14 Terrace Review —— Wednesday, October 23, 1991

/ Superintendent of ambulanc

Kelly Murphy

by Tod Strachan

After a delay of more than a year
the regional ambulance office in
Terrace is once again fully staffed.
Kelly Murphy moved to Terrace a
few months ago to fill the position
of Superintendent of Regions 6
and 7, virtually the entire north-

west quadrant of B.C. His mandate
is to monitor daily operations in
every B.C. ambulance station in
both regions to ensure provincial
standards are maintained.

' Before moving here, Murphy

monitored the area by long dis-
tance while he completed work on
a major project in Vancouver. That

project involved the development
of a new way of "doing business"
in the lower mainland that would
better meet the needs of patients
being moved from one facility to
another for treatment or tests. By
better coordinating transportation,
Murphy was able to minimize the
discomfort and inconvenience of
unnecessary waiting time for trans-
fer patients.

When assigned the Region 6/7
posting, Murphy tried handing his
lower mainland transfer system
over to others but the procedures
were new and required Murphy’s
ongoing attention. Once the new
system received ministry approval,
however, the responsibility was
passed on to others, freeing
Murphy for his move to Terrace.

Murphy was certified by the
Justice Institute of B.C. Paramedic
Academy as an EMA I (Emerg-
ency Medical Assistant level one)
which qualified him for basic pre-
hospital care. With this certifi-
cation, Murphy went to work for
the B.C, Ambulance Service in
Vancouver. But that was only the
beginning of the decade of
education.

In 1981, Murphy was certified by
the Paramedic Academy as an
EMA II, which qualified him for
emergency transfers and crisis

management. In 1984, Murphy .

served as an instructor in the

es arrives -

Paramedic Academy and in 1985
was assigned the job of unit chief

in the Parksville ambulance

station.

A few months later, he trans-
ferred as unit chief of a Vancouver
station and during that time studied
Heaith Care Management I at the
B.C. Institute of Technology and
Management at the Paramedic
Academy. The following year,
Murphy was given the job of Pro-
gram Coordinator for the Justice
Institutes EMA I and EMA Il
programs.

In 1987, Murphy became the
Deputy Director of Technical
Programs at the Paramedic Acad-
emy. Keeping with his educational
pursuits, Murphy earned his Bach-
elor of Science in Commercial and
Industry Economy at Pacific West-
erm University, and he was cer-
tified by the Paramedic Academy
in Emergency Medical Services
Management in 1990.

Murphy took little time in getting
involved in our community. Not
too long after arriving, he was
elected to the Terrace Regional
Health Care Society board of
directors, where his education and
background should prove invalu-
able in the coming years of
regional development. Moving to
Terrace with Murphy is his wife
Debra... and joining the couple just
a few days ago was cight-pound,
10-ounce Adam Nolan Murphy.

wae

included a Humorous Speech Con-

Toastmasters

The Terrace chapter of
Toastmaster Intemational recently
hosted the organization’s Fall Area
Conference at the Mount Layton
Hot Springs . Resort. The
Toastmasters area includes Kitimat
and Prince Rupert as well as Ter-
race; however, due to other com-
mitments no members from the
Prince Rupert club were able to
attend. Several members from the
Terrace club attended; with a good
showing also from Kitimat.

The conference included an edu-
cational seminar facilitated by
Brian Koven titled Combatting
Nervous Tension While Speaking
in Public, or How to Strike Fear
into Stage Fright. Koven is a
drama, theatre arts and English
teacher at Skeena Junior Secondary
School, and well qualified to dis-
cuss fear and stage fright. All
participants were able to say after
the seminars that they felt better
able to identify and control fear.

The Area Conference also

test as well as an Evaluation Con-
test, both held in the evening after
the banquet. The speech contest
was won by Diana English of
Terrace and the evaluation contest
was won by Brian Krause of Kiti-
mat. Both winners are now be
qualified to compete at the next
contest level later this month in
Prince George at the Division
Conference.

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