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Staff paramedic has some life—

affirming information

Douglas College security
guard wants to make
employees more aware of

emergency first aid services on
campus.

“Not enough people are aware
of the first aid facilities on cam-
pus,” says Kent Wiebe, staff
paramedic and spokesperson for
Metropol Security Services. “Being
aware could save your life, or the
life of a co-worker or student.”

Wiebe says very few
employees know about a filing sys-
tem set up by security staff which
registers medical conditions and
medical histories of staff and stu-
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“Diabetes, epilepsy, heart
problems and potentially fatal al-
lergies are among the conditions
that should be kept on file,” says
Wiebe. “We encourage employees
to come forward with information
that could help us during a medi-
cal emergency.”

Wiebe is primarily concerned
that the patient receives the fastest
possible medical attention. “We
don’t necessarily have time to try
to discern the origin of a patient’s
seizure when he or she is in the
throes of it,” says Wiebe, one of
two first aid attendants on campus
with extensive industrial first aid
training.

Kent Wiebe, staff
paramedic and
spokesperson for
Metropol Security
Services promotes
first aid awareness at
Douglas College.

“If we have background infor-
mation on the problem before-
hand, we are equipped to stabilize
the patient while we either
transport him or her to the hospi-
tal or wait for medical assistance
to arrive.”

The on-campus medics also
provide a system of labelling and
storing medication in the first aid
room, but they need a signature
from the individual’s doctor to
verify that the medication is
prescribed for a particular condi-
tion. “Although we never ad-
minister medication, it will be

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