Page 8 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1978
Now Better Than Ever. You Will Be Pleased With
These Carefully Prepared and Taste Tempting Foods.
Each Daily Special Only $1.69 Plus Tax.
“Open Daily”
Dining: 11 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. —4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.
MONDAY EVENING
SPECIAL
Salisbury Steak
with
Mushroom Gravy
Whipped Potatoes
Your Choice of
One Vegetable
Roll or Corn Bread and Butter
Coffee or Tea
TUESDAY EVENING
WEDNESDAY
SPECIAL
EVENING SPECIAL
Mexican Fiesta
Chicken Fried Steak
Dinner
Two Cheese and
w/cream Gravy
Onion Enchiladas
Whipped Potatoes and
w/chili
Choice of one other
Mexican Rice
Vegetable
Patio Style Pinto Beans
Roll or Corn Bread and Butter
Tostadas
Coffee or Tea
Coffee or Tea
One Corn Bread and Butter
THURSDAY EVENING SPECIAL
Italian Candle Light Spaghetti Dinner
SERVED WITH SPICED MEAT BALLS AND SAUCE
Parmesan Cheese - Tossed Green Salad
Choice of Salad Dressing - Hot Garlic Bread
Tea or Coffee
FRIDAY EVENING
SPECIAL
BREADED FISH
FILET w/TARTAR
SAUCE
Cole Slaw
Hush Puppies
Choice of one
vegetable
Roll or Corn Bread & Butter
Tea or Coffee
SATURDAY
NOON and EVENING
SPECIAL
Chicken &
Dumplings
Tossed Salad
Choice of one
vegetable
Roll or Corn Bread & Butter
Tea or Coffee
“Quality First’’
SUNDAY SPECIAL
NOON and EVENING
ROAST TURKEY DINNER
Served with
Cranberry Sauce
Cornbread Dressing
Roll or Corn Bread - Butter -
Coffee or Tea
Giblet Gravy
And your choice of any
One vegetable
time
M/P E |
Pay Off
Help Supply Critically
Needed Plasma While
You Earn Extra CASH
At:
Plasma Products, Inc.
313 College Main in College Station
Relax or Study in Our
Comfortable Beds While You
Donate — Great Atmosphere -
$ ^
Per Donation
— Earn Extra —
Call for more information
.-.v:
Traffic, HEW programs
Feds improve ambulances
By SCOTT PENDLETON
Rattalmn Stuff
“You called, we hauled, that’s all.
That was the way one official de
scribed the kind of service the na
tion’s ambulances rendered a decade
ago. Until the mid-sixties all an am
bulance provided was taxi service
from an accident to the hospital.
Half of the ambulance services
were run by funeral homes. Their
hearses could carry the dead or in
jured equally well, since the atten
dants didn’t provide active care dur
ing transportation.
Two publications focused national
attention on the need for better
emergency medical service. The
final report of the President’s Com
mittee for Traffle Safety in 1965 cited
the deficiency of emergency care
and transport of the sick and injured.
In 1966, the National Academy of
Science published a booklet entitled
“Accidental Death and Disability:
The Neglected Disease of Modern
Society.” It identified the epidemic
proportions of accidental deaths —
6.5 million since 1903 — and the
inadequacy of ambulance services to
prevent unnecessary loss of life.
The Department of Transporta
tion and HEW have been working to
improve that situation by developing
and implementing the concept of
emergency medical service. This in
cludes transportation, care at the
scene and in transit, and radio com
munication with the hospital.
The Highway Safety Act of 1966
assigned the task of improving traffic
safety, including emergency medical
services, to the Department of
Transportation.
In 1968, DOT published 18
Highway Safety Program Standards
on topics ranging from “Driver Edu
cation’ to “Debris Hazard Control
"3609 Place
East 29th
- <7:777. X« f ^
yA 1 !-#.-* »!r^q
pmnmiEAS
I Hi*-, ■ U ■ -jrm
Imported Coffees,
Teas, and
Gourmet Comestibles
PERFECT STOCKING STUFFERS
and Cleanup.
Congress appropriates funds ($172
million in fiscal 1978) to help the
states implement those standards.
Texas received $8.6 million in 1978.
The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
created in 1966 under DOT, ad
ministers the funds. It reviews a
state’s annual Highway Safety Plan,
which explains how the funds will be
spent.
Emergency medical service
comes under Standard 11, whose
stated purpose is “to provide an
emergency care system that will:
I. Provide quick identification and
response to accidents.
II. Sustain and prolong life
through proper first aid measures,
both at the scene and in transit.
III. Provide the coordination,
transportation, and communication
necessary to bring the injured and
definitive medical care together in
the shortest practicable time, with
out simultaneously creating
additional hazards.
To accomplish this purpose.
Standard 11 says that "each state ...
shall have a program to ensure that
persons involved in highway acci
dents receive prompt medical
care... ’
This program must include “train
ing. licensing, and related require
ments for ambulance service per-
^ THURSDAY - DEC. 14
“COUNTRY EDITION”
FRIDAY - DEC. 15
^ “TEXAS”
SATURDAY - DEC. 16
“GEORGE CHAMBERS &
THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN’
1700 Feet From
The Villa Maria
Exchange On
Farm Rd. 2818
"BEST IN LIVE
COUNTRY WESTERN
ENTERTAINMENT"
HOURS
Thurs., Frl. 7:00-12:00
Sat., 8:00-1:00
LAKEVIEW CLUB
3 Miles N. on Tabor Road
Saturday Night: John Wesley Ryles &
Southern Express
From 9-1 p.m.
STAMPEDE DANCE
Every Thursday Night
$2.00 per person
All Brands, Cold Beer 45 Cents 8-12
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Are you dissatisfied with your'X
-^present Laundry and Dry Clean—X
Jing Service? ^
* -X
Jnext semester you HAVEj
?A CHOICE! The 'Lipumr 1 will?
goffer you full service and competi-^
^tive
prices
-X
-X
-X
-X
*
*
-X
-X
-X
-X
*
►
Wash, dry and fold
Dry cleaning
Starch and iron
Self service washateria
Open 24 hours/day
FREE self service steam pressing
-x
-X
-X
-X
-X
-X
-X
-X
-X
-X
-X
*
Fast efficient service and Bryan/College Stations largest^
and cleanest laundromat. (81 machines) - fully air conditioned. ^
hX
*
JThe AHCI YTY I
-X
3702 S. College
-X
-X
*
-X
-X
sonnel, as well as for the vehicles and
their operation.
In 1968 federal funding under the
Highway Safety Act began. Ten
years later, emergency medical serv
ices are still “in the building pro
cess,” says Leo Schwartz, chief of
DOT's Emergency Medical Services
branch.
A number of things have mitigated
the impact of DOT on the nation's
emergency medical services.
Ten years isn’t much time consid
ering the “deplorable" state of those
services in 1968, officials say.
And despite the firm language of
the safety standards, DOT lucks real
authority to force compliance.
“We don’t have much pressure
available to us,” Schwartz said.
“Congress took most of that away
from us.”
He cited the motorcycle helmet
law as an example. Under Standard 3
(Motorcycle Safety), DOT had said
that any state without a mandatory
helmet law would be disqualified
from certain federal funds.
Congress overruled that decision
because most states passed a helmet
law just to get the funds.
Robert VVeltzer of the Region 6
NHTSA office (which has jurisdic
tion over Texas) said, “Congress
pulled the rug from under our feet
because it wanted “progress and
partnership” from the NHTSA and
the states instead of an adversary re
lationship.
As a result, “We don’t regulate,
VVeltzer said. “We have not drawn
battle lines and said, ”111011 shalt. ”
DOT’s concern with achieving
overall highway safety, and not just
Standard 11, also weakens its impact
on emergency medical services.
"We require the states to take a
look at the entire spectrum with an
eye to reducing accidents,” Weltzer
said. "Emergency medical service is
only one of 18 areas."
The NHTSA reviews emergency
medical service projects in light of
their potential to reduce deaths and
injuries, Weltzer said. It compares
the projects’ potential to that of other
ways to reduce accidents, such as
selective law enforcement or engi
neering projects.
“Greasing the squeaky wheel" is
another way DOT establishes
priorities among the 18 standards,
Schwartz said.
“Congress has emphasized the 55
MPH speed limit program," he said.
Therefore the NHTSA is giving that
a high priority since that is “where
the most noise is coming from.’
A state doesn’t necessarily have to
use any of the DOT money for
emergency medical services,
Schwartz said.
But Texas has spent $4.3 million of
DOT funds on emergency medical
service since 1967. From 1967-1972,
DOT spent one-half to three-
quarters of a million dollars of “seed
money to start and operate
Emergency Medical Services Jji
sion of the Texas Department
Health.
When it proved its worth,
EMS division was established
cially by the 63rd Texas
The state began to provide the
vision’s funding.
Now the EMS division uses D()
funds, $217,(XX) in fiscal
response data program and an
dent investigation program,
The response data program«a
piles ambulance activity repoi
submitted by participating ami)
lance services. The information
computed to give average respot
times and other data usefulforph
ning purposes.
HEW works more directly
DOT to establish emergency me
cal services.
Under the Emergency Med
Services Systems Act of 1973, HE
off ers grants to regions withinastii
The funds can be used forproje
ranging from feasibility studiesl
expansion and improvement
emergency medical services.
In fiscal 1978, Congressapprop
ated $36 million for emergency
ieal service grants.
A Texas community can seel
grant two ways. The first is
straight to the HEW regional
to work out an application.
Since HEW wants the
develop regional systems
emergency medical services, thei
plication would have to adilrj
much more than just the com
nity’s own needs.
live second way for a commim
to seek a grant is through its Com
of Government (COG). Texas
vided into 24 multi-county COGi
gions, for which the COG plans
kinds of assistance projects.
Brazos Valley Development
cil is the COG for Brazos Co
The COG makes upagranta^
cation that addresses all aspectstf
emergency medical servicesystf
which it sends to the E.MSdisisr
All the COG applications are
hined into a state application
the EMS division sends to the
gional HEW office.
HEW reviews the stateandiiil
pendent applications and dedi
which ones to grant. In 1978,
received requests for over
lion in grants from the five-stattl
gion 6, but was only budgeted
$3.6 million.
St
Id
Un
lance:
Am
Cross
Th
worst
La
vehic
cany
“Y
Willi
tion
An
emt
in th
Re
accoi
pract
Ame
Th
eight
lance
Tc
sider
hour
Re
serie
and
mb
gene
A
a tn
trea
J>
sen
I Cog
T
ofl
lim
T
whe
It grants the funds on a %
matching basis, or, in poor
25-75. All the Rinds go to theE
division, which acts as a man
over the projects.
Texas received $1.5 mi
HEW grants for emergency
service projects in fiscal 197S
large portion of that money
spent on systems for ambulance
hospital radio communication
Despite federal aid, some«
muni ties shy away from theexpei
of an emergency medical sent
And they are expensive.
A modular ambulance,
almost an emergency room
wheels, costs from $ 16,000forals
model to $35,000 for a fully equip;
one.
“Fully equipped” includes
$6,000 device that monitors
tient’s vital signs and transmitsth
to the hospital. To receive
monitor the patient s vital signs,
hospital needs a base station ni
with a visual terminal cosli
$15,000.
H E W funds are used only as
money to get emergency medi
services started. The cominuniB
must support the service once
established.
No community is encouraged
develop a service more advann
than it can support later.
RAMiflilNU0
APARTMENTS
‘ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED”
Furnished & Unfurnished
Efficiency, 1, 2 & 3
Bedroom Apartments
No Escalation Clause or
Fuel Adjustment Charge
Professional Maintenance Staff
(24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE)
Two Beautiful Swimming Pools
Tennis Courts
Party/Meeting Room with Sundec<
Health Spas, including
Saunas for Men & Women
Three Laundry Rooms
On Shuttlebus Route
Rental office open Monday through Friday 9-5
Saturday 10-5 Sunday 2-5
693-1110 1501 Hwy. 30 693-1011
183U0
agn
hav
run
T
to c
■t
lane
sub
1
det
1
qua
pra
fed
U
em<
Tb