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December 18, 2008 Front Page |
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Hospital Treats Record Number Of Patients Due To Icy Roads
Icy roads caused multiple wrecks Friday evening, which resulted in a full
emergency room (ER) at St. Elizabeth Health Services.
Amy Dunkak, Director of Communications and Business Development at St.
Elizabeth said per their protocol, Dr. Jacobson enacted the hospital’s
Disaster Plan at approximately 5:30 p.m. and by 10 p.m., they had treated
all 27 of their emergency room patients.
Of those 27, two were admitted to the Medical Floor, and three with neck
fractures and one with multiple broken ribs and facial lacerations were
transferred out to other facilities.
The ER reached its capacity, which includes three bays and three treatment
rooms in ER and two intensive care unit beds.
Dunkak said 38 staff members responded in addition to the crew on hand.
These included physicians, surgeon, nursing, dietary and facility staff.
Private Property Rights Group Holds Meeting
By Suzanne Ellis Jones
About a dozen Baker County residents met last Thursday in the Library
meeting room to discuss formation of a group that will address concerns
about private property rights in the county.
Jay Bowman of the Denny Creek area led the group in a discussion about his
experiences with the Baker County Planning Commission and other County
issues. Bowman's agenda had the following items for discussion: Role of the
Planning Commission and do some members have a private agenda, letting the
County Commissioners know concerns in regard to land planning and placement
of planning commissioners who will value private property rights, and
general organization of the group.
Firefighters Fend Off Fire And Cold
Even though the temperatures outside were below zero Tuesday, local
firefighters battled a hot blaze that started underneath a home on
Pocahontas Road.
Baker Rural Fire Chief Howard Payton said the owner of the home, Scott
Jager, had placed a space heater in the crawl space underneath the house to
thaw out frozen pipes.
“It was a diesel fired heater that runs hot out the end,” said Payton. He
said the heater had been left unattended and it has been determined this was
the cause of the fire.
The house, which Payton said some will recognize as the former Crabill home,
was being rented by Chris and Brianna Peppers. No one was home when the fire
started.
Josh Srack with Baker Rural was the first to arrive on the scene at about
3:17 p.m. Neighbors got the renter’s two dogs out of the house and Srack
rescued a cat that was in a bedroom. At that point Payton said the smoke
from the fire was at about ceiling level. Srack, who is a fire captain for
Baker Rural, was also the incident commander for this fire.
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