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Officials in Shelby County said Tuesday, a Harlan man was arrested on July 4th as he was caught trying to ride a bike while allegedly intoxicated. The Harlan PD says 32-year old Ian Leib was arrested after officers were called to the area of 4th and Hill Streets. Leib faces an enhanced charge of public intoxication. He was brought to the Shelby County Jail where he bond was set at $1,000. Leib’s preliminary hearing was set for July 25th.
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A Des Moines hospital is now putting units of blood and plasma on every flight of its rescue helicopter. Iowa Methodist Medical Center “Life Flight” program manager, Michael Zweigart, says they decided to take O-negative blood and A-B-plasma after seeing a need. “Often we would see patients that needed either product or both, and it was not readily available at referring facilities, or ready in a time-efficient manner. Or we would do scene flights where obviously there no resources out on the highway, we have to bring the resources to them,” Zweigart says. He talked about the move while standing on the rooftop landing deck — saying it’s a groundbreaking move for the state.
“We’ll be the only aircraft in Iowa carrying the blood products on every mission,” Zweigart says. “Other aircraft may have the capabilities of doing it as needed. We’re going to be able to provide them every mission — have it available with us — so if we get somewhere and recognize it is needed, we already have it with us.” Trauma surgeon, Richard Sidwell, says the blood products will give patients a better chance to get back to the hospital where he can treat them.
“It’s important because, people are bleeding blood. And the sooner that we are able to replace blood, the sooner that we are able to replace clotting factors, the better it is for the injured person,” Sidwell explains. “And so, if that can start at the scene, then that gives them a head start on the care that they would receive at the hospital.” It seems like a simple idea to add the blood products to the helicopters, but Dr. Sidwell says it is part of the evolution in treatment of trauma patients.
“That’s one of the lessons that we’ve learned in trauma care over the last 10 years — is how important it is for the severely injured people to get that blood and clotting factor early. And so, it’s really only the last couple of years that it’s been something that we’ve focused on in the hospital,” Sidwell says. “So, it’s really taking the cutting edge care from the hospital and pushing it into the pre-hospital environment.” There is more to adding the blood to the flights than just loading it into the copter.
“It has to be kept stored properly…blood and blood products have a shelf life. And that’s all part of the program, sorting out the policies and the procedures. And we have to conform to all of the blood bank policies, so it’s just the same in the pre-hospital environment as it is in the hospital environment,” Sidwell explains. Zweigart had to work out some of the details to transport the blood products.
“There was actually a lot that went into it, it’s a very highly regulated aspect. We’re actually going to become an extension of the blood bank of Methodist Medical Center,” Zweigart says. “So we have a fridge and freezer on our helipad now that are exactly like the ones that they have in the blood bank. And we will have the units available to walk right out the door with us.”
Iowa Methodist’s helicopter covers roughly one third of Iowa’s counties. Zweigart says there are a few other helicopter services in the Midwest that provide the blood products on each call, and he expects that to eventually become the standard practice.
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330 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2013
EARLY THIS MORNING…PARTLY CLOUDY. NORTH WIND 5 TO 15 MPH.
TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. NOT AS WARM. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW AROUND 60. EAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.
THURSDAY…MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH.
FRIDAY…PARTLY SUNNY. BREEZY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTH WIND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY…PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGH AROUND 90.
Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Secretary of State’s Office will rewrite its new voter registration form after complaints that it could confuse people and prompt them not to register. Secretary of state legal counsel Charlie Smithson says his office agreed with concerns raised by the American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa. The ACLU had argued the new form gave the impression registrants must provide a driver’s license or identification card number and their Social Security card in order to register. State law actually requires a Social Security number only if registrants don’t have a state-issued identification.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Waterloo police and firefighters were trying to recover a body spotted floating in the Cedar River. Police say someone noticed the body about 3 p.m. yesterday in the river near an asphalt plant. Authorities were trying to remove the body. Police say the body is that of an adult.
DAYTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man in north central Iowa has died after becoming trapped in a grain bin yesterday afternoon near Dayton. Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Rod Strait says some corn was being removed from the bin when the man became stuck. His identity hasn’t been released. An autopsy is scheduled today.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Department of Public Safety says it is conducting an internal investigation into the actions of two on-duty state troopers involved in an April 26 speeding incident with the vehicle transporting Governor Terry Branstad. It’s separate from a disciplinary investigation into Division of Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Larry Hedlund, who was also involved in the April 26 incident. The department will release more information after the investigations are completed.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have traded struggling reliever Mitchell Boggs to Colorado for the Rockies’ international signing bonus slot No. 4. Boggs was 0-3 with an 11.05 ERA in 18 games for the Cardinals this season. He was demoted to Triple-A Memphis, where he went 0-2 with a 5.70 ERA in 18 games.
The 29-year-old right-hander went 13-15 with a 4.15 ERA in 232 games for St. Louis from 2008-13. He was a member of the Cardinals’ 2011 World Series championship team and went 4-1 with a 2.21 ERA in 78 relief appearances last year.
St. Louis also released veteran infielder Ty Wigginton and selected the contract of catcher Rob Johnson from Memphis.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adam Wainwright picked up his National League-tying 12th win with seven scoreless innings and Matt Holliday hit his team-high 13th home run to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 9-5 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night. Matt Carpenter had three hits and drove in three runs for St. Louis, which has won four in a row and five of six. Houston dropped its ninth in the last 11 and leads the majors with 58 losses.
Wainwright (12-5) allowed five hits, struck out nine and walked one in improving to 13-1 in 15 career starts against Houston. He is tied with Washington’s Jordan Zimmermann (12-3) for most wins in the NL. The Cardinals battered former nemesis Bud Norris (6-8) for seven runs and 11 hits in five innings. Norris entered the game with an 8-5 mark and a 2.74 ERA against St. Louis.