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Ambulance service C.B. & Pott. County
Training periods . . . fill the gap between runs for the medical technicians. Utilizing this time to freshen up on previous training and keep abreast of new equipment are Mulvania and Hazelwood. They use a new type of visual gauge for taking blood…
Ambulance crew always on move
A staff of 13 trained emergency medical technicians man the two units of the Pottawattamie County Ambulance Division on a 24-hour basis to provide emergency ambulance service over the entire Western end of the county.
When the units...
When the units . . . back into their headquarters at Twenty-seventh Street and Broadway, the first operation is to check and clean up equipment. Danny Jordan wipes up the unit to keep it spotless while Pat Stiles checks the resusitator [resuscitator]…
Ambulance Service CB & Pott. County
White Pontiac Catalina with a light on the roof. The window says, "Pottawattamie County." Four men and one woman stand around the car. The back of the photo says, "New ambulance."
Bluffs gets 2 new ambulances
Ready to go in one of two new Council Bluffs ambulances is Emergency Medical Technician Jack Osborne. The paid cost 45,000, with $20,000 of that coming from a federal grant. These are the first "city" ambulances in recent years. One will be on…
Ambulance crews now talk to C.B. hospitals via radios.
Receiving a message . . . on a new high frequency two-way radio system at jennie Edmundson Hospital is Mrs. Rita Pierson, supervisor of the hospital's emergency room. She is talking directly to a technician from a Southwest Iowa ambulance en route to…
Traffic a big problem for ambulance unit
Equipment . . . in the Pottawattamie County Ambulance is demonstrated by Matt martin, on stretcher, Keith Harris and Director Wayne McCunn. --Nonpareil Photo.
New unit for county
New County Ambulance that went into service late Tuesday is the first such vehicle in the state that bears the new national standard colors, according to director Wayne McCunn. The new unit is white, orange and black, will replace Squad 1, the…
Seldin memorial
Independent Insurance Agents Wednesday presented a defibrillator unit to the Council Bluffs Emergency Care Division, in memory of the late Ben Seldin, a longtime agent. Larry Hazelwood and Wayne McCunn, paramedics, examine the equipment with Ted…
Ambulance located at fire station
Inspecting ambulance . . . now in service at the Oak Street Fire Station are fireman Larry Olsen, Mayor Dennis Anderson and Stan Miller of the Emergency Car Division. --Nonpareil Photo.
S.W. Iowans getting paramedic training
Practicing paramedic skills . . . are five members of the Council Bluffs Emergency Care Division. The "patient" is Director Wayne McCunn, who is being worked on by Larry Hazelwood, Dick Christensen, Terry Mulvania and Ronnie King (standing).…
New ambulance
A new county ambulance went into service Friday and one of its first stops was City Hall where Mayor Joseph Katelman gave it a personal inspection. The new unit is box shaped giving attendants more working room. It will hold up to four patients.…
Insuranec agents donate equipment for ambulances
Demonstrating the use . . . of a new pair of spreaders are Bob Hazelwood, Al Pawloski and Don Osborne. -- Nonpareil Photo.
Ambulance calls total 2,554 in '70
Rod Christiansen . . . and Robert Hazelwood, attendants for the Pottawattamie County Ambulance Division, check the equipment on the inside of one of the units. last year the division made 2,554 runs and assisted 2,418 patients. --Nonpareil Photo.
Skills grow as well. Paramedics gaining acceptance
Checking radio . . . of their emergency unit's monitoring equipment are Don Spencer, Wayne McCunn and Bob Hazelwood of the Pottawattamie County Emergency Care Division. The unit allows the paramedics to keep hospital staff alerted to a patient's…
Calling a 911 dispatcher
Calling a 911 dispatcher . . . from a corridor at Mercy Hospital are emergency medical technicians Robert McKeighan and Stanley Miller. --Nonpareil Photo.
Christmas customs
Christmas customs : Discussing the customs of celebrating Christmas in their homelands are American Field Service Exchange students Kare Hellerslein of Norway, Gerd-Rainer Hienstorfer of Germany, Luiz de Queiroz of Brazil, Miriam Casas of Peru, and…
International friendshp blooming in AL history class
New friendships . . . developed through an exchange of ideas among A.L. students Tessa Milner, seated, Rosanne Nevling, Maria Guarte and Marie Kuo. -- Nonpareil Photo
Exchange student to attend A.L. Swedish girl, 16, nearly brought football gear to Council Bluffs
Sparkling . . . with prospects of a year's fun together are Kathy Klok and Louise Brising. A high school annual tips the visitor off to a life ahead.
To live with the Harding Family . . . Diplomacy comes naturally for student from Spain
Looking at paintings of Granada . . . are Janet and Joan Harding, Jose Montoya and Warren Harding. The color sketches were brought by Jose as gifts to the Hardings. --Nonpareil Photo.