Longview Hills CERT team meeting:

We put our new AED into community service. Thanks to CERT for training us.. To the Red Cross for providing the training in it's use.. To our instructor, State Trooper Carla Urbigkeit ... to Samaritan Hospital for ordering the unit for us and providing setup and maintenance... To Longview Hills Social Club who ran the transactions for us... To Longview Hills Park owners who are insuring the unit.

Very, Special thanks to the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund, without their generosity and special respect and concern for elders this would never have come to fruition.

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Newport News-Times: Neighborhood tsunami education program planned in Lincoln City

Newport News-Times: Neighborhood tsunami education program planned in Lincoln City: "For those have wondered how they can help their neighborhood be more prepared in case of a tsunami, or who wonder about the different types of tsunamis, or who simply want to be more involved in their community, the City of Lincoln City is hosting a series of community education programs about neighborhood tsunami preparedness.

People are invited to come and learn more about how to be more prepared in the event of a tsunami. These one-hour sessions will be held on Feb. 5 and March 18. Althea Turner, the tsunami preparedness coordinator in Lincoln City, will explain ways for people to share their enthusiasm with others. Those unable to attend one of these meetings may contact Turner and make alternative arrangements. She is also available speak to groups about tsunami preparedness."

Reporting on Our Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)


The LVH clubhouse now has an AED on premises at the clubhouse. Most active CERT members are certified by the Red Cross in its use in combination with CPR. There are those of you in the community who are certified as well.. For those that have not seen it yet we have a video dvd that shows the many innovations that this unit has over the units you were probably trained on. We will be posting a sign up sheet asking for time and dates that you can come to the clubhouse and see the video and be familiarized with the unit.

For the community.. you cannot view the unit yet as it's wall mounting has not arrived. Soon it will be prominately located in the clubhouse in a highly visible location. The mounting box has an alarm that sounds if the door is opened... however, it will not be locked up as it must be available for quick use. We want each and every one of you to view this life saving tool as a valuable treasure that needs to be looked after and watched by our people. It is not a toy and can be dangerous in untrained hands. We ask that you respect it and ask your guests not to bother the unit... Some day it will save somebody's life.

When the unit is located and mounted we will have CERT members to demonstrate its use for the entire community.

The unit itself talks to the responder reminding him/her of every lifesaving step they must take and in what order. It runs a clock from the minute everything starts happening. It records all that has taken place and upon command transfers the data by wifi to a computer or palm pilot that the fire dept or ambulance service have on board their units. The unit is the same as the Police, Fire, Ambulance and Hospital use. Time will not be wasted transferring their unit to our patient. Our AED has sensors in the pads that time and record the depth of chest compressions and will warn if you are not pressing hard enough. Today the Red Cross teaches 30 compressions and 2 rescue breaths. The unit counts compressions and then tells you when to apply the breathing. A metronome in the unit helps you keep up the necessary pace..

It performs self checks of 8 things before it will operate. It has easy to follow pictures on the case and LED lamps light at each picture to indicate where you are at in the process. The cover of the unit has been designed to hold the patient's head so as to keep their airway open.

That's the news... Be watching for the mounting box soon....

Today Larry Henson notified me that Brian Fiterer will insure the unit under the park insurance policy.

This project has almost reached fruition.. LVH is becoming a much safer place to live due to the dedicated CERT team members that look after our welfare and it gives me great pleasure to both serve with them and congratulate them on all the work involved in accomplishing this goal.

State Government - StatesmanJournal.com

State Government - StatesmanJournal.com: "Homeowners apparently were not aware of the maps the state paid $250,000 to draw up, and state foresters who reviewed logging above the homes knew about the maps but did not refer to them, they said.

Other risk areas include Portland's West Hills, the Coast Range and parts of southwest Oregon.

A state board quietly withdrew the maps from official use in 2003 after city and county officials complained that they might restrict development, according to state documents and interviews by The Oregonian."

Soda - Nutrition - Health Effects - New York Times

Soda - Nutrition - Health Effects - New York Times: "In a study published in the journal Epidemiology, the team compared the dietary habits of 465 people with chronic kidney disease and 467 healthy people. After controlling for various factors, the team found that drinking two or more colas a day — whether artificially sweetened or regular — was linked to a twofold risk of chronic kidney disease.

But drinking two or more noncola carbonated drinks a day, they found, did not increase the risk.

The authors of the study say more research is needed, but their findings support the long-held notion that something about cola — the phosphoric acid, for example, or the ability of cola to pull calcium from bones — seems to increase the risk of kidney stones, renal failure and other conditions affecting the kidneys."

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