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They saw it in the intensive care unit where nurses worked one on one with patients hovering between life and death. They saw it in the halls when a patient walked by wearing a "halo vest" to keep a broâ€" ken neck in line. And they saw it in Frank who will have to spend months in a rehabilitation hospital trying to get the use of his arm and legs back again. And, if they had any imagination at all, they would see it in their mind‘s eye by envisaging the hectic pace at which the trauma team come together to work over a newlyâ€"admitted patient. Under a Due to an error on the part of Ultra Mart, the following item which appears in our flyer of Monday January 25, 1993, is incorrect: Concentrated power power card price case of 24 x 425 ml tins The correct size should have read: case of 12 x 425 ml tins Concentrated Prosobee Formula Prosobee Formula Ultra Mart regrets any inconvenience this may have caused our customers. 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That‘s why physicians in the trauma room are surrounded by handâ€"ready equipment â€" a blood bank, defibrillators and not very far away but available on a moment‘s notice are other specialists such as an eye surgeon, obstetrician, an ear, nose and throat surgeon. ‘"What we want to know immediâ€" ately is if we have to operate," explained Hawkins, adding that the trauma team is concerned with major, lifeâ€"threatening injuries. "Other subtler injuries can be picked up later in another ward," he added. b od Plac 38â€"080( else offers FOOD ; {DRUG power card price D 44 Fully furnished suites are available at Churchill Place for a vacation, trial stay or when respite care is needed. PI LIFEATYLE RETIREMENT CJOMMUNITIES 41( Hill Place 785â€"1511 "Head injuries. They‘re likely to be catastrophic because cells don‘t grow back and, once they are badly damaged, it‘s liable to be permaâ€" nent." He noted Sunnybrook receives about half of all trauma cases in the province. They are brought to the Centre by such men as Rob Theriault of the Ministry of Health‘s air ambulance service (which is not a charter company and so not part of recent allegations of scandals attached to charter compaâ€" nies.) Theriault told students that the speedy helicopter with its two pilots and two paramedics aboard takes only 17 minutes to fly from Barrie to Toronto, a distance that would take him an hour and 20 minutes to drive. It usually takes six or seven minutes to get a patient airborne. On landing at the crash scene, Theriault said he quickly sizes up the situation. "I try to get in my mind‘s eye such things as where the person was in the car, how fast the car was going, whether it was hit broadside or head on," he said. "This gives me an idea of the seriousness of the injuries. . By the time the paramedics arrive, the most seriously injured have probably been given first aid by local fire and police crews but these and the paramedics must make sure all the injured®*have been found. They sometimes find them in ditches, lying in the underbrush and even in trees. Sometimes they must be removed from their vehicles, a task requiring great care to avoid exacerbating injuries. Not all his 1,300 flights a year â€" hospital. are directed to an accident site, he In fact, Sheryl Ball, a social said. In about half the cases, the worker at the Centre, said she sees paramedics travel to local hospiâ€" patients within 24 hours of arrival tals, cottages or other places to pick _ and follows them through the emoâ€" up their charges. Of all of them, _ tional trauma resulting from a sudâ€" 60% are trauma victims with severe den disruption in their lives. It injuries to head, chest or other body _ might stem from loss of money, loss systems and of these 60% have _ of limb, loss of friends, loss of facâ€" been involved in alcohol or drugâ€" ulties â€" or all of these. For related accidents. Stikeman, it was wondering at first Theriault said his lifeâ€"andâ€"death _ if he would ever be able to function job is a highâ€"stress one that leaves _ again or if he would be institutionâ€" him with an initial sense of euphoâ€" alized the rest of his life "staring ria after depositing a trauma victim _ out of the window all day." safely in a tertiary care hospital. But At first he made great progress. that is later dispelled with the realâ€" He could walk and talk again and, ization that people also died in the _ after a month of trying, finished a accident and some of those they resâ€" book, the first he‘d read since the cued will probably be left with perâ€" _ accident. But his shortâ€"term memoâ€" manent injuries. ry was "terrible. In fact, for 20% of trauma vicâ€" "I couldn‘t figure out how to tims who are taken to Sunnybrook, open the hood of my car," he said. it‘s already too late. They cannot be _ "I forgot what my friends said minâ€" saved. In the critical care unit, â€" utes after they had said it." Nurse Debbie Gayle tells the stuâ€" After the first six months, his dents about patients hovering on the â€"recovery began to slow. Still, he brink. She is blunt. described his as "a good recovery. Nurse Debbie Gayle tells the stuâ€" dents about patients hovering on the brink. She is blunt. "We have patients with puncâ€" tured ribs, lung injuries, busted livâ€" ers, busted kidneys. Those who‘ve had a tracheotomy need tubes to breathe," she said. "A lot can‘t walk, talk or go the the bathroom. Thev get washed in bed. There‘s no King Gardens Place SPEEDY FLIGHTS GRIM STATISTICS privacy up here." While she talked, a patient with tubes in his nose started choking and a vigilant nurse hurried over to him. Seven years ago, James Stikeman lay in this room, hovering on the verge of death, But he lived to tell his storv. He was 27 when he got on his bike after finishing his working day at the Collingwood shipyards. He was thinking about the bike helmet he‘d buy the following Wednesday in Toronto, a purchase he‘d put off for quite a while. His bicycle picked up speed as he went down the hill and he was clipping along at about 30 mph when he "wiped out. * "I suffered a fractured skull, broâ€" ken bones, and lost a lot of blood," he said. "I was taken to the Collingwood hospital but within 20 minutes doctors there realized they couldn‘t cope with the case and I was taken by ambulance to Sunnybrook." "Every day you have to take some risks but we want you to take good risks," she concluded. "Making the wrong choice ca mean you‘re in a wheelchair the res of your life. It could mean the dif{ ference between depending on othe people to wash you, dress you, fee you instead of walking up the aisl to get married and living the rest 0 vour life healthy and free." For over two weeks, Stikeman remained in a coma, drifting in and out of a foggy halfâ€"life of his own. Because the white hospital sheets looked like mosquito netting, he thought he was in Africa; at other times he thought it was fog and he was in Halifax harbor. Slowly he came out of it and, after that, each day began with the challenge to remember his own name, where he was and what day it was. His recovery was slow and often painful. Occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy â€" these were all part of the rehabilitaâ€" tion pattern over the next months. Throughout it all, he had support from his own family as well as the hospital. It‘s easy to understand why the 34â€"yearâ€"old trauma victim enthusi astically endorses the use of bicycle helmets, as does the Centre whic fought for their mandatory use Wearing them, said McCaffert represented making a good choic as is testing the depth of water wi your foot instead of your head before diving, wearing a seat beli even in the back seat and refusing to drive with a drunk driver. In fact, Sheryl Ball, a social worker at the Centre, said she sees patients within 24 hours of arrival and follows them through the emoâ€" tional trauma resulting from a sudâ€" den disruption in their lives. It might stem from loss of money, loss of limb, loss of friends, loss of facâ€" ulties â€" or all of these. For Stikeman, it was wondering at first if he would ever be able to function again or if he would be institutionâ€" alized the rest of his life "staring out of the window all day." "He couldn‘t believe I was'stil; alive." said Stikeman. : At first he made great progress. He could walk and talk again and, after a month of trying, finished a book, the first he‘d read since the accident. But his shortâ€"term memoâ€" ry was "termble. "I know people who can‘t remember they‘re married and have children. Some don‘t even know how to brush their teeth," he said. "I was lucky. I didn‘t have to learn anything. I simply had to be refreshed." For Stikeman forced himself t ride again, first short distances an then a little longer, desperately try ing to prove to himself that his lif was back to normal. He tried to« hard. Although he wasn‘t ready fo it, he went back to work bu couldn‘t handle it. He is now look ing at a change in his career anc hopes to work with people in th« community. i Because he knew nothing o what happened to him, he returne« to the scene of the accident with the police officer who had found hin lying unconscious and bleeding. Stikeman said he‘s still being "refreshed", a process that bring: with it a keen joy of living and : deep appreciation of the manua dexterity that allows a person to d« simple things like taking notes â€" 0 even riding a bicycle again. SLOW RECOVERY JOY OF LIVING Inuary 1993