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                        JeffNEWS, May 17, 1994
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Emergency Department Hosts Edison High School Students,
Runs First Aid Game at JFK Plaza
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   Congress has designated the week of May 15 through 21 as Emergency
Medical Services Week, an event coordinated by the American College of
Emergency Physicians and several national emergency medical services
organizations.

   Jefferson's emergency department is doing its part to carry out the
mission of the observance - to heighten the public's awareness about
safety.

   On Tuesday, May 17, the department is hosting 20 Edison High School
students who will tour the emergency department/trauma center and the
neurosensory intensive care unit, have a class in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation and play a Wheel of Fortune-type game with questions designed
to teach the players about first aid.

   Afterwards, representatives from the College of Allied Health Sciences
and Jefferson Medical College with discuss healthcare careers with the
visitors.

   On Wednesday, May 18, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., our emergency
department staff will take their healthcare game show on the road -
actually to JFK Plaza at 15th Street and Kennedy Boulevard. 

   So Jeffersonians can test their first aid know-how, too, the department
is sharing with JeffNEWS readers the same questions directed at the Edison
students and the lunchtime crowd at JFK Plaza. 

   Return your answers to the questions below along with your name,
department name and extension to CONTEST, 239 Thompson, by Wednesday, June
1. The names of those who answer at least three questions correctly will be
entered in a prize drawing for a $50 Dining With Heart Gift Certificate. 


Get a pencil and go for it!

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Emergency Medicine CONTEST   239 Thompson

1. Name four ways to avoid being struck by lightning during a thunder storm.

2. What are heat cramps and what is their significance?

3. If someone has been stabbed and the knife or other object is stuck in the 
   wound, what should you do?

4. If a wound is bleeding heavily, you should apply a tourniquet. 
   True ___ False ___ 

5. For a bruise or sprain, is it better to apply a heating pad or an ice 
   pack?

6. What are three ways to avoid water injuries?


Name: ________________________________________________________________________

Department: ______________________________________________________   

Extension: _____________
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