EMERGENCY RESPONSE; DRIVE AIMS TO EXPAND TRAUMA CARE AT HOSPITAL.Byline: Cynthia Cynthia goddess of the moon. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 72] See : Moon Teed Daily News Staff Writer Adele (language) ADELE - A language for specification of attribute grammars, used by the MUG2 compiler compiler. ["An Overview of the Attribute Definition Language ADELE", H. Ganziger in GI3, Fachesprach "Compiler-Compiler", W. Henhapl ed, Munchen Mar 1982, pp.22-53]. Macpherson, the city's chief disaster coordinator, was rushed Thursday to the hospital for a lesson on emergency medicine and treatment of a wound she feigned feigned adj. 1. Not real; pretended: a feigned modesty. 2. Made-up; fictitious. Adj. 1. to get an inside look at the ER. The ambulance ride from Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, City Hall to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital was part of a drive to raise awareness - and money - to expand the emergency room to serve a growing population. ``We now only have 12 beds in the emergency department, the only one in the community,'' said Laurette Gambill, a registered nurse and director of emergency service for Newhall Memorial. ``But we need at least four more to handle the traffic.'' Approximately 27,000 folks crossed the ER threshold last year for medical treatment, forcing the staff to effect the triage triage Division of patients for priority of care, usually into three categories: those who will not survive even with treatment; those who will survive without treatment; and those whose survival depends on treatment. system in patient care, health officials said. ``Triage,'' a French word for ``sort,'' refers to treating patients by priority of the seriousness of their request for health care, Gambill said. For example, heart attack victims are given beds when available, while patients complaining of less serious maladies - ear aches, for example - are given a chair in the lobby, she said. Diana Vose, director of the hospital's Health Foundation, is leading the campaign to raise $1 million by September 2000 in order to begin expanding the facility. To date, about $300,000 has been raised through community efforts, hospital spokeswoman Janice Newbold said. The nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. hospital is community supported and receives no government funding. Designated as a Level II trauma unit by Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, the hospital serves a 450-square-mile area, the largest service area of any hospital in the county, officials said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) A ``patient'' is rushed to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital on Thursday as part of a drive to expand the site's trauma care. (2) Nurse David Hartzog, right, checks out Adele Macpherson's ``injury'' on Thursday. David R. Crane/Daily News |
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