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Local and Regional EMS News
Citizen CPR saves
umpire
An off-duty Austin firefighter, an ex-
employee of the state health depart-
ment, and a physician all happened to
be at the right place at the right time
for53-year-old DavidSanderford when
he had a heart attack June 6 while of-
ficiating at a baseball game in
Georgetown. EMS Director George
Stephenson said it was a textbook case
when Sanderford collapsed, uncon-
scious and not breathing. Babette
Underwood, anemployeeofTDH'sEMS
Division for seven years and now with
Austin's Capital Metro, an unnamed
firefighter, and osteopath Bill Jones
performed CPR on Sanderford until
Williamson County EMS paramedics
arrived on the scene.
Inan articleinthe Williamson County
Sun, Stephenson said the save was the
sixthtimethisyearthateitherWilliamson
County EMS paramedics or citizen
bystanders had brought back a heart
attack victim.
Sanderford was released from the
hospital eight days after h:s collapse. An
ironic footnote to Sanderford's CPR
rescue is that he taught CPR for several
years at his job with the Texas Reha-
bilitation Commission. "I think I'll go
back to it," Sanderford said of his years
of teaching CPR.
Gillespie county EMS
educator honored
TheEMTswhograduatedfromVirginia
Clark's 1991 class have this to say in
a public thank-you written by VickiDaniels: "The EMT class of 1991
proudly thank Ms. Virginia Clark for
building asolid foundation for our goals
and supporting our endeavors to suc-
ceed as medics. Thank you for your
personal and professional influence, but
most of all, thank you for believing in
us!"
Corpus Christi paramedic
- -
joins Bureau
In a recent reorganization of the EMS
Division, Division Director Pam West
selected Corpus Christi's Ernie
Rodriguez to serve as the division's first
assistant division director. As assistant
division director, Rodriguez will be
responsible for the Certification, Disas-
terResponse, EMS/TraumaSystems De-
velopment, and EMS/Trauma Registry
programs.
Rodriguezwashonoredasthestate's
outstanding administrator at last year's
Texas EMS Conference in Austin. He
was a firefighter/paramedic for eight
years at Corpus Christi Fire Department
EMS where he served most recently as
assistant EMS director.
200 attend EMS/trauma
systems hearing
Texas Board of Health members and the
chair ofthe Trauma Technical Advisory
Committee conducted a public hearing
in July on the draft rules for regional
trauma systems. Approximately 200
hospital administrators, trauma nurse
coordinators, EMS personnel, medical
directors,emergencynurses,andothersinvolved in health care attended the
meeting moderated by Emergency and
Disaster Committee Chair Dr. Robert
Bonham.
Comments from the audience cen-
tered on proposals such as regional EMS
medical direction, data collection, re-
gional boundaries and advisory coun-
cils, hospital staffing, and bypass and
diversion protocols. In addition to the
approximately30peoplemakingpublic
comment, several EMS and hospital
officials submitted written comments to
the Bureau.
Many speakers, including Dallas
Parkland's Dr. Jim Carrico, expressed
concern that the plan be adequately
funded by the state. "Trauma is a prob-
lem," Carrico said during his testimony.
"Ten thousand people will die this year.
Funding is needed and some kind of
system is needed," he said. Some ex-
perts have placed the amount needed for
funding a trauma system in Texas as
high as $275 million to cover
uncompensated care provided by EMS
providers, hospitals, rehabilitation cen-
ters, and physicians.
Robles appointed to
ESD board
Paramedic Sal Robles of Texas
Southmost College in Brownsville was
appointed by Cameron County Com-
missioners Court to serve on the Emer-
gency Services District Board in that
county. Robles, who will be sworn in
as a board member this month, has been
with Southmost College for five years.
Cameron county has had emer-
gency services district designation for
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