University of Southern California
SUMMER
TROJAN
VOL. XIX
44
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. AUGUST 14, 1968
NO. 14
Photo by Robert Parker
TROJANS KNOW HOW TO ENJOY THE SUMMER „ These were caught on the Catalina Beach
Trojan Will Direct Air Safety Bureau
A distinguished Trojan authority on the science of aerospace accident prevention has been named director of the Bureau of Aviation Safety, largest bureau of the National Transportation Safety Board.
He is C. 0. Miller, who for the last five years has been a member of the staff of the Institute of Aerospace Safety and Management, a pioneer in both aerospace safety and the field of areospace operations management.
An acknowledged exponent of system safety techniques in accident prevention, Miller is the immediate past president of the
Med School Gets $350,000
For Cancer, Heart, Stroke
Funds in excess of $350,000 for coronary care unit training programs have been allocated to the School of Medicine by the California Committee on Regional Medical Programs for heart disease, cancer and stroke, according to a recent announcement by the state committee.
Dr. Donald W. Petit, clinical professor of medicine and director of the Area V Regional Medical Program, described the activities that will be initiated under the operational grant as the training program for physicians and nurses in techniques of coronary care.
Initially, training will be conducted at the Los Angeles Coun-ty-USC Medical Center, which
will be the central training point, and at Good Samaritan and St. Vincent’s Hospitals. Selection of these hospitals by the Area V Cardiac Committee, under the chairmanship of Dr. George C. Griffith, emeritus professor of medicine, was based on the existence of operational programs at each institution that are ready to be expanded, and on their central location. Dr. Petit said that there will be additional community hospitals involved in the training program within a year, according to a planned expansion of the project.
Committee co - chairman Dr. Milford G. Wyman, associate clinical professor of medicine who will be responsible for the
Harvard Prof Gives Crime Statistics
System Safety Society of America.
Representing the newest techniques in accident prevention, the system safety concept has been introduced by Miller into courses which he taught at USC and he has lectured and written extensively on the subject.
Miller has been director of research and lecturer with the Aerospace institute.
In his new position in Washington he will head a 175-man bureau, charged by the act which created it with investigating and advising the board on the causes of all U.S. civil aircraft accidents.
By PAUL STAUDOHAR
“If 31 percent of all murders involve members of the same family, it makes one wonder whether he should worry more about the man coming up from behind him on the street at night —or his own wife,” said Professor Robert Summers in a lecture yesterday.
Dr. Summers spoke at the second in a series of four lectures being presented by the economics department on urban problems.
Dr. Summers, who is a professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania, cited the report of the President’s Crime Commission which estimates that crime costs the nation about $21 billion per year. “This includes costs such as insurance, police forces, locks and maintenance of penal systems, but does not take into account the cost of pain and suffering caused by crime,” said Dr. Summers.
The question was presented of who bears the costs of crime.
“The poor who commit crimes suffer more than the rich. Poor commit crimes, for the most part, against the poor. Crime is intra-racial — Negroes victimize Negroes. Whites victimize whites,” he said.
Dr. Summers speculated what constitutes a crime. “When is a rape a rape? If the boy next door borrows your car without getting permission, is this a crime?” he asked.
Dr. Summers said that the most common form of arrest is drunk-eness. There are fifteen times as many drunks arrested as car thieves. Two-thirds of all rapes are carried out by persons who were previously known to the victim.
He commented upon some ot the anti-riot techniques presently being adopted by police forces. “Such techniques as instant banana peel, mace and armored vehicles might actually increase the likelihood of a riot getting started,” he said.
overall training program, said the nucleus of the co-ordinated coronary care plan for the community will be those physicians who are trained as unit directors.
“Hospitals will be asked to select the one or two doctors on their staff who will be responsible for their respective coronary care units,” Dr. Wyman explained. “These physician - directors will be given an intensive two-week course at one of the training hospitals in the techniques necessary for the operation of coronary care units. Training will include laboratory instruction in such procedures as arterial puncture, pacemaker placement, the detection and management of arrhythmias, and treatment of shock and congestive failure.”
According to Dr. Wyman, the program will be structured so that it can also provide continuing education for another category of physicians. “This second, larger group will include physicians who care for patients with heart attack,” he said. Group II would not require the training in setting up and operating coronary care units, but would be given a refresher course in the anatomy and physiology of the heart in normal and disease states, and instruction in the diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary disorders.
At the County-USC Medical Center and at the other two hospitals selected for initial training programs, nurses from hospitals in Area V will undergo a four-week instruction program in the specific understanding of the circulatory system, heart disease, and the complications associated with the disease and their implications in nursing care. The program will also train nurses in the use of special monitoring devices and electrical equipment utilized in coronary care units.
Dental Profs Visit Honduras to Fix Teeth
The Dental School at the University of Honduras has a new dental clinic thanks to the efforts of five USC faculty members.
The mission to Honduras was initiated by the wife of one of the five dental professors, Mrs. David L. Stevenson. In addition to the organizational genius contributed by the faculty, $30,000 in dental equipment was donated by private groups and individuals, headed by the M. F. Patterson Dental Supply Company.
Members of the mission were: Dr. Bernard Levin, chairman of Prosthodontics; Dr. John Ronnau, assistant chairman of Oral Surgery; Dr. Bernard Gavron, Department of Endodontics: Dr. David Stevenson, Department of Rosthodontics; and Dr. Steve Yokoyama, Department of Prosthodontics.
The entire mission consisted of 24 people — the five dentists, three teachers, a medical lab technician, a registered nurse, a social worker, a dental hygienist, a psychiatrist, and a dental equipment service specialist.
Two dental wives worked as dental assistants and
Mrs. Stevenson directed the entire project. The psychiatrist worked with the head of the neurospychiatric hospital and lectured in the medical school. The dentists lectured to the dental society and while they worked, observations were made by the students.
During their stay, the dentists treated 461 patients and performed services including 783 extractions, 519 resorations, 313 cleanings, 760 X-rays, 357 medical tests, and 45 other miscellaneous procedures.
At the time of the mission, the students and faculty of the Dental School were on strike. The students are very politically active. Since a government decree in 1962, they have had an equal voice in the administration of the school. A difference between the faculty and students over the election of a new faculty member caused the strike.
According to Dr. Ronnau, there isn’t one specialist in oral surgery in Tegucigalpa and probably in all of Honduras. Some patients are coming to Los Angeles to have relatively simple oral surgery. In the entire country the distribution of health care is very
poor. There is much malnutrition. Their attitude toward the mentally retarded is very backward and they provide mostly custodial care.
Dr. Mario Mendoza, director of the Neuropsychiatric Hospital is working closely with the Minister ot Public Health to improve these conditions. A new and modem psychiatric facility is being built near Tegucigalpa which will soon provide better care and treatment.
Although the dental school has modern equipment, the dental education is backward. The equipment is not operating properly due to lack of servicing and parts.
The school has inadequate faculty. The students lack supervision in their work which results in inadequate treatment for the patients and a poor education for the students.
The dentists in the community are trying very hard to improve the school but they are discouraged by the present administration policies.