Weber State College Comment, April 1985, page 11 |continued from page 2 staged emergency provides special training Changing values jin health care AS a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, n, a 26 year old WSC student slumped to the floor and paramedics had only minutes to treat a full cardiac - arrest. new competitive health care environment. With decreasing dollars available to hospitals, the education role of hospitals, as well as the role of the various hospital staff members is _jalready being affected. A recent report states, “Hospital staff members are assuming numerous responsibilities, some beyond their particular area of competency. Hence, high proficiency at any one task was sometimes sacrificed for multiplicity of health care functions that had to be carried out by a limited number of health care workers.” As a result of these forces, the “old” health care delivery system is changing; and it seems to me that the “old” higher education system of preparation of health care workers must also change to prepare health care person- | |nel to meet the challenges and oppor- tunities of this change. The faculty of the School of Allied Health Sciences is : _ |responding to the needs of the “new” health care system in several ways through: *1-the development of a system for _ [continuous assessment and analysis of the changes in the external health care environment; °2-the institution of new or modified {curricula to prepare health workers to function at a high level of proficiency in the various new delivery sites, i.e., |surgicenters, etc.; ¢3-the development of new educational computer and communication technology to fulfill the statewide The attack was part of a staged medical emergency for paramedics in the emergency training program at Weber State. It is a quarterly exercise that requires students to do everything an emergency hospital room would do, but with a wide variety of circumstances. “One paramedic told of an automobile wreck where he had to put an I-V in someone’s arm and he couldn’t even see the body,” said Charlotte A. Campbell of the emergency care and rescue staff at WSC. WSC trains all paramedics and EMT's in the state and Campbell said that the students go through in-depth training exercises to prepare them for in-the-field work. She said they spend one quarter in classroom instruction then work for a week in a hospital emergency room, for a week putting in I-V’s, or intravenous needles, in patients at another hospital, for another week in a hospital delivery room and for a week in an operating room intubating, or helping patients to breath artificially. and nine other clinical instructors that two regular paramedics who let the new recruit do most of the work. “I don’t think the public knows all that paramedics have to do,” Campbell said. Part of the classroom instructions inread an EKG printout, “which is like how to get the patient healthy enough to make it to the hospital. State health care students at the Dixie They spend three months learning these and other skills and then once a °4-the quarter they put their skills together in initiation of a program to train health care administrators at the _|bachelor degree level thus encouraging the more efficient management of the various components of the health care system; and, °5-the initiation of a program to pro- vide health promotion skills and information to health care workers and | others. These are but a few of the efforts of our very excellent faculty and staff in responding to the new values in health care. Even though our educational efforts to be active in meeting this new environment seem to be distressing implication on track, of the a new a dress rehearsal that features cardiac arrest victim “Rescusi-Annie.” - care personnel. It seems to me that we students with sufficient information and understanding of the importance of cost, while still pro- 4 _ |moting quality care as the driving force of health care service. The task is dificult and will require the best from all of us in the school—students, faculty and staff. Layton man has donated a large sum of money to Weber to H. Brady by Layton P. Ott as the first in a series of donations that Ott said he State College that college officials have hopes will be the foundation for the no plan to spend or invest. finest coin collection in the state. The donation is a 97-piece collection The Ott’s have donated another set of Morgan silver dollars that have a of valuable coins to WSC. They combined value estimated at $33,500 | delivered a set of 24 Peace Dollars with according to WSC Development Ofan estimated value of over $6,000 to ficer Don E. Spainhower. the college to add to the original collecThe collection was recently tion. The coins can be used in the study presented to WSC President Rodney of history, metals and numismatics. “They come in with their drug box, their life support system, their monitor and everything else they need to save the heart said. attack victim.” Campbell She said that the paramedics constant radio contact are in with an emergency room physician. Stock donated Pr: to the end of the 1984 calendar charity receives income from the trust years, back for a specified and to the then Re Dr. W. James Smith was ppointed as a “Dee Smith achievement in all areas of faculty per- year, a distribution of stock by Mr. Val A. Browning was made to the college through the WSC Foundation. Mr. Browning, some time ago, created a “lead” trust which benefits several principal Prof appointed “Dee Smith Fellow” Fellow.” “The appointment provides recognition to a faculty member with high _|values for health care and health care -feducation remains. Dr. Pelligrino, Chancellor of the University of Pennsylvania, described | charitable and non-profit institutions it best when he identified the health and organizations in the state. WSC’s care value of this decade as the “ethic share of earnings from the trust of cost over the ethic of service.” amounted to $171,150. The stock was This current tendency to value cost sold in January and proceeds will be containment at the near exclusion of distributed according to Mr. quality, presents a challenge to those of Browning's desires. us involved in the education of health A “lead” trust is one in which a _|must prepare | in the are paramedics. We also have a physician who oversees the program. We try to get as close to one-on-one training as possible.” She added, “It’s a very intense program. They have to learn everything they know in six month’s time.” Coin collection received, added clude advanced cardiac life support training. Students have to learn how to nel training testing stage); solve,” she said. with assisted conferencing system for Weber Medical Center in St. George is in the tain things he has to do and there are times when they have to problemCampbell said, “We have three fulltime faculty that are registered nurses learning a foreign language,” learn how and what drugs to administer and a computer “The radio man has certain things he has to do and the patient man has cer- After that they go into the field to ride responsibilities for health care person- (currently, Students use “Resusci-Anni” to practice life-saving techniques learned classroom, during a staged emergency. number of the income reverts donor’s family. Those formance including teaching, research and service,” said Dr. Allen Simkins, dean of the School of Business and Economics. “The Dee Smith Fellow ap- prestigious British journal. Dr. Smith said, “I am_ pleased, grateful and honored by this appointment. This will allow me to address questions of significant social importance which I would never have been able to otherwise. I feel that the Dee Smith Fellow is a very appropriate way ito honor an outstanding businessman.” pointment is in honor of Dee Smith for Dr. Simkins said, “I believe the appointment of Dr. Smith is exemplary of his loyal support to the school and his significant contribution to the community and economy,” explained a unique balance of quality activity in teaching, service and professionalism. Simkins. Smith is noted for both his teaching ability and researching activities over the past six years. He received the Presidential Distinguished Professor teaching award at WSC last year. Prior to joining WSC, he taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Through his research, he has published some 15 articles in types of gift provide excellent income tax benefits and generous assistance for WSC while the family of the donor still economics journals. Much of his work centers around the structure of taxes, discrimination in pricing monopolies and income inequality. He is a referee retains the principal and interest when the term of the charitable trust ends. for three major journals including the Economic Journal which is the most Jim is most deserving of this appointment. As Dee Smith Fellow, his professional activities will be further facilitated.” | A long-time supporter of the School of Business and Economics, Dee Smith is remembered for his leadership on advisory committees and his fund raising] efforts, including the construction of the Wattis Business Building. He was also known for his marketing and management expertise in the business community. Smith’s Management Cor- poration, which manages the chain of Smith’s Food King stores, is a reminder of the success of Dee Smith.