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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation program aims at saving lives through education
You're chewing things over
real good at Joe's Country
Store when suddenly ole Joe
turns kind of pale and just
slump* over.
< He doesn't seem to be
? breathing at all. First you
panic. Then you call the
rescue squad.
But it's a good 10 miles out
to Joe's and by the time an
ambulance arrives it's too
late. If you'd only known CPU.
maybe you could have saved
Joe's life, you think to your
self.
And maybe you're right.
Cardiopulmonary
resuscitation is a step by step
method of reviving a victim of
cardiac arrest. It cannot be
applied until the victim's
heart has stopped, and it must
be applied within 4 to ?
minutes of cardiac arrest to
prevent brain damage. After
ten minutes, there is no
chance of reviving a victim,
and in rural areas in par
ticular, a great many calls are
more than 10 minutes away
from the squad hut.
With this in mind, some 20
Infant CPR
Margie Nixon listens for breathing in practicing CPR on an infant Infants require a
special, faster technique than do an adults.
persons spent their weekend
at the ARPDC building in
Hertford training to become
instructors in CPR.
Their goal is an ambitious
one. Over a two-year period
they aim to train 7 per cent of
the population of the 10 county
region in CPR techniques.
But first they had to get
themselves trained to teach.
That meant a whole lot of
mouth to mouth, chest im
pressions and body blows on
mannequins. In other words ?
practice.
"You come out with bruised
lips and everything else," said
Ralph Barr, Perquimans
County Rescue Squad captain.
Each step in a surprisingly
complex procedure must be in
the proper sequence. So many
seconds for each procedure
and so much time to complete
the cycle.
"They've gone through the
instructions as to why it's
needed and at what stage,"
said Durwood Evans, chief
instructor of the would-be
instructors.
Next came practice, then
testing. The mannequins,
which cost a cool $1,000
apiece, provide a print-out
tape that makes evaluation of
a CPR effort easy. It shows
whether or not each step was
properly executed, and
whether it fell in the proper
time sequence.
If they passed written and
practical examinations, the
students were ready to
become teachers. All six of the
Perquimans County residents
who participated passed the
test and are now certified
instructors.
They will work through the
school systems and through
community and civic
organizations to reach their 7
per cent goal.
Courses will consist of nine
hours of classroom and
practical exercise. Students
who pass the course will be
certified by the American
Heart Association.
Is all the bother really
necessary? After all, Barr has
never even used his CPR
training, and he's on the
rescue squad, for heaven's
sake.
"But a lot of people have
used it," Barr said.
A report offered by 10
county CPR coordinator
Margie Nixon said that CPR
has been successful in as
many as 40 per cent of cases of
cardiac arrest (CO per cent in
certain subgroups) and that 60
to 70 per cent of sudden deaths
caused by cardiac arrest
occur before the victim
reaches the hospital.
In addition, a number of
victims who die of drowning,
electrocution, suffocation,
drug intoxication, or
automobile accidents could
most likely be saved by
prompt and proper ap
plication of CPR, said the
report.
The training program is
modeled after the successful
pilot federal program in
Seattle, Washington, which
was featured on the popular
television program, "60
Minutes."
Particpants are convinced
that it will help save lives.
"You know yourself that it
takes IS or 20 minutes to get
down in the boondocks
somewhere," said
Perquimans squad member
Annice Peckham. "If you can
sustain that life until the
squad gets there you might
just save it."
But just because a per
centage of the population is
trained in CPR doesn't mean
that one of that magic 7 per
cent will be around when ao
emergency occurs. It does
improve the odds a little,
though.
"You've got more of 4
chance with us because you
don't have any chance at all H
we don't do it," said Ms.
Peckham.
The CPR courses for county
residents will be sponsored
through ARPDC and the
College of the Albemarle and
will require a $5 registration
fee. Its newly-trained in
structors are hoping there will
be plenty of folks who want to
enroll.
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'Almanac' to premiere tonight
Where would you go if you
wanted to know what trees
make the best firewood, or
how to keep your house plants
happy during the winter, or
what's new in the way of home
mortgages?
In November, the UNC
Center for Public Television
and the North Carolina
Agricultural Extension Ser
vice will premiere a new
weekly series that will answer
these questions and countless
others.
"Almanac" will air Thur
sdays at 7:30 p.m. beginning
Nov. 13, on Center Channel 2.
Expanding on the most
interesting elements of its
predecessors ("The Backyard
Gardener" and "Winter
Workshops), "Almanac"
utilizes the expertise of over
300 extension specialists and
county agents to provide in
formation on topics ranging
from horticulture to consumer
survival tips.
The difference this year is
that the series will be shot
entirely outside the studio.
"By going on-location we're
able to increase greatly the
scope of the program," says
host Mike Gray. "It was hard
to do a feature on chain saw
safety under the old format
because you couldn't get a
tree into the studio."
Joining Gray is co-host Judy
Mock, extension clothing
specialist and former
Greensboro television per
sonality. Ms. Mock will handle
many of the consumer
features on the series. "There
are a variety of tips that
everyone can pick up from
"Almanac," Mock says. "For
example, we'll be doing
stories on the state's apple
harvest, showing which
varieties are the best for
canning and storing and then
demonstrating how to
preserve them."
Other features planned for
the series include a visit to a
tractor pull, how to conduct
your own soil test, how to spot
ginseng in the wild, land
scaping and home repair
features, and tips on con
serving energy.
"Almanac cameras will
stop at out-of-the-way sites
around the state to capture the
unique and unusual aspects of
North Carolina," Gray and
Mock note. "Almost everyone
wants to spend their money
wisely and live better for less
and that's one of the principle
goals of "Almanac" ? it's not
hard to do, you just need to
know how. And we're going to
show you how."
"Almanac" repeats Sun
days at 6:30 p.m. beginning
Nov. 16.
Remove smoke by simple means
A fireplace facing may
become stained with soot and
smoke. But these stains can be
removed by simle cleaning
methods.
Charlotte Womble, ex
tension housing specialist,
North Carolina State
University, says a stained
fireplace facing will need to be
scrubbed with strong soap and
water. She recommends using
a stiff bursh for brick or rough
textured areas.
After scrubbing, rinse the
facing thoroughly with clear
water. If area is heavily
stained, use a mild acid
bleach, such as vinegar or
acetic acid. Again, apply the
cleaning agent with a bursh
and rinse with water.
Very stubborn stains can be
scrubbed with a hydrochloric
acid and water solution. To
prepare, mix one part acid to
ten parts of water. Rinse off
with water immediately. This
treatment will also remove
construction stains from
mortar.
Wear rubber gloves when
using the hydrochloric acid
and water solution to protect
your hands and never use the
acid solution on stonework. It
may also discolor some types
of brick.
Fields promoted
Hertford native Ervin W.
Fields, has been promoted to
fossil fuel analysis and per
i formance engineer at
headquarters of Carolina
Power and Light Company in
Raleigh.
Fields is the son of the late
Edgar M. Fields and Mrs.
Edgar Fields of Hertford.
He is a Vietnam veteran and
a graduate of Old Dominion
University. He has been with
CP JcL since 1973.
Your Pharmacist
Charles Woodard
Says ?
Woodard'a Pharmacy. 101 N Church Strrrl.
Hertford. JVC.
Preparing for thanksgiving
Holiday* are coming. And, with them belches, burps,
Indigestion and stomach upsets.
Don't get caught short this season. Consult your
"personal" pharmacist before your "time of trou
bles." Prepare, prevent and understand what not to do
to remedy sour stomachs. Example? Don't rely on
common household baking soda for add stomachs.
Could cause more problems. Use a modem drugstore
antacid, instead, formulated specifically for Thanks
giving turkey and other such "gaseous occasions."
Check with us for the whole 5th degree In antacid
treatments. You'll ("belch'
be glad you did!
Woodard's Pharmacy
Dial 426-6627 Hertford, N.C.
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Dummy practice
David Peckham, a member of the Perquimans County Rescue Squad, prepares to administer CPR to a man
nequin which will record his efforts on tape. He is assisted by squad captain Ralph Barr.
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