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WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2013
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Teachers learn to save lives Sam Redding Black Press
We’re back! Opening day for the Fort St James Farmers’ Market was Friday May 10. They are back on Stuart Drive all summer long with local food, crafts, jams and jellies, baking, and more. Look for the white tents downtown on Stuart Drive!
Quad fatality in Vanderhoof Angela Elizabeth Johnson, 28, was six months pregnant when she was riding on Jardine Road on Saturday, May 4. Ms. Johnson was taken from the Cluculz Lake area by ambulance to St. John Hospital, Vanderhoof but died from her injuries. She was attempting to turn her quad around a corner when the ATV tipped over and she was fatally injured. She was not wearing a helmet. The Vanderhoof RCMP would like to remind people to always wear the proper safety gear.
Several teachers were taught how to use the new Automated External Defibrillators that will be installed in schools in the Nechako Lakes district on Friday, May 10. This, in addition to the training they have already received, will enable staff to begin teaching students how to save the life of someone experiencing cardiac arrest. The ACT Foundation and the BC Ambulance Service have organized and enabled secondary schools all over Canada to learn the techniques required that might save a person’s life. British Columbia Ambulance Service paramedic and CPR instructor Laine Smith is volunteering his time to teach the workshop. “The ACT Foundation set up CPR training in high schools back in 2010 with the support of community partners,” said Sandra Clarke, executive director of the ACT Foundation. “And now we’re going back to schools in Vanderhoof and around the province… at the ACT Foundation our goal is to ensure every young person graduates with the skills and knowledge to save a life.” This will see 200 students trained every year in the secondary schools in Nechako Valley, Fraser Lake, and Fort St. James. This is in addition to the 1.8 million students already trained in Canada and the 240,000 students trained in B.C. alone. Clarke would like to thank AstraZeneca Canada, Pfizer Canada, Sanofi and RBC who have together contributed three AED units, eight AED training units, and eight AED training mannequins for the three public secondary schools.
Teachers from Fort St. James Secondary School, Nechako Valley Secondary School and Fraser Lake Elementary Secondary School participated in a workshop in Vanderhoof May 10, to be trained as instructors for their students. Below - donation from RBC to purchase the equipment needed.
St. John Hospital in Vanderhoof parking and facility access during renovation work Northern Health is advising patients, visitors and staff at St. John Hospital in Vanderhoof of changes to parking and access entrances at the facility during the current renovation project. Effective Monday, May 13 and for up to six weeks, the front parking lot at St. John Hospital will be closed and the main vehicle entrance will be available only for BC Ambulance Service and emergency patient drop-off.
Visitors and patients accessing the Lab and Diagnostic Imaging departments are asked to park in the upper lot at the rear of the hospital, and to use the rear hospital entrance between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Between 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., the front entrance of the hospital will be open to foot traffic, but vehicle parking will not be available.
Please pay attention to signage for vehicle and foot traffic, as instructions will change from week to week based on the renovation work. St. John Hospital staff should park in the temporary parking lot behind the Public Health office, adjacent to the cemetery. Northern Health thanks everyone for their patience during this important renovation project.