= eature Se ee P Peninsula rescue personnel will benefit from : = = Justice Institute’s First Res Peninsula accident victims will get life-saving help sooner because of a new program devel- oped through the Justice Institute of B.C. The First Responder Program was developed by the Justice Insti- tute’s police, fire and paramedic academies to give special training 10 firefighters, police and others who often respond first to car accidents and other mishaps. Central Saanich volunteer fire- fighter Carson Hamber, who works as Sidney’s Provincial Ambulance Service unit chief, recently com- pleted training in Vancouver as a First Responder Trainer. With the new training, Hamber will be capable of training local police, fire and other personnel on what to do before the paramedics @ arrive. He was among 26 graduates = from around B.C. in only the second class to receive the train- ing, “Tn the past, paramedics had to Start from scratch when they arrived at an accident scene,” explains Paramedic Academy director Tony Williams. “Now, with a trained First Responder on the scene, they’ll quickly find out what’s been done, and can begin their care from therege = Williams said First Responders are trained to stabilize the scene, ensure there is no further risk of injury from fire, gas spills or other factors, then get a preliminary picture of the extent of injuries. They are also trained to keep -seriously-injured people alive until a paramedic arrives. This can include maintaining an airway, j artificial respiration, controlling bleeding and other life-saving pro- cedures. Hamber said the Central Saa- nich police and fire departments will be the first to benefit from his instructor training. The first level, of three levels, will be taught in an eight-hour session begining in mid-January. Level two is a 16- hour session while Level three takes 32 hours of training time to attain, Hamber said. The training can be especially beneficial to police officers who are usually first on the scene of a serious accident. : “The whole crux is to get aid to person as soon as possible,” Hamber said. “Police are usually 656-7666 RESE ANN ) MINI LOAF~ SOUP OR SALAD CHOICE OF Prime Rib of Beef Canada Grade “A” Salmon Wellington Salmon Fillet with Shrimp Cream Cheese and Caper Sauce Roast Turkey Dinner with all the Trimmings ALL DINNERS INCLUDE POTATOES & GARDEN FRESH VEGETABLES DESSERTS — Large Selection to Choose from - CHOICE OF COFFEE OR TEA $4 6% 98195thSt. SIDNEY 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Seatings RVATIONS REC a AT THEO'S PLAX<.S the first at the scene and there are things they can do to sustain life until the paramedics get there.” Since the first class graduated last June, more than a hundred First Responders are now trained, and have had their skills put to the test. Gary Beuk, a firefighter from the Sasamat Fire Department near Port Moody and a graduate of the first-ever class last June, has used his new-found skills in a number of situations. “At the last motor vehicle acci- dent I attended I told the parame- dic everything before he got to the car. He got the patient’s medical history, name and other vital infor- mation so he didn’t have to start from scratch,” Beuk said. The patient was suffering from shock and had a possible head READY TO TRAIN others after receiving First Responder Trainer training is Central Saanich volun- teer firefighter and Sia- ney s Provincial Ambul- ance unit chief Carson Hamber, shown here practicing a life-saving technique, Qa: § | ponder fraining injury, and Beuk relayed that infor- Mation to the paramedic who con- tinued the pre-hospital treatment. “It really improved patient care because the communication was so smooth,” Beuk said. “This kind of training is more appropriate to police and fire situ- ations than Industrial First Aid. We don’t have a first aid room with all the equipment, and we don’t care for the patient for two hours like Industrial First Aiders often do.” “We are trained to look at the scene and stabilize it, then take care of the patient until the para- medics arrive,’’ Beuk says. “Before we had First Responder training the paramedics would aitive on this chaotic scene and re-do everything we’d already done.” _TeReview Wednesday, December 12,1990 — B13 NDP critic calls for fisheries compensation Pulp mill companies-should pay their losses,” Janssen said in a B.C. fishermen and shore workers for their loss of livelihood due to coastal fishery closures, the NDP’s Gerard Janssen said last letter to Reynolds. SOFT WOODS week. Janssen, the opposition’s small @K.D. KNOTTY P INE business development critic, said S4S (surfaced 4 sides) the government should hold pulp AXA 2s: 65¢lin. ft. mills responsible for the lost income faced by fishermen in the @K.D. CLEAR CEDAR wake of recently expanded fishery Rough : closures due to polluted waters in XG Seecscscsns $1.03/lin. ft. the vicinity of several pulp mills. 76 5 5 “I urge you to act immediately WE DELIVER to place the liability squarely on PHO VV WIND the shoulders of polluters and ~ ARDWOOD demand that pulp mill companies U230 compensate B.C.’s fishermen*for [é\o\e ;. 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