Updates to SANE listing Editor's Note: The following updates have been received to supplement the list of Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner programs that appeared in the October Journal (J Emerg Nurs i996;22:460-5).

MICHIGAN YWCA Nurse Examine r Program YWCA 25 Sheldon Blvd., SE Grand Rapids , MI 49503 Contac t : Chr i s Dunnick , RN, MSN, a n d L i n d a Rossman, RNC, MSN (616) 459-7062, ext. 285

NEW HAMPSHIRFf~RMONT The NH/VT Sexual Assau l t Nurse Examine r P rogram P.O. Box 1571 Claremont , NH 03743 Contact : Jenn i fe r Tremblay, RN, CEN, SAN (603) 542~1822 (603) 675-5809

OHIO SANE Blanchard Valley Regional Hea l th Center E m e r g e n c y D e p a r t m e n t 145 W. Wal lace St. Findlay, OH 45840 Contact : J e a n Borkosky, RN, BS, CEN, SANE or Barbara Cramer, RN, SANE (419) 423-5206

TEXAS SANE Program Columbia/St . David ' s Hea l th Care S y s t e m 911 E. 32nd St. Aust in , TX 78705 Contact : Kit T h o m p s o n (512) 397-4240

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Sexual Assau l t Nurse Examine r s Program

St. E l izabe th Hospi ta l

2830 Calder Ave.

Beaumont , TX 77706

Contact : Shei la DeVaugh, RN, SANE

(409) 899-7000

VIRGINIA Forens i c Nurse Examine r s of St. Mary ' s Hospi ta l

5801 Bremo Rd.

Richmond, VA 23226

Contact : S tacy Lasseter , RN, MSN, SANE

(804) 281-8574

More on life after life

Dear Editor: I w a s in t r igued by the Impres s ions article, "Life

After Life and Who Has M y Glasses?" (J E m e r g Nurs

1996;22:472-3). I would like to know w h a t t ime of year

th is i n c i d e n t occur red a n d w h a t the core t e m p e r a -

ture of t he p a t i e n t w a s on arrival a t the e m e r g e n c y

d e p a r t m e n t . Based on the cl inical p r e s e n t a t i o n and

r e s p o n s e to t r ea tmen t , th is s o u n d s like a typ ica l

h y p o t h e r m i c a r res t w i th an unusua l ly (but not mirac-

ulously) good outcome. R e m e m b e r the b a s i c rule of

hypo the rmia : t hey are not d e a d unti l t hey are w a r m

and dead.--Frank Jaworski, RN, BSN, CEN, Temple,

Texas

Reply

A d iagnos i s of h y p o t h e r m i a is an i n t e r e s t i ng the-

ory b a s e d on the informat ion g iven in the article.

However , J ed ' s a r res t w a s pure ly cardiac . J ed suf-

fered his ca rd iac ar res t whi le s i t t ing in a recl iner

w a t c h i n g te levis ion. He h a d a long ca rd iac history,

i nc lud ing severa l b y p a s s surger ies . I do not have a

copy of J ed ' s char t and canno t recall his core t emper -

ature, bu t I do not r e m e m b e r it b e i n g low.--Carol Cramer, RN, BSN, CEN, Centerville, Utah

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