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Pacific Northwest s record-smashing heat wave primes wildfire, buckles roads; health toll not yet known

Pacific Northwest s record-smashing heat wave primes wildfire, buckles roads; health toll not yet known
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Doing its part

HERMISTON — As rising COVID-19 numbers spark worry about hospital capacity in Oregon, the ability to quickly move patients between hospitals has been an important part of planning for surges. In 2020, Life Flight Network transported about 600 confirmed COVID-19 patients across its service region, which covers the Pacific Northwest and part of western Montana. A press release from the “largest not-for-profit air transport service in the United States” stated in total it used full COVID-19 protocols in about 1,300 transports where patients had COVID-19 symptoms. Tim Beard, one of the flight nurses who cares for patients as they’re being transported via plane or helicopter, said in some ways his job is the same as it has always been: transport critically ill patients. But while flight nurses always have worn surgical masks around patients with flu-like symptoms, they now wear N-95 masks with all patients and a head-to-toe set of personal protective equipment when t

Life Flight Network keeps patients moving during pandemic

HERMISTON — As rising COVID-19 numbers spark worry about hospital capacity in Oregon, the ability to quickly move patients between hospitals has been an important part of planning for surges. In 2020, Life Flight Network transported about 600 confirmed COVID-19 patients across its service region, which covers the Pacific Northwest and part of Western Montana. A news release from the “largest not-for-profit air transport service in the United States” stated in total it used full COVID-19 protocols in about 1,300 transports where patients had COVID-19 symptoms. Tim Beard, one of the flight nurses who cares for patients as they’re being transported via plane or helicopter, said in some ways, his job is the same as it has always been: transport critically ill patients. But while flight nurses have always worn surgical masks around patients with flu-like symptoms, they now wear N-95 masks with all patients and a head-to-toe set of personal protective equipment when t

The Dalles Salvation Army pantry full after community response

Volunteer Henry Warth, left, loads bags of food into a car as Salvation Army The Dalles Corp business manager Kris Harmon talks with the driver at their food pantry downtown The Dalles. The number of people seeking food assistance has grown significantly since the beginning of the pandemic in March, even as traditional forms of fundraising and food drives drop off. Mark B. Gibson photo “Salvation Army Pantry is full.” So read the subject line of an email sent to supporters of the Community Meal program in The Dalles Dec. 7 by Chris Zukin, who helps organize the volunteers who work to provide a free hot meal to those in need and is a member of the Salvation Army The Dalles Corps board.

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