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PAGE 2.WEDNESDAV AUGUST 10, 1983, WH ITBV FREE PRESS Report from Q ueen' s Park BvThe lion. (,*eorge. Ashe. NilsI> 4 PC - lurhanm West) Minister of Government Services PARAMEDIC TRAINING IN ONTARIO - STARTS THIS FALL Wth the summer more than half-over, many On- tarians are giving serious thought to going back to sehool this fall. Jolning this year's "back-to- sehool" c rowd Winl be a number of ambulance at- tendants who are enrolled in Ontario's first paramedic program. This plot project will train ambulance attendants in advanced life support techniques for accident and cardiac victims and will commence on October 17. By the end of the year, the first graduates of the program will be operatlng ambulances in Toronto and Hamilton and'air ambulances based in Sudbury and Thunder Bay. Once this project is completed, funI paramedie trainig will be made available te attendants i other communities with the necessary support services. Students enrolled i the October program wil hold the basic Emergency Medical Care Attendant (EMCA I) Certificate and will embark on a nine- week course te qualify for the EMCA Il certificate. Trainlng will iclude advanced patient assessînent, alrway management, intravenous fluid therapy, application and inflation of anti-shock garments as well as the provision of nitrous-oxide/oxygen for pain relief. The program begins with three weeks of lectures at the Toronto Institute of Medical Technology, foliowed by two weeks of training at one of the provmnce's teachinj hospitals. A four-week "bon- ing"i period, during which the attendants work closely with on-the-Job doctors who willinitlaly travel with themi the ambulances, wWl conclude the program. The second phase of the, pilot project training program. an addltlonal nine weeks, wIl produce Ontario's first EMCA III's. Tis portion of the training w Iinclude such advance life-aaving procedures as the application of rotating tour- niquets, Insertion of tubes te assist breathing, -ad- ministration of drugs and cardlac monitoring. The Ministry of Health expects to train 54 am- bulance attendants in the EMCA II program and most of these students will proceed dlrectly to the EMCA III trainig programn. Long-range plans cite EMCA II's on the staff of most of Ontario's ambulance services and EMCA III's i major population centres as well as on the dedlcated air ambulances. The goal of the Ministry of Health is to provide full paramedic service to vir- tually everyone in Ontario. But, full paramedlc training programs wil only be established in comùnities which have most of the other elenients required for a comprehensive emergency system. These elements would Include: Cardlo-pulmonary and^ first aid training for firemen, police and the general public. A central emergency telephone number (such as 911). A tiered response system in which fire, police, and ambulance services work co-operatively. Central ambulance dlspatch to' link ambulance service to radio with other agencies. A central base hospital - open 24 hours a day and staffed by physicans trained i emergency procedures. An integrated, hospital system capable of providing the best care for trauma, cardiac problems, burns, spinal cord injuries, head injuries, poisoninga, psychiatric and neonatal emergencies. As Ontarians, we must be encouraged by the em- phasis which is being placed on the provision of emergency health care services, as Durham area residents we must also recognize the demands which are currently being placed on our existing health care services. Healthcare is an issue which bas an impact on al of us - if we wait until tragedy strikes - it wil be too late. Pac-Man Candace Dodd, age j, appears to be rescuing video game cartridges'from the jaws of a lovable plush Pac-Man. Pac-Man was visiting Creative Com- puter Systems, 106 Byron Street South, Whitby, to promote a dramatie price reduction i an Atari 800 home computer system. Free Press Staff Photo Good\ local 1fi6shin g BY TIM BAINES Local fisherman can heave a mighty sigh of relief. They wil not have to travel to Port Credit to welgh in their fish in this year's Toronto Stay Salmon Hunt. Scales- are in the process of beig 'in- stalled, at Port Whitby Marina in'time for the beginning"of the Salmon .Hunt, on Saturday August,13.- -1Fishermen such as'AI F'raser, of Whitby, could not be happier about.,the decision. '1 "Why should I drive ail the way to Port Credit (west of Toronto) te get my flsh weighed, " he said. "I used toget up at 5 a.m. to fish near Port Credit but now I don't have to get Up until 7 a.m. and I can still get the fish."1 Fraser believes local businessmen should be exploiing the excellent fishing conditions this area offers. "Smaller towns such as Bronte and Port Credit have developed the fishing industry to the point local businessmen make money from fishing and this has generated a new flow of cash," he said. Fraser says this is a good year for fishing in this- area. and he scoffs at otlier fishermen who keep the good fishing a Secret in fear, the ara will be fished out. S "It's prime year for fishing. You can't ruin fishing in this area, only improve it, " he said. What you get is a feeding frenzy where' once one salmon hits, the rest go into a frenzy and more are caught. " "The lifespan, 0f a salmon is only two to three. years anyway,", he added. Fraser can testify there are big salmon in this ares. He watched on last Monday morning as his father Ed landed a 27, pound Chinook Salmon only two miles south of the Port marker. He said the fish took off on about a 200 to-300 yard run but his father pulled in the fish after about a half-hour battle. The fish was caught using a green flashtail, made of polor bear hair, and using 20 pound test- line on a fly rod. Fraser, who bas lived here for six yars and bas been fishing for 31 years, does not think the current water pollution situation wil affect the fishig. "II don't think there's a whole lot of difference- in the amount of pollution now and 20 years ago," he said. "The difference isthey didn't have the sophisticated pollution measuring equipment we have now. " Oh yes, he bas one more peeve. He says'no store in this area offers any variety of fishingý equipment. Thus, he must buy most of his eupent while visiing Vancouver. "And,"' he said. 'II can't even buy outboard moter où, at -gas stations." C~ ~ Villa Cordially Invtes the public to attend their OPE N'HO0US E Wednesday August l7th 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. 1635 Dundas St. E. Whltby, Ontario OSHAWA WHITBY NEWCASTLE T United WaiI [M ii(dývwvay -Carpe s .. jý