties at a disaster site. In the mock disaster, ambulance and medical staff did not enter the rec centre to triage (classify according to seriousness of injury) casualties, but waited until the injured were brought out. Those able to run outside receiv- ed the initial medical attention. Firemen, equipped with hard hats, safety boots and oxygen, are to be the first to enter, but the report recom- mends that ambulance and medical personnel be allowed inside as soon as the firemen say they can do so safe- ly. In the final analysis, medical per- sonnel may make their own decisions after weighing personal safety against the needs in a particular situation. The portable, light -weight litters borrowed from the military proved their worth. The report recommends that the South Iluron community mount a campaign to obtain 20 to 25 of these litters at a cost of $40 each, and store them in some place like the fire hall where they will be accessi- ble for use anywhere in this area. Although the consultant had sug- gested the ambulances unload pa- tients at the front door of the hospital because of the large foyer that could Ix: used as a triage area, hospital of- ficials decided to triage all patients through the normal emergency entrance. The front door plan was rejected because a step would have meant ex- tra lifting of stretchers, the front tloors can not be locked into an open position, cars parked in front would Atlas arrives Continued from front page "If you never do anything, you'll never make mistakes," quoted the reeve. There were many dignitaries in the crowd From Iluron, there was HulletI Reeve Tom Cunningham, who was county warden in 1984. Other atlas committee members present were Ashfield Reeve John Austin and Janis Bisback from the Huron Coun- ty library board. There were also representatives from the two firms that published the atlas. From the Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. of Goderich there was production manager John Buchanan and Lloyd Lounsbury, composing room foreman. From the St. Catherines Standar I publishing firm there was Earl Bateman and Rob Bell as well as Ken Lounsbury. a cousin to Lloyd. Home grown talent was also pre- sent. Lloyd Eisler, the well-known champion figure skater from Seaforth congratulated the county. MP Mur- ray Cardiff did the same. He added that a copy of the atlas could be :,Ought by the federal government to go on file in Ottawa. harry J. Boyle, Huron native and well-known author, was absent for the launching. He did. however, write the forward for the atlas. The books can be picked up at the court house for the rest of the week. Copies will be available at specific locations across the county. have had to be- moved, some am- bulances would have had to wait on the road creating congestion, and not all ambulance crews would expect to use other than the emergency en- trance. As well, the front lobby could be used as an overflow area. Congestion did occur at the emergency entrance as several am- bulances Lined up outside, all trying to E et patients into the hospital. A shortage of gurneys (rollable stret- chers) meant that ambulance person- nel had to take some patients to other designated areas in the hospital. Jones suggested that the required physical manpower__-tpcarry ..stret- chers or litters be supplied by the school football team, or members of the Legion. However,' hospital ad- ministrator Trevor Nesbitt could forsee problems with that solution, if people unaccustomed to the sight of serious injuries became sick themselves. Better ways to get patients from ambulance stretchers onto hospital gurneys so that in-hospital patient transport can be done by a minimum of hospital personnel will be examin- ed. The report also recommends the acquisition of one or two more gurneys. The disaster triage tags issued to all Ontario ambulance services by the province were found to be inadequate for hospital use. They were flimsy, re- quired backing in order to write on them, and made no provision to record a patient's improved condition after a colour-coded classification had been torn off. Firm, versatile and more comprehensive tags available from the Ontario Hospital Association were recommended. That decision will have to be made at a high level by the pertinent provincial ministries. Some bugs were found in the new- ly installed ministry of health's two- way communications radio system. The new system had only been in operation a few days, and only the tactical emergency channel was affected. Other recommendations included installation of intercoms at four ad- ditional locations in the hospital. As many staff would experience baby sitter problems in an emergen- cy, the report recommends Times -Advocate, October 30, 1985 Pqge 3 Veto health council Continued from front page of health for Perth County, said various committees have been set up acorss the two counties to work on an ad hoc basis. One in particular, has dealt specifically with mental health services. She notes there has been no funding for these committees and the volunteer members are often the same people. Exeter court Continued from front page highway 83, Hay Township, by OPP Constable McCuaig. The left whets of the vehicle crossed the centre line of the highway. The vehicle was stopped and an ALERT demand reading was taken. Regier failed the test and was ar- rested. A breath test read 120 and 140 mg. The accused admitted to being at a hotel and was cooperative with police. Two area residents will appear in court on November 26.for sentencing on charges of fraud. • Susan M. Gregus, 411 Main Street, Exeter, pleaded guilty to five charges of fraud after she issued cheques totalling $239.49 to businesses in the area. Gregus also pleaded guilty to fail- ing to comply with a court-ordered curfew to be in her residence from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day. In the second case, William J. Am- brose, 154 Church Street, Ailsa Craig, was found guilty on five charges of fraud. Ambrose passed NSF cheques totalling $193.62 to retailers in the area. He was urged to make restitu- tion before appearing for sentencing. A Brussels man was ordered to post a $500 peace bond for 12 months after an incident at Exeter Motors, on February 11. Michael Gulutzen, RR 2 Brussels, was charged with mischief when the front door of Exeter Motors was ghat- tered. He required merdical attention for the cuts he received from the damages. Gulutzen had an argument with employees regarding repairs to his son's car. Gulutzen was not in attendance at court on Tuesday due to the fact that he was in hospital for back injuries. A bench warrant for his arrest was rescinded by the court. Dr. Jim Hollingsworth is definite- ly opposed to DHCs. The Goderich doctor has some questions for the committee which asked the basic question, what is wrong with the pre- sent system'? Mr. Carroll said that was the purpose of the meting. Dr. Harry Cieslar, n>adical officer of health for Huron County, said he doesn't want anyone to think he is an advocate of DHCs. However, he is in favor of health care planning. Several of those at the meeting, in- cluding doctors and Bill Elston, chair- man of Huron's board of health, ex- pressed concern for the bureaucracy found in DHCs across the province. The three questions asked in the qusetionnaire are: are you interested in further exploration of planning and co-ordination of health service in Huron County. Do you think it is time to re- examine the desirability of a district health council in this area? Should we recommend to the minister of health that he -appoint a steering committee to examine future planning and co-ordination of health services in Huron county'.' Say vandals, • started fires Provincial police are investigating two weekend fires that Parkhill Fire Chief George -Fraser suspects were caused by vandalism. A large brick farmhouse in West Williams Township, vacant for about two months and owned by Charles Gibbs of Grand Bend, was destroyed in a blaze reported to Parkhill firefighters at 10:50 p.m. Loss was "at least $75,000," Fraser said Sunday. "We were still there when the report of the second fire came in," he said. The second blaze destroyed an old farmhouse that had been "vacant for years," he said. The house, in McGillivray Township, was owned by Mark Thomson of East Williams Township. "There are just too many of these coincidences at this time. 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