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Heather Sexton, right, is rescued from the Kern River along with friend Alyssa Gors during a tubing trip down the river.
Stay out: River rescue leads to lessons learned BY MYRIAM VALDEZ Community contributor
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ne recent summer, Heather Sexton almost died. Sexton, in her 20s, was enjoying her summer vacation with her friend Alyssa Gors, and a ride down the river sounded like the perfect summer activity. In the early evening, Heather arrived at the Kern River having just purchased some individual tubes. She had filled them up with air, but noticed they were a bit smaller than the tubes she previously would use to go down the river. Not dwelling on the smaller tubes or worrying about a life vest and safety helmets, Heather and Alyssa walked to the top of the river, entering under a bridge nearby a rapid. Accompanied by three other friends, the group was not particularly afraid of entering the water near such rapid waters, having ridden down the river in several instances before in the same manner.
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However, on this day, the Kern River was ready to claim its next victim. The waters quickly separated the five rafters. Without the necessary safety gear and rafting floatation devices, Heather was pulled away from her friends. Nearby, Alyssa was also struggling. They crashed into a tree and took the opportunity to hold on to one of its branches. Not far, the waters rushed over dangerous rigid rocks. The only way to get out of the river was to swim across those rocks, but Heather knew to stay put. “I just kept repeating to myself, ‘Don’t move’,” said Heather. “I started wondering if anyone was going to be able to help us.” Heather didn’t let her surroundings get the best of her. “It didn’t cross my mind that this might be the end because I was determined to stay put. I was absolutely not going to risk putting myself in danger by trying anything,” she said. Please turn to RESCUE / 2
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he name for a new program that will bring four iPads to the Chain Cohn Stiles Intensive Care Unit, Grossman Burn Center at San Joaquin Community Hospital came about naturally. The “Keeping Survivors Connected iPad program” is meant to do just that — enable burn survivors and their loved ones to maintain connections to their family, friends, co-workers, and others while they undergo treatment. Thanks to the joint efforts of the Bakersfield Firefighters Burn Foundation and Chevrolet Limited of Bakersfield, burn survivors and their families will have full use of an iPad, and all the connections the device can
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offer throughout their stay at the burn center. “As we’ve seen, if there is a child here in the burn unit, one or both of the parents are with them 24/7, as any parent would be,” said Trever Martinusen, a captain with the Bakersfield Fire Department and the executive director of the Bakersfield Firefighters Burn Foundation. “Having these iPads here allows those parents and the patients to use Skype or email, whatever they want, to stay in touch with their other children and family members.” Of course, burn patients of all ages are also free to use the iPads for entertainment, education and keeping in touch with classmates and teachers. Please turn to IPADS / 2
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term. In partnership with his father, De Boer milks 6,000 cows on two dairies. They also grow alfalfa, winter wheat and corn on the farm’s 3,500 acres. De Boer has served on the Farmers group’s Western Area Council since its formation, is chairman of the area’s marketing and transportation committee and is a member of the
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Perhaps most importantly, the iPads can provide distraction. In fact, each of the four iPads will be equipped with waterproof cases that can withstand use in the inpatient burn unit’s hydrotherapy room. “If these iPads can be a diversion tool while a patient is undergoing treatment that could be painful, then we are happy to provide those tools,” Martinusen said. The Bakersfield Firefighters Burn Foundation partnered with Chevrolet Limited of Bakersfield — a local car club that started as a social organization but expanded into supporting several charities — for funding the Keeping Burn Survivors Connected Program. The club has teamed up with the foundation for the last 13 years. “The Bakersfield Firefighters Burn Foundation does the barbecue at our annual car show, so the support goes both ways,” said Ralph Renz, vice president of Chevrolet Limited of Bakersfield. “One of our members presented the idea of making a $2,000 donation that would provide iPads to the inpatient unit at the Grossman Burn Center at SJCH and we thought it was a great idea because with our grandkids, we see how reliant society, and especially kids, has become on technology. Hopefully, it can help make
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At this point, Heather had let go of her tube. Alyssa had lost hers earlier, and all they had left was the tree branch to hold on to. With the sun setting in a couple hours, Heather knew she was running out of time and energy. “I wasn't sure if anyone would be able to see us,” she recalls. A while later, Heather noticed a group of rafters coming down the Heather Sexton river. Heather and Alyssa waved to the rafters and asked them to call search and rescue. However, Heather was disconcerted as they didn’t seem too concerned with their struggle. “They must have been regular rafters because they didn't seem surprised that we needed help,” said Heather. Fortunately for Heather and
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This article first appeared in Bakersfield Wellness Magazine, bWell. For more on local health and wellness, go to bwellmagazine.com, or find us on Facebook and Twitter (@BWellMag).
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