FIRE VICTIMS HEAD TO SURGERY HUNDREDS CONGREGATE TO PRAY FOR VALENCIA FAMILY.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer VALENCIA - In the few short hours after violinist David Ewart David Ewart was a Canadian architect who served as Chief Dominion Architect from 1896 to 1914. As chief government architect he was responsible for many of the federal buildings constructed in this period. and his father and son were severely burned when the family home caught fire, hundreds gathered to pray, to collect donations and to replace the Christmas gifts that went up in flames In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. Along with Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates, they pioneered what is now known as melodic death metal. . As they hoped for the best for the three generations caught in Tuesday's early-morning fire in Valencia, friends talked about Ewart, a renowned musician and beloved family man. Mary Berg recalled a missionary trip they took together to Peru, where Ewart, formerly with the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the Orchestra, forged bonds with the Amazon tribespeople tribes·peo·ple pl.n. 1. The people of one's own tribe. 2. An aboriginal people living in tribes: the tribespeople of the Kalahari Desert. by pulling strings and through sports. ``They have never seen a violin until a year and a half ago,'' she said. ``They wouldn't let him stop playing.'' Ewart, who coaches youth sports in Santa Clarita, also tried to teach American-style football to local children, calling out plays in Spanish, even though the tribe spoke a different tongue, Berg said. ``He would make a fool of himself if it made the kids happy,'' she said. On Wednesday, Ewart, father Hugh, 81, and son Michael, 15, were being treated at the Grossman Burn Center at Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks Hopital (SOH) is an 153 bed acute care facility in Sherman Oaks, California, USA and is home of world renowned the Grossman Burn Center. SOH is owned and operated by Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. . His mother, another son and a daughter suffered minor injuries. ``The three of them - grandfather, father and son - are in serious but stable condition,'' Dr. Peter Grossman said. ``We anticipate taking all of them to surgery (today) for debridement Debridement Definition Debridement is the process of removing nonliving tissue from pressure ulcers, burns, and other wounds. Purpose Debridement speeds the healing of pressure ulcers, burns, and other wounds. , or removal of unhealthy tissue.'' Grossman explained that the patients' wounds would then be covered with a temporary biological dressing, possibly cadaver cadaver /ca·dav·er/ (kah-dav´er) a dead body; generally applied to a human body preserved for anatomical study.cadav´ericcadav´erous ca·dav·er n. skin or synthetic skin no greater than .006 of an inch thick. ``Depending on how they do from a health standpoint, they may go back to surgery Monday or Tuesday where we will re-evaluate them and determine what condition their skin is in, to see if they are ready for their own skin grafts or another round of debridement and grafting of cadaver skin.'' Because of hospital privacy laws, Grossman could not be specific about each of the Ewarts' procedures. Debridement is a cleansing process that involves a variety of ways of removing dead skin and is administered with the patient under general anesthesia Anesthesia, General Definition General anesthesia is the induction of a state of unconsciousness with the absence of pain sensation over the entire body, through the administration of anesthetic drugs. . ``In order to heal, you have to remove the unhealthy tissue and speed up the process by covering the area with a biological dressings,'' Grossman said. ``First, we try scraping the unhealthy tissue off. If that doesn't work, we try dermabrasion dermabrasion /derm·abra·sion/ (der?mah-bra´zhun) planing of the skin done by mechanical means, e.g., sandpaper, wire brushes, etc.; see planing. der·ma·bra·sion n. , in which we use a high-speed sander to remove the dead tissue. If that doesn't work, we do a procedure called a tangential tan·gen·tial also tan·gen·tal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or moving along or in the direction of a tangent. 2. Merely touching or slightly connected. 3. excision, where layer after layer of tissue is shaved away until we reach a wound bed that shows viability.'' Grossman said that a whole new set of problems can develop after the debridement process is complete, particularly the risk of infection. Also, the severity of burns can change from the initial diagnosis because of the lack of blood supply to the affected area. After surgery today, doctors will monitor their progress to see how well the grafts are taking. If they see the wound bed is healing, it is a good indicator that the patient's own skin will take. Meanwhile, worried Valencia Hills residents - some of them the very neighbors who took in the burn victims at dawn Tuesday - gathered that night and met with firefighters. ``It was standing-room only,'' said Leah Thompson, the homeowner association manager who helped coordinate a community meeting. ``People asked about getting help for grief counseling or take advantage of community services, The Fire Department did a Q and A and gave us some tips on how to be careful during the holiday season and throughout the year. ``Having a plan was something they emphasized. They told us every family has to have an exit plan and that there should be two exits to every room.'' Participants also made contributions to the David Ewart Catastrophe Fund at the Wells Fargo Bank branch in Stevenson Ranch. People have signed up to deliver meals to family members and some students from Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
About 100 people attended a prayer service Tuesday night at Church of the Nazarene Church of the Nazarene (năz'ərēn`), U.S. Protestant denomination established in 1908 through the union of the Church of the Nazarene, based in California; the Association of Pentecostal Churches, a New England group; and the Holiness . Meanwhile, Los Angeles County firefighters have not determined the cause of the fire, reported about 6 a.m. Tuesday. The family, which had hosted a big holiday party the night before, escaped from an upstairs window as flames shot 80 feet in the air. Investigators found four parakeets parakeets one of the bird groups known as typical parrots in the family Psittacidae. Small parrots with long tails and include the budgerigar. that had died inside the house. Staff Writer Eugene Tong contributed to this story. Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com HOW TO HELP To make a contribution to the David Ewart Catastrophe Fund, send checks to Wells Fargo Bank, 25850 The Old Road, Stevenson Ranch. Checks must reference account number 8606155136. CAPTION(S): box Box: HOW TO HELP (see text) |
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