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Eugene Train Depot began earlier this week, and construction of the Delta Ponds Bridge is scheduled to begin in <br />mid-August. For more information about these projects, contact Principal Engineer Paul Klope at 682-5246. <br /> <br />Pediatric Trauma Drill Tests Medical Response System <br />Emergency response and medical personnel from the Fire & EMS Department, LifeFlight Air Ambulance, Sacred <br />Heart Medical Center, and the Oregon EMS for Children (EMSC) Program teamed up last week in a drill to <br />improve the education and training of emergency <br />services and hospital personnel in the care of <br />seriously injured or ill pediatric trauma victims. <br />The Oregon EMSC project focuses on improving <br />the system of care children receive from the <br />scene of an emergency to the hospital emergency <br />room by facilitating pediatric trauma <br />simulations. <br />The simulation began at the Eugene Fire & EMS <br />Training Center where first responders arrived at <br />a staged car accident with two pediatric <br />“patients.” The “patients” were wireless, <br />computer-controlled pediatric mannequins with <br />life-like features including simulated heartbeat, <br />breathing, blood pressure and voice response. <br />The mannequins react based on the medical <br />treatment they receive, giving caregivers real- <br />time insight into handling a pediatric trauma case. <br /> <br />After being treated on-scene, the two simulated pediatric patients were transported, one by Life Flight Air <br />Ambulance and one by ground ambulance, to the region’s Level II trauma center at Sacred Heart at RiverBend, <br />where the hospital’s trauma team took over care for the two critically ill patients. <br /> <br />Exercise evaluators said the drill went well overall, with a few unanticipated circumstances adding to the <br />educational experience. For more information, please contact EMS Training Coordinator Karen Anderson at 682- <br />7134. <br /> <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 <br />August 6, 2009 <br />