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  • Page 6/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/July 19,1979 SECT-A full time job From page 1. -now is to provide efficient emergency medical care for the people of WCU. "In other words," says Rich, "You used to be trained once you got on the team. Now, we require that you have the training before you get on the team." Most of the people on the present team have some kind of experience in emergency service (ambulance service, rescue squad, fire department). Also, all had to go through the team's own training program before they were accepted. An applicant for Western's SECT can be full or part time student enrolled at WCU and a student in any major on campus. He or she must have a 2.00 QPR. As soon as a person applies for membership on the team, the membership committee gives him or her a driving test and a working knowledge test- of the equipment in the ambulance. The membership committee may then recommend that person to the executive council. The executive council then gives the applicant an oral test on practical application of his or her knowledge. The executive council may then recommend the person for classification as a trainee for the team. The training period can last anywhere from five to ten weeks with a conditional extension if necessary. During this time, the trainee is observed by other team members in terms of smoothness in handling calls, first aid service, ability to get along with patients, co-workers and infirmary personnel, and ability in following through with all paper work. "In five weeks we can usually tell if someone will work out or not. If we're not sure, we'll let them go into a ten week session. Usually, by then, we'll know whether they'll work out or not. If not, we simply terminate their training period," explains Rich. Despite the strict screening, Western's emergency care team is a. totally volunteer organization. The only compensation members receive is a free, private room in the basement of Moore building. "We work and live together all the time. That's the bad side of it,"say Rich. "If we have a conflict during work it comes back to us on our personal side. If we have a conflict on our personal side, it comes back to us during work^" Consequently, the team is very particular in selecting new members. Rich argues, "Because we are such a small group (five in the fall) and work so closely together all the time, we just have to get the right kinds of people. "We look for mature people with responsibility, people with good personalities, people with positive attitudes about themselves as well as what they're doing." More that this. Rich is looking for people with past experience. "Sure, people are going to make mistakes. But, in order to understand the mistakes you've made, you've got to have a working knowledge of the whole emergency medical service spectrum. You've got to know emergency services," reasons Rich. A strict screening process t In keeping with this professional outlook, the team conducts its own weekly training sessions which all members must attend. "It keeps us in practice with all the procedures and techniques." According to Rich, Western's SECT works on the, basic EMQ1 level. "That means we can just do basic first aid." • • "We have a few snazzy procedures up our sleeves, but to remain in our legal bounds, we can give no medicine and no 'advanced' life support... We provide 'basic' life support. That's the way the Infirmary is certified." Western's emergency care team handles such things as fractures, sprains, seizures, drug overdoses, car wrecks, burns and heart problems. So far this year, (since September, 1978), SECT has run 135 calls. That's a little below normal for the is date (180 to 200 calls is average), but Rich maintains, "That's a lot, just for covering campus." The team carries most patients to the Infirmary unless the patient requests to go to C. J. Harris Hospital in Sylva or the technician thinks he should go to the hospital. "Even though we don't handle that many true emergencies on this campus, we're ready for them," says Rich. As newly, elected chief, it has been Rich's goal to build up SECT's image in the community. "We have a hard time living down the fact that we're all students. The county thinks we're just a bunch of kids flying around in an ambulance and we don't know what the hell we're doing. I assure you that is not the case. I'd trust anybody on this team with my life. I think we give good, efficient service." Western's Student Emergency Care Team is one of only about six EMC teams in the nation. It is the only one in North Carolina. Rich noted that the state is now trying to get ambulance services at all state universities situated in remote areas like Cullowhee. For the service SECT gives. Rich notes that there are few rewards. "If we make an error, we really get chewed out. If we do something right, we seldom get thanked." In ten years of service, Western's SECT has received only three thank you letters. The work is also "very time consuming." If a team member is on call he or she must remain on campus at all times. Because there are few team members, this often means daily service. Rich has some definite plans for SECT for the coming year. In the fall, SECT will begin a publicity campaign to let people know that they exist and what number to call in case of emergency. "We're going to try to make everyone aware that they should call the Infirmary (#227-7430) with any medical problems. The Infirmary will decide if there is a need for an ambulance. If there is a need, we are then dispatched," explains Rich. SECT would like to obtain phone stickers for all phones on campus, but they are having trouble working it into their budget. They figure it will cost between TOP OF THE STAIRS EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS SPAGHETTI ALL THE SPAGHETTI YOU CAN EAT, SALAD, GARLIC BREAD, ^ COFFEE OR TEA ^O/jfe*** FOR ONLY S#lp 92.35 ' H Serving 5:00 - 8:00 pm B located on 3rd floor of UC at the top of the stairs ! t^4^£jtQKMjUk^ && The Princess Bride' is a good satire By ELI C. WALKER Staff Writer EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is a book review on William Goldman's, The Princess Bride [A Hot Fairy Tale], Ballantlne Books, New York, 1977. Good satire can be described as a joke so subtle that many people take it seriously. The Princess Bride fits this definition perfectly. Throughout the book author William Goldman weaves the tales of Princess Buttercup, the most beautiful girl in the world, and Prince Humperdink, whose ruthlessness can only be compared to Richard the Third and the Wicked Witch of the West. Humperdink has forced Buttercup to agree to marry him. However, before the wedding the princess is kidnapped by three men; a giant Turk, a Spanish swordsman, and a genius hunchbacked Sicilian. Yet they are plauged by a mysterious man—a man in black. He too is after the princess and all efforts to shake him from their trail fails. What else is the book about? "Fencing, fighting, torture, poison, true love, hate, revenge, giants, hunters, bad men, good men, beautiful ladies, snakes, spiders, beasts of all natures and descriptions, pain, death, brave men, cowardly men, strong men, chases, escapes, lies, i truths, passion, and miracles ' In snort, every subject ever covered in a fairytale. Through his own story Goldman satirizes the traditional "high adventure" stories by giving you a full dose of every subject ever found in one- and yet he does it so well that the 'reader becomes totally involved with the tale. The reader is taken up the treacherous Cliffs of Insanity down the steps of Prince Humperdink s subterranean Zoo of Death, through the snow sand in the Fire Swamp, and beside the vicious R.O.U.S. (Rodents Of Unusual Size). All of this makes fascinating reading!" So facinating that the entire book, all 283 pages, can be read in one sitting.
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