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s Agent: Emergency Life Flight helicopters, like the
ipuchea ones here stationed at Houston’s Hermann
‘ii Is amp, Hospital, have been serving a 130-mile radius
Vniwif of Houston, including several trips to the
and \ Bryan-College Station area. The service
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THE BATTALION Page 9
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1979
offers the critically ill or injured quick access
to Houston hospitals. Each helicopter is an
airborne emergency room with a physician
and a nurse.
Photo courtesy of Hermann Hospital
Life Flight spans area
By LOUIE ARTHUR
Battalion Reporter
Emergency care in the Bryan-
dlege Station area is not limited to
*s not jiisfe two local hospitals. In addition to
an indcf Joseph Hospital and Bryan Hos-
conduct >ital. the injured or critically ill have
d marijua [uiek access to Houston hospitals
dex Kapl hrough Life Flight, Hermann Hos-
ndinalor >ital s patient air transport program,
tion fortllLife Flight has been serving a
aiwv mh .30 mile radius, including Bryan
ipproval md College Station, since the pro-
Hedbmlam was started in August of 1976.
leral Hon tconsists of three helicopters, each
ergradml fj'airborne emergency room which
,M. Hies a physician and a registered
siM Pr iurse.
isuedaiHife Flight is the largest of eight
miversil) imilar programs in the United
ork with tales. It is funded by Hermann
n for Ri lospital and private donations.
[“On board, they can do everything
nt was Wt of surgery,” Life Flight’s media
jston, D Nations manager Debra Osborn
universit |d Most emergency helicopter
ct and hil 0 t? rams send out medics or
issue (In Iraiiiedics and not a physician and
session, feistered nurse, which Osborn says
nsiderm ia ^ es Life Flight unique,
imihatingf^k’s sort of a satellite hospital,”
course oil'd Fred Bailey, Bryan Hospital
lan said dministrator. “It helps keep medi-
o to court down. I think it's a super
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Bauley said he remembers three
instances when Bryan Hospital used
Life Flight. Two of these cases in
volved transporting children to
Texas Children s Hospital. The other
patient was an adult with a cardiac
emergency.
Sonja Shepard, director of nursing
service at St. Joseph Hospital in
Bryan, said that they have used Life
Flight only a few times.
St. Joseph uses an Army
emergency helicopter service out of
Fort Hood in Killeen for most of
their patient transport because it is
free. This service, the Military Assis
tance to Safety and Traffic program,
is funded by the federal government
and charges no fee for patient trans
port. Life Flight has a lift-off charge
of $70 and also charges $2 per mile
round trip.
The Life Flight helicopters are
French-made aircraft called Alou-
ettes and are leased by the hospital
from Aviation Medical Services, a
subsidiary of Western Helicopters.
Only a law enforcement agency,
the fire department, the emergency
ambulance services, a hospital, a
physician or an industrial safety rep
resentative may request Life Flight.
An individual cannot call and ask for
this service.
Shepard said sometime in the near
future. Life Flight will have an in-
service session at St. Joseph. This
will be open to the public, with slide
shows and a Life Flight helicopter on
display.
The Texas A&M University Sys
tem Regents approved three major
appointments made Tuesday by
Dean Earl Cook in the College of
Geosciences.
The board named Dr. John W.
Handiri as director of the new Earth
Resources Institute. It will monitor
and assist research programs in the
College of Geosciences and coordi
nate research efforts in five special
areas.
These will include the Center for
Sedimentology, the Center for Tec-
tonophysics, the Geodynamics Re
search Program, the Engineering
Geosciences Research Program and
the Mineral Resources Research
Program.
Regents also approved the ap
pointment of Dr. Robert R. Berg as
director of the Center for Sedimen
tology arid Dr. Mel Friedman as di
rector of the Center for Tec-
tonophysics, succeeding Handin.
Handin is distinguished professor
of geology and geophysics and as
sociate dean of the college of Geosci
ences. Berg is professor of geology
and director of the Office of Univer
sity Research. Friedman, professor
of geology, also coordinates the Uni
versity Undergraduate Fellows
phase of the Honors Program.
The Center for Tectonophysics at
Texas A&M carries out'fundamental
studies of the mechanical properties
of rocks, especially under great pres
sure and temperatures, and applies
results to the study of such problems
as earthquakes and mountain range
formations.
The Center for Sedimentology
conducts research into physical
properties of soil and sediment, in
cluding the potential for uranium re
covery from lignite, and secondary
petroleum recovery from sandstone.
Senator
loses his
‘uniform'
United Press International
WASHINGTON — Sen. John
Tower, R-Texas, known in the Sen
ate for his fashionable and dapper
dress, experienced a change of image
Tuesday as a result of the Dallas
Cowboys’ Super Bowl loss to the
Pittsburgh Steelers.
Tower made a wager on the game
with Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., and
lost. As a result, he was forced to
wear a Pittsburgh Steelers football
jersey throughout an afternoon
strategy meeting of all Republican
senators.
The jersey he donned was that of
Steelers quarterback Terry Brad
shaw. It was a little large — hitting
the 5-foot-5-inch Tower at the knees.
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