May - August 1994

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Paramedic Academy:
Upcoming International
Programs

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His Excellency Phan Van Khai, Deputy Prime Minister of the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (fourth from left) and members of
his government tour JI facilities with Board Chair Bob Stewart
(left); President Larry Goble (fifth from left); and Paul Smith,
Director of the Fire Academy (far right).

Jl's. reputation spreads in
Pacific Rim countries
by Larry Goble

"The Justice Institute of British
Columbia's Paramedic Academy is
gaining quite a following in Asia
for emergency medical training.
In the past four years, academy instructors have provided training
or advice to emergency organizations in Hong Kong, Malaysia,
Taiwan and Brunei." This quote is
from an article in the May 1994
issue of the Fire Chief Magazine.
Over the past few years, JI
programs and course materials
have slowly spread across Canada, throughout North America,
and around the world. The major

focus now, however, is on Pacific
Rim countries.
A number of recent successful
ventures have led to the delivery
of programs in Hong Kong and
Kuala Lumpur, and ongoing negotiations and exchanges with Taiwan, Brunei, Australia, and
Vietnam.
• At the invitation of the Vietnamese government, JI Board
Chair and former Vancouver
Police Chief Constable Bob
Stewart travelled to Hanoi and
Ho Chi Minh City in November
continued on page 2

Malaysia
A contact has been established
with Q-Medic in Malaysia to deliver two training programs this
October. The Paramedic Academy
will send two teams of instructors
to train 40 students to the First
Responder Level. The success of
the Malaysian training project
was recently profiled in the May
edition of Fire Chief Magazine.
Pakistan
A physician belonging to the
health services division of the Aga
Khan Foundation has asked the
Paramedic Academy to submit a
proposal to help Pakistan improve
its emergency services.
Hong Kong
A training contract with the
Hong Kong Fire Services Ambulance Command is now in place.
The contract calls for the academy to provide instructor training
and resource materials for EMA
II programs. Training for Hong
Kong physicians is also scheduled
for November.

International Visitors
Australia
Two Fire Training Officers
from Victoria, Australia, included
the academy in their roundthe-world visits. The two officers
were reviewing First Responder
continued on page 2

Fire Academy • Police Academy • Corrections Academy • Finance and Administration • Courts Academy
Educational Services • Interdisciplinary Studies • Paramedic Academy • Provincial Emergency Program Academy

Pacific Rim ... continuedfrom page 1
1993. While there, he
met with members of
the General Department of People's Police
to discuss the possibility of the JI
developing and delivering training programs
for selected groups of
Vietnam police officers.
Similar discussions
were undertaken with
members of their Fire
Larry Goble presents a book to the Director
Service.
of the Hong Kong Fire Service,
In June of this year, the
Mr. Jerry Lam Chek-yuen.
Deputy Prime Minister
of Vietnam and his entourage visited the JI.
Hong Kong Ambulance ComTwo weeks later, the Chief of
mand contracted with the JI
Police for Ho Chi Minh City
Paramedic Academy to assist
and two of his staff visited Vanthem in upgrading their amcouver. They too spent time at
bulance personnel from a First
the JI observing programs and
Aid model to a more profesdiscussing ongoing possible
sional paramedic model
relationships.
During this period, ParamedIn June 1994, JI President
ic Academy staff have travellLarry Goble and Ian Dailly,
ed to Hong Kong and brought
Deputy Director of the Paraselected Hong Kong trainers to
medic Academy, visited Hong
the JI in Vancouver to obtain
Kong to participate in the
the skills and knowledge reHong Kong Ambulance Comquired to upgrade their promand EMA II graduation
gram on an ongoing basis. In
ceremony.
addition, the academy has
Over three years ago, the
continued on page 8
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Fire Academy
training scope
broadens
by Paul Smith

After an intensive review commissioned by the Ministry of Skills,
Training and Labour, the Justice
Institute has been given responsibility for the operation of the
Fire and Safety Training Centre
in Maple Ridge effective July 4.
(A name change from Safety
Training Centre to The Justice Institute - Fire and Safety Training
Centre, Maple Ridge Campus was
approved at the June 21 meeting
of the JI board.)
The new centre combines the
resources and staff of the Pacific
Marine Training Institute (PMTI)
and the JIBC with respect to
operation of the centre and the
delivery of all fire services, including marine and Hazmat training
programs. The JI has given
responsibility for the operation of
the site to the Fire Academy.
A transfer committee worked
on details of the transfer of capital assets, programs, and staff to
the JI. The transfer of 10.5 fulltime equivalents from PMTI to
Upcoming International Programs... continuedfrom page 1
the Fire Academy increased the
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training systems in a
number of cities over a
to 26 (see Spotlight, p 3).
two week period and
Paul Smith is Director of the
staying in fire halls along
Fire Academy. 0
the way. They visited London, Washington,
officers from the Hong Kong AmChicago, Phoenix, and
bulance Command, have been
Seattle, before continuing
studying at the Academy for
to Vancouver and Los Aneight weeks (see story, page 7).
geles.
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Dr. Thiagi, the head of the
tan Dallly (second from left) and Larry Goble
Jerry Lam, the DirecQ-Medic group in Malaysia, will
(second from right) with their hosts during a visit
tor of the Hong Kong Fire
visit the Paramedic Academy for
to Hong Kong;
Service, is scheduled to
the first time in August. Mavisit the Justice Institute
laysia will be hosting the Comphysician training for Hong Kong.
and Paramedic Academy in mid· Dr. KK Lai, Executive Manamonwealth games in 1998 and
August.
there is interest in using Canadger of the Hong Kong Hospital
Dr. Chung, the past president
ian expertise to assist with the
Authority, visited the academy
of the Hong Kong Society of
medical support. Paramedic
on August 15. Dr. Lai has been
Emergency Medicine and
Academy staff will also meet with
involved with the Paramedic
Surgery, visited the academy
visiting Malaysian delegates here
Academy training in Hong Kong.
during the summer to confirm
for the Commonwealth Games. 0
Thompson Leung and S.T. Lo,

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• • • S P 0 .T L I G H T • • •
On Staff
Changes•.•
Sheriff Roger Allison was
the successful applicant for the
new Deputy Sheriff Training Coordinator in Courts Academy. He
has been on the job since May.
Sheriff Allison brings 20 years' experience with Sheriff Services to
the academy. He has a broad
range of operational and administrative experience in Courts Services Branch, as well as strong
computer skills and prior management experience in the private
sector.
Lori Wideski was the successful applicant for the Senior Stockworker position in Finance and
Administration Division that became vacant with Bernie Astle's
retirement (see story, page 5).
Lori resigned her position as Student Registration Clerk in Paramedic Academy to assume her
(physically) challenging new position.
On June 27, Meenpal Basi
joined the Registration Office as
an on-call Registration Processing
Secretary. Meenpal has most
recently worked at Fairweather
and Pacific Linen in a variety of
support functions.
Jude Laird, who worked as a
part-time Clerical Assistant in
Educational Services and Interdisciplinary Studies for almost five
years, resigned in early August
to devote more time to her daughter and to her fledgling chocolatemaking business. Jude will
remain on the casual list.
Corrections Academy Instructor Paul DeRoche, has left the
academy in order to participate in
the Probation Officer course. Paul
came from Holly Youth Custody
Centre but hopes to work in the
community as a Probation Officer.
In Paramedic Academy,
Elaine Langston has been hired
as the Supervisor of Administrative Services to replace Barbara
Hunter. Elaine has a CMA and
an MBA, and an instructional

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background. Kathryn Reid was
promoted to the Program Assistant position vacated by Susan
Burks when she transferred to Interdisciplinary Studies. Nutan
Sawah filled Kathryn's Accounts
Clerk position. A new clerk was

also hired for the Professional
Health Programs. Joey Taylor
won the competition when sixyear veteran Inara Neimers
resigned to take a position with
Children's Hospital.
continued on page 6

In Memoriam

Tony Pantages

It was with sadness the JI
President Larry Goble informed
staff of the death of Tony
Pantages, Vice Chair of the JI
Board of Governors, on the evening of Wednesday, June 15.
Tony was one of the founding
members of the JI board and
had served on the board since
his Order-In-Council appointment in 1978.
Although faced with his illness for a number of years,
Tony always demonstrated a
great love for people and life in
general. He made a major contribution to the Justice In stitute through his service and
leadership as Vice Chair of the
board.
Flowers and sincere condolences were sent to Tony's family
on behalf of the board and staff
of the Justice Institute. A
memorial service was held on
June 22nd and the JI flags were
flown at half mast on that day

Lydia Langstaff

in memory of Tony Pantages.
Lydia Langstaff (nee
Stewart) passed away suddenlyon July 10. Lydia worked in
the Justice Institute library in
audiovisual bookings for two
years starting in 1987. She
lived with a serious heart condition since birth, but led an active life during her 28 years.
Lydia attended the University
of Victoria, and then received
her Library Technician
Diploma from Langara College.
She was President of the
Library Technicians Association of BC in 1988. A published
poet and contributing writer to
the Celtic Connection, Lydia
also wrote a play that was performed on the UBC radio station. Lydia was an inspiration
to many people, and will be .
greatly missed by all who knew
her. A donation was sent to the
Heart Fund on behalf of the Justice Institute. 0

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PEP Academy instructors respond to
natural disasters
by Coleen Vaughan and Sally Pollock

Coleen Vaughan goes
to Georgia
On July 16, PEP Academy instructor Coleen Vaughan left
Vancouver to be a part of the
American Red Cross relief effort
in the southern U.S. state of Georgia. Heavy rains caused by tropical storm Alberto had created
devastation in southern Georgia
and parts of Alabama and Florida. The result was flooding along
the Flint River and Kinachafoonee Creek. The muddy water
covered more than 10,000 square
miles, took 31 lives, and affected
countless more.
For the 21 days following her
arrival in Georgia, Coleen found
herself interviewing those left
homeless by the flooding, determining their basic needs, and assisting them to obtain those
needs: food, clothing, shelter, or
just a shoulder to cry on. In addition to this "Family Service Caseworker" role, Coleen was also
involved in assessing, at a very
basic level, the damage to homes.

Aside from being a tremendous
personal experience, her new
knowledge and skills can be
shared with communities at home
as they continue to develop or
refine their own Emergency social
Services plans.

Sall:y Pollock goes to
the Okanagan
Sally Pollock spent five days
working in the Okanagan following the recent evacuation of nearly 4,000 people into Penticton as a
result of forest fires. The Emergency Social Services (ESS) team
of Penticton capably registered
the evacuees and provided accommodation, food, and clothing to
those in need. Emotional support
and referrals to community agencies were available.
The following are some lessons
learned by the local residents:
It can happen right here in
BC!! - not just in the United
States.
A personal preparedness family plan is essential. What will you

need to take with you when you
are told you have 15 minutes to
evacuate? If your home is destroyed, you will need personal papers
and things that have importance
to you.
If you own a pet, you will want
to have a plan for it too. It is not
safe to leave a pet in a car at 40
degrees celsius.
Be proactive - clean debris,
overhanging trees, and shrubs
away from your home.
Some 60 residents in communities without an ESS organization were recruited and
given a one-hour orientation on
the emergency social services that
may be needed by those who have
experienced a disaster. Red Cross
gave a one-hour orientation on
the registration process for
evacuees. The RCMP worked
with volunteers to set up security
both by road and water for these
communities facing evacuations.
Coleen Vaughan and Sally
Pollock are Emergency Social
Services instructors in PEP
Academy. 0

JI support staff attend two
days of workshops
harassment policy. In
plenary sessions,
Florence Tam, Barry
Hawkins, and Larry
Goble gave presentations that focused on the
JI and the upcoming
Left to right: Brenda Pierre, Pat Jensen and
move.
Laurence Hoffman.
In commenting about
the workshops, parsi~ns were extremely useful in
ticipants commented that: "sesterms of moving the JI and coping
sions provided me with a lot of
with that change."
useful tools to use in everyday life
Pat Ross, Dean of Educational
and at work," "content of
Services and Interdisciplinary
Barry Hawkins
workshops directly
Studies, worked with the Adwith Florence
applicable to our work
ministrative
Services Committee
Tam
environment," and "sesto organize the two-day event. 0

In early June, over 50 of the JI's

administrative and technical support staff participated in a series
of workshop sessions on topics
such as resolving workplace conflict, managing change, and the JI

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Bernie Astles retires

New training
institute to
establish
autonomous
policing for First
Nations
communities
by Phil Crosby-Jones

In June, the Social Committee
hosted a retirement party for Bernie Astles - Senior Stockworker
in Finance and Administration
Division for over 14 years.
The retirement party was
held jointly with the annual JI
Barbecue and Bernie's friends
and colleagues were there in force
to bid him farewell and wish him
well as he embarks on a fun-andbusiness mission to promote his
exclusive line of bread bags.

Among the many farewell gifts
Bernie received were a ''buttoned"
hat and a pair of sporty
binoculars, a framed picture of
the JI Jericho cam- pus, and an
engraved pewter mug from
Administration staff. He also
received a colourful T-shirt
signed by all his well wishers.
In return, Bernie delivered a
touching speech which he had
written especially for the occasion. 0

Green Committee Update
by Sherri McLennan

The Green Committee is working
on a proposal to expand our recycling program for our new campus in New Westminster. We
hope to have the facilities to
recycle glass, cans or tins, plastics, and cardboard as well as continuing the paper recycling.
You may have noticed "Power
Smart'' stickers on the light
switches around the JI. These are
just a reminder to turn off lights
in rooms that are not being used.
We have discovered an interesting book titled Working Your Way
to a Green Office, published by Environment Canada. The book includes a "Green Office Checklist."
If you would like a copy of the
checklist, call Ann Grant at local
275 or check the Green Board in

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Blake Hall or MacDo.nald Hall.
Reminders from the Green
Committee: Please use the interoffice envelopes rather than the
9x12 JI envelopes for inter-office
mail. Also, remember that the
pop can recycling bins are for pop
cans only - no coffee cups or
other garbage, please. Remember
that someone from the Green
Committee has to go through
these bins to prepare them for
pick-up. Starting in August the
pop cans will be picked up by representatives of the Burnaby Barracudas Swim and Water Polo
Club. The club will also receive
the proceeds.
Sherri McLennan is the Fire
Academy's representative on the
Green Committee. 0

Tribal Chief Mike Leach of the
Stl'at'imx Nation is hard at work
in the Firearms Instructor's Office at the Police Academy formulating policies and manuals
governing the newly-formed
Aboriginal Nations Training Institute (ANTI).
Recognizing the need to assist
First Nations communities in BC
to achieve a level of police service
comparable to that available in
non-native communities, Mike
developed a proposal to create a
service to help establish autonomous policing for First Nations
communities. The service will
place special emphasis on the
recruitment, selection, and training of individuals responsible for
justice, public safety, and environmental protection in First Nations communities. Training
programs, which may be provided
by the Justice Institute, will include tribal police skills, fire fighting skills, justice services,
fisheries management, and
wildlife protection.
ANTI will be governed by a
Board of Directors drawn from
participating nations, and Mike
hopes to provide facilitating services to First Nations peoples by
acting in a consultative and
project management role.
Mike has a depth of understanding of his people which
exceeds th~t of any other I
have been privileged to meet.
Stop by his office and find out for
yourself.

Phil Crosby-Jones is Director of
the Police Academy. 0

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Notes and Notices
Media Centre productions
win awards
Two Justice Institute of BC video
productions were honoured at
the Canadian Association of
Chiefs of Police conference in
Montreal in August. The production, Critical Incident Stress,
directed by Curt Hunter, received
an Award of Excellence-Gold
and the Award of ExcellenceJudge's Choice. The production,
Choosing the Guardians,
produced by Ingrid Pipke and
directed by Scott Alpen, received
a Certificate of Merit. As Chair
of the Police Video Awards
Canada/Prix Video de la Police
du Canada, Ingrid attended the
conference to make the award
presentations.
The Critical Incident Stress
video also received an Award of
Excellence from the Association
for Media and Technology in
Education in Canada.

Fire Academy pilots recruit
fire fighter program
In early October, the Fire
Academy will deliver a pilot
Firefighter Recruit Program for
fire departments that have people
on an eligibility list and are
hiring. The nine-week recruit ·
program will be conducted at the
JI Fire Academy Fire and Safety
Training Centre in Maple Ridge.
Once tested, this program will be
offered on employment readiness
basis.

JI staff tour New Westminster
heritage homes
In early June, 38 JI staff and
their families participated in a
tour of heritage homes in New
Westminster. This highly successful tour attracted 1500
participants who spent approximately five hours looking at
heritage homes. While walking
and driving between the 15 dis-

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play homes, JI participants in
the tour had an opportunity to
learn about the JI's new ''home
town." Thanks to Debra Dolan
for her efforts to include the JI in
the tour.

IDS revises guide for
medical personnel
Interdisciplinary Studies received
additional funds to revise a guide
for medical personnel on how to
intervene in cases involving
women who have been abused
by their intimate partners. The
guide was initially intended for
family and emergency room
physicians. However, based on
the positive feedback received
from a wide range of health care
providers, the guide has been
retitled, Guide for Medical
and Health Personnel, and has
been revised to meet the needs
of a broader group of professionals.

Government information
now at JI Library
BC government information is
now more available to the public
thanks to the library depository
program which provides the free
distribution of government publications to public and post-secondary libraries. The JI Library will
now automatically receive BC
government publications at no
cost. Most of these documents are
generated by the legislature, and
include first and third reading
bills, statutes, and regulations.
Ministry publications and annual
reports will also be included. The
program had been in a pilot
status for the last three years.
The JI Library became eligible to
participate when Rob Botterall,
BC Information and Privacy
Branch director, announced the
permanent library depository program during Information Rights
Week last April. 0

Spotlight•.. cont'd. from page 3
The transfer of staff who previously worked for the Pacific
Marine Training Institute (see
story, page 2), brought an additional 10.5 full time employees to
the Fire Academy. John Lewis,
John Consiglio, Kevin
Harwood, John McNaught,
Michael McNaught, Walter
Premier, Ken Ruddick, Joseph
Sereda and Mark Smitton will
continue to work the positions
they have held at the Maple Ridge
campus. Present Fire Academy
staff members Dan Murphy and
Melanie Tadla moved their offices to the Fire and Safety Training Centre in July.

Recognition ...
Ingrid Pipke has been named
as a member of the Implementation Committee for the Oppal
Commission report. The Oppal
Commission, which examined
policing in British Columbia, submitted its report to the Attorney
General at the end of July. The
report is due to be released in September. The committee will provide the ''blue print" for the
Attorney General's implementation of the report's recommendations. Police Academy faculty
member, Chris Kennedy, provided research to the Oppal commission, as did former faculty members Darrel Kean, Steve Hess,
Gil Puder, Doug Farenholtz,
and Keith Taylor. Keith was
also a member of the commission's
project management team.
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Registration Office Supervisor,
Debra Dolan, recently attended
the biannual conference of the
Association of Registrars of
Universities and Colleges in .
Canada in Victoria. The conference theme was "Human Performance and Technology." Sessions
included: Freedom of Information
and Protection of Privacy, Building a Learning Organization,
Legal Issues in the Registrar's Office, and Effective Administration
of First Nations Programs. 0

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Hong Kong Ambulance officers train at JI
by Ian Dailly

The Paramedic Academy had the
good fortune to have two Hong
Kong Ambulance officers assigned to training this summer.
Thompson Leung and S.T. Lo
spent July and August participating in a clinical attachment to the
academy and BC Ambulance Service.
The program objectives are to
have Hong Kong ambulance attendants immersed in roles as students, instructors, evaluations,
and clinicians while in BC. Transferring new ideas and skills to
Hong Kong is an important part
of their instructor development as
Hong Kong adopts the academy's
training programs.
For Paramedic Academy staff
and instructors who have been to
Hong Kong, the visit of Thompson
Leung and S.T. Lo provided an opportunity to reciprocate for previous hospitality. I always enjoy
seeing Vancouver through the
eyes of a first time visitor and
being a tourist in my own town.
Both Thompson and S.T.
remarked on Vancouver's clean
air, greenery, large trees, and
lack of traffic. Everyone over
here seemed "very relaxed" compared to Hong Kong. Staying at
the Sands allowed them to jog the
seawall, visit the park, and get a
feel for life in Vancouver.
While at the academy, both officers put in long hours while attending a two-week EMA II
recertification program. This was
followed by even longer hours
when they travelled to Kamloops
for a weekend EMA I program.
Their clinical attachment included working in Pemberton
with Duncan Low, in Chilliwack
with Bill Bailey, and in Surrey
with Doug Weis. All three instructors have taught in Hong
Kong and welcomed the opportunity to have Thompson and S.T.
work and stay with them.
Both officers were very gra-

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Left to right: Jeff Olson, Bob Atkinson and Hong Kong students
Thompson Leung and S. T. Lo.

cious in their praise of the training offered by the academy and
the work being performed by
paramedics in BC. "The responses were very long and terrain
was difficult when we worked in
Pemberton," said Thompson.
''The advanced skills of the ALS
were very impressive when we assisted with the drowning victim
in Chilliwack," noted S.T.
The on-car work was the highlight of the trip for Thompson,
while S.T. commented on what he
had learned culturally while staying in different Canadian homes.
Both officers have young families
which they missed during their
stays.
When I tried to get them to tell
me about any downsides of their
stay they said everything was
positive - although Thompson
said he was developing "potato
phobia" from eating out so often
and S.T. found the hours on the ·
road for EMA I training too long.
We assured them that the instructors worked hard and played
hard when they were off. At this
point both officers regaled me
with tales of going flying in a
small plane and oflanding a 32pound spring salmon while staying with different hosts.
The development of the Hong
Kong Ambulance Service has dif-

fered because of its roots in a discipline service like policing and
fire. ·Both Thompson and S.T. felt
the partnership with the
Paramedic Academy was the best
way to advance the patient care
skills of ambulance attendants in
Hong Kong. ''We are developing
the team approach to patient care
with doctors, nurses, and ambulance attendants working
together like in BC."
We hope to see both of our
visitors return for training or to
visit us at the new campus.

Ian Dailly is Deputy Director of
the Paramedic Academy. 0

Next deadline
for submissions
to the
JI News
is
October 15,

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Move Update
by Barry Hawkins

Work continues on the new
campus: the campus blocks are
nearing completion and visitors
to the site can now see the size
and shape of each component.

Classroom Block
The steel roof structure is
being erected to the north wing,
where the last concrete sections
to the roof in the south wing are
being completed; steel stud partitions are completed in the basement and ready to start on
ground floor; and masonry walls
have been erected in the basement and ground floor.
Office Block
The second floor slab was completed and forming of the 3rd

floor started the first week of
August.

Gymnasium
The structure, roof deck, and
interior steel study work on the
gym main floor have been completed; the roof membrane is
being installed; and face brick
on the exterior has started. In
addition, the basement masonry
block work is 99% completed
and installation of the main
mechanical, plumbing, and
electrical components is well underway.
Sitework
Rough grading for the north
parking area is 90% complete
and electrical, water, and
sanitary site services are well
underway.

North Wing of Classroom Block.

Other
Work on developing furniture
and equipment layouts is
progressing well and resolution of
a purchasing strategy is nearing
completion.
Campus Point of Interest
The Cafeteria eating area will
allow 250 seats. The cafeteria
will provide full service operations including deli counter, salad
bar, short order, coffee bar, cold
beverage island, dessert bar, and
more. In off hours a vending
area will be located near cafeteria.
Barry Hawkins is Project Manager for the JI's new facility. 0

Pacific Rim ... continuedfrom page 2
been contracted by the Hong
Kong Society for Emergency
Medicine and Surgery to help
their physicians deliver Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Provider courses and an
instructors' course at a local
hospital. A two-week CPR
course was also added to the
program.
• Other programs have been
developed with emergency services in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A first response practical
program was delivered to members of their Enforcement Directorate (police, fire, and res-

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cue service), along with a separate two-week basic patient
assessment, airway management, oxygen therapy, spinal
stabilization, suction, and
trauma management. This
course was taught by three
senior Paramedic Academy instructors to 18 Malaysian emergency response personnel.
Without doubt, the opportunities for the JI to move into an expanded international program
are growing.

Larry Goble is President of the
Justice Institute. 0

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