Thursday, December 2, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Page 3
Campus watch group forming for safety 9s sake
By Eric Peterson
A student volunteer group may patrol
areas in Nebraska Hall and Love Library
next semester to ensure student security.
Troy Lair, a junior political science
major, is in charge of the project and is
working with ASUN's Campus Life Com
mittee. Lair said Neighborhood Watch
groups working in many Lincoln areas
inspired the possibility of a similarly
organized watch group to patrol
potentially hazardous parts of the UNL
campus.
"It would be a deterrent to crime,"
Lair, said, "and will give campus a more
secure feeling, so that people walking
across the grounds can see some of our
people there and know that they'll be
safe.."
Lair said two sexual assaults in the
Nebraska Hall area have made some stu
dents apprehensive about being on campus
late at night.
Trauma victims benefit
from hospital's heliport
By Linda Liekhus
"Trauma is the greatest killer of
people between the ages of 1 and
44," said Carol Petersen, head nurse
of the emergency department at Lin
coln General Hospital. Lincoln General,
designated as a frauma center, has
recently built a new heliport to pro?
vide quicker transportation service
for trauma victims.
Petersen said that in trauma cases
"the first hour is the critical period
and the salvage rate (of victims) is
critically increased" If victims are
received at a trauma center within
that first hour. The heliport, built
with donations of $150,000, allows
Lincoln General "to provide all types
of accessibility to the trauma tenter,"
Petersen added.
She said any helicopter can land
on the heliport, which was constructed"
on the roof of the building. Sky Med
and Life Flight, Omaha based helicop
ter firms, have made the most use of
the heliport, although it has been used
only five times since it opened Nov. 1 ,
1982, she said.
Petersen said she expects more us
age of the heliport, but she "can't
even anticipate any projected figures"
for the future.
Along with Lincoln General, other
Lincoln hospitals have taken interest
in the transporting of patients by
helicopters.
Carol Dahl, director of public
relations at St. Elizabeth Community
Health Center, said St. Elizabeth's
heliport has been a "real good thing
for the hospital to have." However,
at - St. Elizabeth's, the heliport is
better described as a helipad because
it is located on the ground, Dahl said.
Since the building of the helipad
, in 1971, the center has had a lot of
use, especially by the helicopters of
Pathology Medical Services, which oper
ates the laboratory at the hospital,
Dahl said. Army National Guard heli
copters have used the helipad the
most.
Life Flight and Sky Med use it also,
she said.
Many of the patients transported
by helicopter are either going to or
coming from the neo-netal intensive
care unit or the burn trauma unit at
the hospital, Dahl said.
The Heliport at the Veterans Ad
ministration Medical Center is rarely
used, possibly once or twice a year,
said J. Gonzales, chief of the medical
administration service.
The heliport, which was constructed
several yews ago by the National
Guard, can be used only during the
day because it doesn't have lights,
only reflectors, he said. However, it
is important that the hospital have
- the facilities so helicopters can land
v there'he said.
The only Lincoln hospital that
currently doesn't have a . heliport is
Bryan Memorial Hospital. Yet, "it
is something we can probably con
sider," said Ron Wachter, hospital
vice president.
Bryan Memorial is currently under
going construction, so the possibility
of a heliport won't be considered
until late 1985 or early 1986, when
the construction project is finished,
he said. An occasional helicopter does
land now, although there isn't a heli
port. ,
After the construction project is
finished, "if we're interested and can
justify it, (it) looks like we can find
someplace to locate it (the heliport),"
Wachter said.
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"The big effect crime has on people is
fear . . . The campus should do something
to alleviate that," he said.
Student volunteers would work in
pairs and ' wear distinguishing clothing.
They would also carry two-way radios.
'In case of emergency, they can call
immediately for help," Lair explained.
He said some fraternities and residence
hall floors already maintain escort ser
vices for women who are on campus late
at night and are afraid to walk alone. Lair
indicated he will work with these groups
and try to coordinate them with his own.
Lair said the ASUN Senate, the UNL
police and the UNL administration ail
have expressed support for the volunteer
patrol plan. He said a rough constitution
Human rights
event Dec. 10
Human Rights Awareness
Evening, in conjuction with
International Human Rights
Day, will be at the Malone
Community Center, 2032 U
St., from 7 to 10 p.m. Dec.
10.
The keynote address will
be given by state Sen.
Ernie Chambers of Omaha.
In addition, dancers from
the Indian Center, Inc., the
Hispanic Children's Dance
Group and the Cambodian
Dance Group will provide
entertainment.
A $2 donation is sug
gested. The event is co
sponsored by Nebraskans
for Peace and Nebraskans
Against the Death Penalty.
is now beipg formulated tor the group,
and that administrators and the UNL
police plan to offer suggestions and re
visions for it.
"One of their main concerns was for
the volunteers not to take action by
themselves, but to call the police if trouble
occurs," Lair said.
Shelley Stall, attorney and director
of ASUN Student Legal Services, has
aided Lair in working on the plan and
the patrol constitution.
"It seems that there are a lot of dif
ferent legal questions involved" involving
the rights of the volunteers involved and
liability in case of the unexpected, Lair
said.
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