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FOTOFAX Summer, 1988 Safety for Women (continued from page 2) LV. //■ . / ■->v> Vickey Pittillo (left) and Diane Webster prepare training materials for the Rape Prevention Classes. ^ atw/d/i ror me are held on consecutive days. They are emotionally taxing and that leads to ohvsical ® instructors by the end of the day. But. it's all worth while if yL’ve helped just one person. I find leading these classes very rewarding. Our efforts are SiveT”^'® have been no Vickey, commenting on design and objectives, told us the classes are set in onwimn mental surroundings conducive to confidential exchange of ideas “We try to hold our classes at locations which are comfortable and quiet, where no other activities are qoino nnffl someone’s home, sitting around the living roor^ hLino Attendees are surprised at how freely the discussions^are held Mos^t S C “I” and “oTe In asking Diane and Vickey about the course, its content and oeoDle’s reartinn tr, It, this reporter, in all the excitement generated around their replies, actually get Ics* n determining exactly who said what. There was an effervescent enthusiasm abSt ^ese instructors as they spoke of the training and the “good” being accomolished This energy, so obvious in their mannerisms and speech exhibited the hioh level nf rndeTie ? the in"s so mSale^ '^®®'^ only positive comments about the classes P®'^'®'P®nts are asked to do a critique evaluatina the class. The following are comments taken from those critiques: ^ ®'o®ting the • Very informative, exceeded expectations ' fh“rr,i"»erwSSa.er'’ >'=““• “*• ■ -™9h, • All aspects of the class were valuable ‘ teamS'S°'"9 '» pass on what I hava ■ "“"PP'Pds si'Pationa was most • Of value to me was findinq out it wa? nk’ tn ho -a j . It was good ,0 kn« we a?e no, aK ?nd we',^00^,0 ^0^ • I feel there is good support available if 1 ever neld it FITNOTES; Page 10 from A BOLT FROM THE BLUE I was watching the first NFL preseason game in the true “couch potato” form, dreaming of many months of blissful foot ball on TV when the unexpected hap pened. Lightning hit some poor power line and ended my afternoon plans for the next three hours. After searching in vain for a substitute form of entertainment I finally had lowered myself to a state of cursing the lightning since I now had noth ing else to do. This led to more thought and insight which then gave me a subject for this article. 1 wanted to know just what is lightning, and what effect does it have on the human body besides inducing foot ball withdrawal? In my search for information, I stumbled across an issue of JEMS (Journal of Emer gency Medical Services) July, 1988 with an excellent article on the effects of light ning. I learned lightning causes over 1,000 injuries annually in the U.S. and accounts for more deaths than any other weather phenomenon including tornadoes, hurri canes arid volcanic eruptions. Also, sev enty to eighty percent of persons who are struck by lightning will survive. The majority of lightning related deaths occur between May and September and are more common in the southern and north eastern United States. I learned there are over eight million lightnirig flashes per day in the world, mostly in thunderstorms but they can also occur in sandstorms, snowstorms and on hot days. There are four types of lightning strikes: cloud-to-ground, ground-to- cloud, intracloud and cloud-to-cloud with the main cause of lightning injury being the cloud-to-ground strike. Light ning carries a current of up to 200,000 amps — up to 50 million volts and may reach tempertures of 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Now I know why a strike can cause so much physical damage. There are four different strikes. The direct strike is a major current flow directly through the victim and is facili tated by metal objects such as golf clubs and umbrellas. With flashover the light ning current flashes over the outside of the body, which results in less energy flow through the victim. Wet garments contrib ute to this phenomenon. Sideflash occurs when the current splashes from a primary conductor, such as a building, tree or other person. And, in strike poten tial a ground current occurs when light- leJ )03 Employee Health Improvement Program w John Nolan, PA. ning strikes the ground close to a virtim with one foot touching the ground. The lightning then may enter one leg, pass on through the victim’s body and exit through the other leg. Knowing the different ways lightning can get you, I wondered what type of inju ries occurs from a strike. I discovered the most common cause of serious injury occurs from disruption of the heart rate, which can cause cardiac arrest. Lightning can also cause unconsciousness, paral ysis, seizures, amnesia, bleeding, burns and blunt trauma — caused by being thrown a considerable distance from the strike site, causing serious neck injuries. Ear drum rupture occurs in half of all vic tims, and another 50% experience per manent loss of vision. What can you do to help a victim of lightning strike? The best treatment is prevention. By avoiding dangerous situ ations during rainstorms and electrical storms you can further reduce the already slim chance of being struck by lightning. If someone is struck be prepared to administer CPR and first-aid treatment for burns. Remember, just because lightning may strike in a certain location orice, it does not mean it can’t strike again in the same location. In other words the saying, “lightning never strikes twice in the same place,” is false. Ask the Virginia park ranger that has been struck seven differ ent times over a 30-year time span! Granted, being struck by lightning is rare but as of this month, I know three people in Transylvania county that have been struck this summer. So play it safe, if the lightning starts to pop, head for your den and couch and turn on the football game. Wait a minute . . . that’s what got me into this article in the first place!! MILEPOSTS: Service Anniversaries, March 1, 1988 - August 31, 1988 35 Years Charles W. Waser 30 Years William A. Arnett Bruce J. Blythe Frank A. Cogdill L.C. Conner James D. Garren, Sr. Erwin R. Hittel Charlie Kent Houck W. Leon Howard Jimmy E. Jacobs Malford D. Jeter George W. Julian, IV Howard K. Kisamore Carl G. Lambert, Jr. Lucius B. Liner Jakie H. Mathis Robert A. Moody Harold M. Mullinax Ronnie L. Stewman W. Perry Wyatt 25 Years William G. Bottjer Charles V. Burgess Clarence Cable Charles R. Gant Manson Otis Hamilton Bruce E. Harris James G. Harron, Jr. William A. Hill George K. Holbert Philip A. Holden Dennis Z. Honnold William L. Johnson Donald A. Jones Donald K. Johnes Paul E. Justus Clyde E. Justus Gerald D. Levi Gale Mackey John M. McDaris Bobby J. Metcalf David F. Miller James A. Monteith Leonard J. Moore Robert L. Moore, Sr. Gary J. Murdock Terrell D. Orr Ronald J. Pace Johnny K. Scott Johnny M. Stone Kenneth F. Walend George W. Williams James E. Williams 20 Years Danny R. Allender John H. Ashe Robert L. Barnes Margie R. Cheek Raymond C. Deitz James F. Dickson Tommy E. Franklin Harold D. Mason Ralph C. McCall Rebecca G. McDaris Lloyd W. MeJunkin Joseph M. Mooneyham Phillip J. Morgan Thomas R. Passmore Jerry L. Powell Charles R. Roberts Wade Sanders Ronald C. Shehan Charles Edward Sitton Jerry H. Stephenson Ronald W. Stepp David J. Walters Dewitt Warren Robert L. White 15 Years Robert F. Allison Gladys M. Ballard Joe Earl Ballard John M. Bradley Gary L. Burchfield Donald B. Camp Charles E. Carr Aldon R. Childress Yvonne W. Collins Carl Y. Conley, Sr. Donald T. Credille, Jr. William G. Fore Kenneth W. Frady Georgia C. Gardin Arthur B. Grant James E. Hemphill Jack R. Hinkle Leonard R. Hooper Robert Stephen Hughey Charles H. Jackson Ronnie L. Jackson Larry K. Jenkins Max P. Johnson Darwin L. Jones Luretha Y. Knox Stanley M. Kumor Joseph T. Light Troy Mathis Marshall R. McCall Elaine H. McCall Thomas L. McCall Nicky C. Monteith Myron R. Moore Timothy J. Moore Donald E. Musser Donald A. Nash Roger Newton Clyde W. Norman, Jr. Ronald L. Norton J.R. Pitawankwat Lois M. Perry Larry R. Redden Edward G. Saurborn Tommy L. Shipman Edward D. Smith Jackie A. Smith Robert Otis Stanley Terry W. Stepp James S. Tankersley Jefferson D. Taylor Frederick J. Van Itallie Francis C. Wilder Randall H. Williamson Jerry D. Wykie Robert E. Young 10 Years Robert Lynn Bullock John T. Chandler. Jr. Joseph S. Fisher Edward Jackson, Jr. Carolyn J. Johnson Frank R. Light, Jr. Barbara J. Merrill Lucy Beth Myers Leonard B. Robinson William J. Sidebottom Elizabeth P. Simpson Joe D. Stoneham Ella M. Surrette Pamela Y. Trawick Jerry P. Whitmire 5 Years Charles D. Ellis
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