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. co-ordinate health care res-
ponce -- including hospitals

and ambulances -.in the-

event of a major disaster or
emergency such _as: 4 plane
crash or.explosion ,has been
approved; by’ the’ Greater

Vancouver Regional District:

~- (GVRD) Board. *

The Board»approved the
expenditure of \$85,000 to
implement a_ dis:
munications system
would~ link «eight. major

- receiving hospitals in the
Lower Mainland . (Shaugh-
nessy,. St. Paul’s, Lions
Gate, - Royal Columbian,
Burnaby General, Richmond

General; Surrey Memorial

and Vancouver General) as
well as ambulance systems.

. Through an Emergency
Medical Command Centre all
emergency response services
- medical, police, fire, rescue
agencies, municipalities, the
‘Red Cross - would be
co-ordinated. .

‘Approval of the program
was given following a pre-
sentation to the GVRD Board
by Dr. David Hunt, chairman
“of a regional district commit-
tee that invéstigated disaster
services in the metropolitan
area. a

In their studies of major
disasters around the world
Dr. Hunt reported a number
of common ‘‘on site’’. medi-
cal problems:

- Confusion and profusion
of people who want to do
something but don't know
what to do.

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New disaster —

’

‘report from Dr.

in - such

lished
The establishment of a _.
regional command centre to.

~ - Absence of firm com-
mand because of the magni-
tude of injuries and death.

- Too many ‘chiefs’, often
with little knowledge of their
function or inter-relationship
with other services ©

- Doctors not experienced
situations often
hamper rather than help
operations.

- Some _ hospitals are
flooded with patients while
others are bypassed.

- Some hospitals don’t
have ‘an effective disaster
plan and when deluged with

patients cannot cope.

- Grossly inadequate com-
munications thdt’ make it
almost impossible to co-
ordinate efforts to help
victims. an

The key to an emergency
response program, says the
, Hunt’s
committee, is an effective
communications system. The
committee recommended
that the emergency response
communications system be
established at the Lower
Mainland ambulance  dis-
patch centre. :

The function of the pro-
gram would be to activate
and— co-ordinate ~ hospitals
within the GVRD, dispatch
emergency medical person-
nel and equipment to the
scene, co-ordinate the dis-
persal of casualties from the
scene and act as a liaison
between the | emergency
medical response and other
agencies.

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GRADE 5 AND 6 STUDENTS at Pauline Johnson School, West Vancouver, practise’ tent rigging in preparation for.
_a special three-day camp-out early next month at Alice Lake. They will study the flora and faunsof the area, as well
as cultivating camping skills. =. ore . oe

AT CAP COLLEGE

| You can
‘live the
_ language’

\

(Terry Peters photo)

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For two.-.weeks this
summer high school students
will not just study French,
but live it.through Capilano
College’s French Immersion
program.

‘In July two groups of
grade 10. and 11 students will
have the opportunity to stay
at Trinity Western College in
Langley where they will take
part in classes, workshops
and cultural events. The
program, which in previous
years has received very
positive evaluations from the

. the French language and

B.C. French Study, is
designed to improve
Students’ knowledge of both

culture.

In the last two summers
the :.college ran similar,

month-long programs . with .

funding’ provided: from. the
federal government in the
form of student bursaries.
This year, however,
funding was withdrawn
resulting in a shorter
program offered on a cost-
_ recovery. basis.

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The cost to students will

- be $375 per person, which

includes. tuition, ac-
commodation and materials.
To help meet the cost of the
program,.. some _ school
districts. are offering’ bur-
saries to deserving students..

For more information: on

‘the program, contact Louise.

Krohn, Summer__ Program
Director, at Capilano

College, 986-1911 Local 238. -

Students must be registered

by June 1 and:provide a $25 —

non refundale deposit...’ .

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BACK TO PEACE AND EMPTINESS -- the parking lanes for the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal alter the line-ups of
the long Victoria Day weekend. But not for long, as the vacation season approaches with dally line-ups in prospect,