FIREFIGHTERS HOLD BLOOD DRIVE.Byline: DANA BARTHOLOMEW Staff Writer RESEDA -- It took many pints of blood to save an off-duty firefighter critically injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in a car crash last month; now his colleagues want to help replenish re·plen·ish v. re·plen·ished, re·plen·ish·ing, re·plen·ish·es v.tr. 1. To fill or make complete again; add a new stock or supply to: replenish the larder. 2. supplies. Fire Station No. 73 will host a blood drive Monday and Tuesday to stock up Northridge Hospital Medical Center's supplies in honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. of their fellow firefighter. His name is being withheld at the request of his family. ``He's doing really well,'' said 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. fire Capt. John Durso of Fire Station No. 73 in Reseda. ``We're rooting for him. It's going to be a long road, but he'll recover.'' The blood drive, he said, is intended to aid the entire Northridge Hospital blood program. The 40-year-old firefighter was injured May 28 while on his way to work less than a mile from his job at Station 73. A 22-year-old Pacoima woman fleeing her ex-girlfriend in a 100-mph SUV chase was killed in the crash after she sped through a red light and struck a Metro bus and two other cars, including the firefighter's. Police arrested the former girlfriend, a 17-year-old from South Los Angeles South Los Angeles is the official name for a large geographic and cultural area lying to the southwest and southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. The area was formerly called South Central Los Angeles, and is still sometimes called South Central. , who was booked under suspicion of murder. The firefighter was in a medically induced coma A barbiturate-induced coma, or barb coma, is a temporary coma (a deep state of unconsciousness) brought on by a controlled dose of a barbiturate drug, usually pentobarbital or thiopental. at Northridge Hospital, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a hospital officials, and was listed Friday in critical but stable condition. Dave Keys, blood drive coordinator at Northridge Hospital, said blood supplies are at less than 50 percent normal levels as blood drives at high schools and colleges wane during summer months. The hospital has a blood reserve of between 10 and 20 pints, compared to the normal stock of 50 pints, he said. On Memorial Day weekend, the hospitals Trauma Unit used 200 pints of blood to assist trauma victims such as the firefighter. ``Our blood supplies are critically low and we're experiencing one of the heaviest summer shortages in years,'' Keys said. ``Northridge has been hammered ham·mered adj. 1. Shaped or worked with a metalworker's hammer and often showing the marks of these tools: a bowl of hammered brass. 2. Slang Drunk or intoxicated. Adj. in the past several weeks. ``We've given out a tremendous amount of blood. Our supplies have been decimated. We need the public's help.'' dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3730 WHERE TO GO: The firefighters' blood drive will take place between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at Los Angeles Fire Station No. 73, 7419 Reseda Blvd. Donors must by healthy, at least 17 years old, weigh more than 110 pounds and must present a photo I.D. To register, call (818) 756-8673. CAPTION(S): box Box: WHERE TO GO (see text) |
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