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On. October: 9, DONALD We PETIT, MD, AREA.V CO-
-ORDINATOR, was:in Washington to~attend the
Fifteenth Meeting of the Drug Reséarch Board,
“National, Research Council,: National: Academy
of Sciences and to. address this: group, at
thefr invitation, on "Possible Contributions -
'o£/RMP in Drug Evaluation." Dr. Petit re-
-.. porta:. "The, Drug Research Board and Dr.
Herbert Ley,..Commissioner-of the Food and
Drug Administration, apparently feel there
te‘ great need for drug ‘evaluation at what
one might’ call "Phase IV level"--a stage at
which some drugs, having received extensive
testing. by animal. andshuman groups--is con-
sidered: ready: for use*by large numbers of
patients. At-this point they ‘are generally
released for-general physician usage. I sug~
gested that RMP, representing a linkage be-
tween the practice of medicine and the medi-
eal school, might provide the means for test~-
ing certain drugs, Lf siich ad need: were rec~
: ognized. by local voluntary planning groups
io@*%, relevant to. the programs, being. developed
_. the attack.on heart, cancer, stroke and
related’ diséeasea.". The Drug Research Board,
4. consultative and:advisory body composed of
some of the foremost experts in the use of
drugs, was.set,up shortly after, the thalido-
mide disaster:.to look.into ways:in which the
government might. be counselled on drug eval--
uation... Dr. Roger. 0.:Egeberg was in attend-
ance for @ portion of the meeting.

 

The ccu continuing ;fdueat ton Newsletter,
which AREA.V.CCU PROGRAM helps to make
available to the community through partial
funding,.1s rapidly becoming a best seller,
reports. GLADYS ANCRUM, Dr. PH (Assistant
Coordinator, CCU Program). Last June 25,
when we sent out a-sample copy with V-MINUTE
NEWS, the Newsletter was being circulated to
about 500 nurses’ who had received basic CCU
treining. To date, around 2,000. requests

. £rom all over the country have been. received

"to be put on, the mailing list and for back

‘csdaaues and. there seems to:be,no.end to the

tl demand. The Newsletter is ‘edited by Robert -
= Gheane,’.MDand:the teaching staff of the

. woronary, Training. ‘Program for Nurses at. Hos-
pital of. the Good Samaritan, and La published
and distributed by the Metropolitan-Hollywood
Division. of L. Ae County Heart Association.

 

A warm welcome to VIVIEN E. WARR, RN, who wn
became Coronary Care Nursing Instructor

}-£or the AREA-V-CCU PROGRAM on October 13.

Before joining’ ‘RMP,’ Miss Warr was Assistant

. Head Nurse ofthe CCU's at Little Company

'-o£ Mary Hospital. and,:.most * recently, at

South Bay Fospital. 2 :

KAY D. FULLER; RN reports ‘thé San Fernando
Valley Conference on Community Health Re-
Aourcea will present: a film entitled "Tell
"Where To Turn" which explores the problem
of getting those in need in touch with the
available community resources for appropriate

- assiatance, Also a panel will attempt to an-

© gwer the question "How do I find a health care
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Detoner 26, 1969

THIS: 18, WHAT HAPPENED In “AREA Vv LAST WEEK res

The nine California projects reviewed on

«- October 13 and 14 by the _DRMP Site Team

“included:

AREA V ~ Emergency Myocardial In-

a farction Unit and Pacemaker
Registry.

AREA IIIT - San. Joaquin Multiphasic, and
Pretransfusion Training.

AREA VI.. - Perinatal Monitoring.

AREA IV: ~, Medical Library Service.

AREA T ~ Patient Monitoring System, ....
and Medical: Oncology. .

AREA VII - Hyperlipidemia Screening. |

Appearing on behalf of AREA V's Emergency
M. I. Unit was Russell C. Hunter, MD,
Medical Director of the. City of Pasadena
Emergency Center; speaking for the Pace~
maker Registry waa its author, Michael
Biliteh, MD, Instructor in Medicine,
Cardiology, USC; representing the L. A.
County Heart Association and AREA V CAR~
DIAC COMMITTEE for both projects was
IRWIN HOFFMAN, MD. Also present were
AREA.V STAFF: DONALD W. PETIT, MD, Area
Coordinator; WILLIAM A, MARKEY, Deputy
Coordinator, KAY D. FULLER, RN, Nursing;
DOROTHY E. ANDERSON, MPH, Community Pro-
grams and JOHN S. LLOYD, Ph.D., Evaluation.

The Site Team for this review was composed
of: Philip T. White, MD, Professor and
Chairman, Dept. of Neurology, Marquette
University; Robert.Carpenter, MD, Execu-
tive Director, Western Pennsylvania RMP,
Pittsburgh; J, Francis Dammann, MD, Pro-
fessor of Pediatrics and Biomedical. ,
Engineering, U of Virginia; Ernest Le
Hopkins, MD, Associate, Professor. of...

‘obstetrics-Gynocology, Howard University;

Anthony L. Komaroff, MD and Mrs. Jessie
Salazar were present, for DRMP Staff. ,.4

 

Even before advantage could be taken of
the arrangement with Dean Paul A. Bloland,

_ Dean of Students at USC for special tuter-

ing in high school chemistry for the
Mexican American students who are candi-

_ dates for the LAC-USC Medical Center, School

of Nursing, other offers have been re-
ceived from these fine people: Mrs. Nancy

_Bilitch (wife of Dr. Michael Bilitch, .

Author of AREA V's Pacemaker Project);
Art Hernandez. (3rd year. medical student
and until recently, a Community Consultant

with the Fast Los Angeles Project); and.

Bernard Haber, Ph.D.. (Research Scientist,
City of Hope}. Many thanks for these offers
of help and algo to..Dave Buckles,, Project
Field Coordinator, Department of Community
Medicine at USC, who,,has been most; helpful
in this quest.

the forthcoming RMP-East Los Angeles Conmun-

ity Health Workshop was discussed over TV on
Oct. 13, when Carmen Guzman, Community Con-
sultant for the project, appeared on the
Carmen de la Vegas Show, over KMEX Channel
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. November 7 ‘November 21 December 5 December 19

- SPECIAL MEETINGS -

 

November 21° Conference on Community Health Resources ~ Sportsman's Lodge
November 22). RMP-East Loa Angeles Community Health Workshop (second session)

  

ATTENTION

Alz Registered Nurses; seutreat ly Licensed, preferably, in ccu ‘and Icu
or previously trained in these fields.

  

The following continuing education courses are open for you from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
‘in the Auditorium of the Hospital of the Good Samaritan Center, 632 South Lucas,
Los: Angeles: . 4 .

Oetober 23. '\Pacemakera and Junetionel Rhythn ~ Richard Coaby, M.D.

November 6: -5 * “Aberrant Ventricular Conduction Associated mers Arrhythmias - - :
et “"-"Trwin Hoffman, M.D. :
November 20° Ventricular Arrhythmias ~ Milford Wyman, M.D, . :
Becember 4 , _ Arrhythmia Workshop ~ Robert B. Cheane, M.D., Earl Harrison, M.D.,
. William Zimmerman, M.D.
: December 16 . Arrhythmia Workshop - Robert B. Cheane, M.D., Earl Harrison, M,D.,
: : William Zimmerman; M. dD
January 8 Myocardial Infaretion,: Bundle Branch Block, Axis Deviation -
. Robert B. Chesne, M.D.
February 5 : Digitalis -« Robert B. Chesne, MAD.
February 19 Shock Therapy - Herbert Shubin, M.D.
March 5 Quinidine, Pronestyl, Lidocaine, Bretyllium, Dilantin, Dopamine =
Howard Allen, M.D,
March 19 Adrenergic Drugs « Willard Zinn, M.D.
April 2 Diuretics, Acid Base Balance, Hyperkalemfa - Robert B. Cheane, M.D.

April 16 The Heart As A Pump ~ Eugene J, Ellis, M.D.