YEARBOOK_1986

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URI AMBULANCE CORP The

University Ambulance Corp completed its first full semester as a

student

run

volunteer service in

January 1986. It has been a smashing success. Over seventy people have benefited from this service in

just

three month

a

period. They started

with fifteen

members and have grown to almost fifty. The Ambulance

Corp, under the Department of Public Safety, offers first aid, CPR, and radio communications

training to any

member of the URI community. In addition, it has supplied people with

a

ests

an

variety of majors and inter entirely different aspect of

emergency medical

The

Corp

runs

care.

with

a

trained

emergency medical technician on board at all times. They are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Faculty, staff, students, and visitors to the Kingston campus are all treated with quality care by this group of professionals. All necessary training is available through the Corp. At the rate they are a

growing the campus should be

safer

place

for many years to

come.

Ray

Maxim just

stepped down

from the position of the Corp's first commander and founding father The 1986 year has Mike Handrigan as commander, Ron Pope as

commander, and Paul Sepuka as personnel coordinator. vice


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