University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, October 17. 1978
County Commission considers helicopter ambulance
Staff Reporter
Two representatives from Life Flight, a helicopter ambulance service, yesterday answered questions about the Life Flight program and tried to convince local officials to use the helicopter service.
The representatives, R.R. Hannas and Thomas McGovern, both administrates at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Flew to Lawrence in a helicopter similar to the one used by Life Flight.
The helicopter service, which is based in Kansas City, Mo., is not yet licensed by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to respond to emergency calls in Kansas.
Hannas, who is in charge of emergency services for Joseph, Joseph Hospital, said his hospital had applied in the area.
In A letter dated June 26, 1978, Lyle E. Eckhart,
director of the Kansas bureau that licenses
emergency medical vehicles, told Life Flight officials that a license would be granted if they would agree to
Hannas and McGovern, executive director of the hospital, told the Douglas County Commission they
Life Flight would not meet a requirement which stipulated that Kansas ambulance service personnel working at the scene of a medical emergency would be instructed to provide medical service and a Kansas ambulance service arrived.
McGovern said he preferred that a physician within radio contact be in charge. He said officials from the nearest hospital would take precedence over doctors from St. Joseph Hospital.
AN AGREEMENT on this point, was being discussed with the state, he said.
Ted McFarlane, manager of the Douglas County Ambulance Service, questioned Hammas and
The County Commission did not take any action on whether to accept the helicopter service, but the commissioners expressed doubts about the everyday use of the service.
He also said the Life Fight program has a kannahla license to make hospital transfer flights in India.
McGovern and said, after riding in the helicoptor that he could see some situations in which Life Flight was necessary.
McFarlane said at the County Commission meeting that the use of the helicopter would be significantly reduced.
Hamna said that most of his service's flights dealt with transporting patients between hospitals rather than treating them at a hospital.
Of 150 flights made by the Life Flight service since
1976, the said, only five have been from emergenc-
sites.
The helicopter service charges $75 as an initial charge, with an additional charge of $2 for each mile, round-trip, and a charge of $3.150 for nursing services.
MECARLAND SAID that an average round-trip helicopter trip to Lawrence from Kansas City would cost about $300, as opposed to a charge of $30 to $40 for a run by the Douglas County Ambulance Service.
McFarlane said he saw no need for the Life Flight service for "site to hospital" transportation except in cases when the weather would not permit driving the ambulance to the emergency site.
OTHERWISE, HE said, the helicopter could be useful for transporting patients from Lawrence to Oakland.
the Douglas County Ambulance Service to respond to an emergency call when the Life Flight service could
Another question that arose about the Life Flight program concerned a mutual aid that requires
Although earlier it was uncertain whether the Douglas County Ambulance Service would have had to respond to any call within the Life Flight's 150-mile radius service area, McGovern said that the local ambulance service would be required to respond only to calls within Douglas County.
Hannas said the Life Flight service was funded by a new charged to patients who used the service and by future providers.
HE SAID the service added to the number of patients in the hospital and helped the hospital financially.
Carolyn Hallenbeck has accepted a position of assistant to the vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service, it was announced today.
Hallenbeck to fill research posts
She also has been named as director of research support and grants administration. Frances Howitz, vice president of the university's studies and public service, said yesterday.
He said, however, that more than 40 percent of the hospice runs had delivered patients to other hospitals.
Hallenbeck's appointments are part of a reorganization of the office of research,
Before accepting her new positions, Hallenbeck was assistant to the dean of research administration. That office was responsible for developing resource funding for faculty members interested in doing research and giving grant proposals from faculty members.
The new office of research support and grant administration handles many of the same duties as did the former office and the previous staff, to increase available services. Hallenbeck said.
THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES include
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TODAY: GERONLOGY CENTER LUNCHEN COLLOQUIUM with Michael Crawford speaking on "Longency and Genetics" will be at 11:30 a.m. a.m. Alove D of the Kansas University NOON FORUM DERATE between Attorney General Curt Schneider and Jacobian candidates for Kansas attorney general, will begin at 12:30 p.m. in 104 Green Hall.
TONGHT: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CLUB meets at 6 in the Council Room of the Union. UNIFICATION CHURCH STUDY CENTER will be at 7 in 401 Woskee. CENTER will be at 8 in the Moon. The Man and the Movement." ANTHROPOLOGY DISTINGUISHED LECUTION PROGRAM by Frank B. Livingstone will be at 7 in the Forum Room of the Union. TAU SGIUM DANCE ENSEMBLE will be at 7 in 220仁博 gymnasium, SUARTEHUNG. THE COUNCIL ROOM of the Union. ECOLOGY CLUB will meet at 7:30 in the Council Room of the Union. Wes Jackson will speak on the Land Institute in Salina, an alternative energy school. Jon Wacker's original compositions will be perforated and 8 in Swarthout Receital Hall in Murghall Bay.
TOMORROW: WEDNESDAY FORUM will be at 11:45 a.m. at the UMHE Center, 1204 Oread Ave. Floyd Preston, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, will attend this meeting. COLLEGE CHAIRPERSONS MEETING is at 3:30 p.m. in the Centennial Room of the Union. The deadline to sign up for INFROAMING is November 19. DENT ENSEMBLE meets at 6:30 in the Kansas Room of the Union. SCIENCE FICTION CLUB meets at 7 p.m. in the Regionalist Room of the Union. KU GO CLUB meets at 7 p.m. in the Walnut Room of the Union. KU BUILDING RECITAL at 7 p.m. KU SAILING CLUB meets at 7 p.m. in the Union. An informational meeting on STUDY ABROAD will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Jayhawk Room of KU. FACULTY RECITAL will begin at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
She reads about two research proposals each day, she said, and expects to review more than 600 grant application proposals this year.
simplifying budget requests and offering more assistance to KU faculty in grant application procedures. Hallenbeck also members become aware of state research news.
"Every department has got someone working on something," she said. "They're working with lasers, they're working with fast-growing frail trees as an alternative fuel source and architecture is doing neat things with solar heating.
HALLENBECK SAID NO one project she recently had read had interested her the most, but said projects dealing with people in need, because she was a social science major.
"We see bits and pieces from every part of the campus—from chemistry history and foreign studies."
In fiscal 1978 more than $11 million was awarded to faculty members at KU for research. This was more than was awarded to other Kansas Board of Regents school.
Before coming to KU in 1989, Hallenbeck was a grant administrator at Case Western
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