Three Easy Steps That May Save Many Lives First step in Weber County Medical society's mass blood typing pro¬gram is to get three drops of the life fluid by pricking the finger. Demonstrating are L. Claude Wheeler and Ruth Orlob, medical tech¬nologist at St. Benedict's. After adding serum to sample blood on slide the results are determined by examination on the view box as demonstrated above by Marama Holmes, registered nurse serving in Dee hospital blood bank. Officials Beady For Next Phase Of Blood Typing Heartened by an unexpectedly successful beginning, officials of Weber County Medical society are preparing for the second leg of a civil defense blood typing program which they hope will embrace the entire populace of Weber county. Next locale will again be in Og- den valley where citizens showed great enthusiasm in presenting themselves at the first temporary center set up for the program, which is intended to provide a permanent record of everyone's: blood type in case of emergency. Doctors and technicians of the society will set up their typing, clinic next Wednesday evening at Eden. It is expected that 200 per¬sons will be processed, according to Dr. J. G. Olson, coordinator of the Utah state civilian defense pro¬gram. 95 Typed Last Week Last week 95 persons were typed at Liberty, which was the first mass typing effort attempted local ly. It required only about three hours to complete the job, and it is expected that comparatively faster time will be made during the next program at Eden, Dr. Olson said. Those who officiated at Liberty were Dr. Ralph Ellis, pathologist at St. Benedict's; Drs. R. L. Draper and Aaron Ross, and three techni¬cians from St. Benedict's hospital and two from Dee hospital. Dr. Olson praised citizens of the valley for their wholehearted re¬sponse to this unprecedented pro-gram. He emphasized that the blood typing is a very simple operation and involves little inconvenience or pain. First the fingertip is pricked for three samples of blood which are placed on slides to which is added the typing serum. The result is "read" in a view box and when | the blood type is determined it is ! recorded on an indexed card and imprinted in the skin in the arm- i pit area. The whole process takes about five minutes. Minimum Charge A minimum charge of 50 cents per person is made to cover cost of serum and technicians' wages. The doctors are donating their time i Dr. Olson added. After blood type is determined the information is recorded on an indexed card and also permanently stenciled on the underarm of the person involved as shown above by Warren Brown. Loretta Nordquist (center) and Addie Langan, both technologists at St. Benedict's hospital