SSUNLIFEUNLIFE Volume 55 Number 14 | April 6, 2010 DDIRECTIRECT BBILLINGILLING Have yourr claimclaaim back instantly!instantly! Proud to serve our community Just 3 minutes from the Base. MARPAC NEWS CFB Esquimalt, Victoria, B.C. Esquimalt Plaza, 1153 Esquimalt Rd. YearYear ofof thethe CanadianCanadian NavalNaval CentennialCentennial 250-388-6451 EEasierasier hhealthealth ttracking...racking... ppgg 3 BBusinessesusinesses sshowhow ssupport...upport... ppgg 6 MMeritoriouseritorious SServiceervice SSailor-brationailor-bration MMedals...edals... ppgg 9 AAlele Shelley Lipke, Lookout The navy on the Pacific Coast now has its own ale to quench the thirst of sailors. Cmdre Ron Lloyd, Commander Canadian Fleet Pacific, and Jim Dodds, General Manager of Vancouver Island Brewery, prepare to crack open a bottle of Sea Dog Amber Ale, which was created to celebrate the Canadian Naval Centennial. See the story on page 2. FREE Online Home Search! 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Four months later, Sea Dog Amber Ale was devel- oped, bottled, packaged and distributed. Last week it officially launched at the Pacific Fleet Club and is now Go blue. available in government and private liquor stores, It’s the right thing to do. bars and pubs throughout Vancouver Island and the We’re so committed to the environment that, at times, we’ve loaded our recyclables lower mainland. in oversized containers. But we’ve heard that lifting oversized containers has become “We are very proud of an occupational health and safety issue for the people who pick them up. the navy when it comes to their 100-year commit- So now we use only recognized blue boxes and blue bags for our recycling. It’s the ment of protecting our right thing to do for the environment. And for the people who work every day to waters and our sovereign- make it better. ty,” said Jim Dodds, gen- www.crd.bc.ca/bluebox eral manager of Vancouver Find CRD Blue Box sales locations at Island Brewery. “I think it’s a good fit between www.crd.bc.ca the Pacific naval base and Shelley Lipke, Lookout Vancouver Island Brewery Jim Dodds, General Manager of Vancouver Island right here on the Island. Brewery, is delighted to be involved in the Naval We are certainly proud to Centennial with a beer that was created for the be a part of this with Sea sailors of the Canadian Navy. Dog beer.” IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO The creation of the brew Centennial sticker. Sea who would carry it and began wiwitht a trip to CFB Dog is a deep amber ale it seemed everyone had EEsquimaltsquimalt to learn naval with a floral hop aroma a brother, uncle, grand- llingoingo anandd to generate a and full malt flavour. father or family member bbrand.rand. Handcrafted using choco- who was in the navy,” said TTESTEST OOURUR MMETALETAL “S“Seaea DogDo came up as a late and crystal malts and Dodds. nname,ame, memeaning an expe- a signature blend of hops, “To become an official FRI, APRIL 9 - SAT APRIL 10, 2010 rriencedienced sasailor, and every- these natural ingredients title beer of this event and bbodyody lovlovede it,” said Dodds. are fermented and cellared its related celebrations is ““ForFor the individual sailor at low temperatures to an honour,” he adds. Rides are scheduled to commence this beer ggives them some- produce a unique smooth at 10am and will finish by 4pm thing to hang their hat finish. on.” While Dodds was in the The label incorporates community promoting the navy blue, a burly sailor beer to pubs and stores, he overlooking a Canadian was amazed at the many frigate sailing the Strait links to the navy. of Juan de Fuca with the “I never realized how Olympic mountains on many people were associ- the horizon. ated with the navy until Each six pack of Sea I got involved with this Dog Amber Ale comes beer. I started talking to with a Canadian Naval the reps and individuals TTEMEEME SSeasonaleasonal OOilil CChangehange April 15 • 7:30am-3pm • Bldg 1127 Work Point For base employees and their families Oil change + 25 pt check: $25 Second car: $20 Tire change/balance $20 ® MealM included: Pancake breakfast, eggs, Steve Drane Harley-Davidson totoast 7-11am. Burgers 11am-3pm. 29402940 EdEd NixonNixon TerraceTerrace CarC wash: only $6 (+ meal add $4) OffOff thetht WestW t ShoreSh Pkwy,Pk 50/50 draw at 3pm just south of Goldstream Park. Bring your own oil/fi lter. No parts will be provided by TEME workshop. Appointments NLT April 9: MCpl Durston, 363-0948. April 6, 2010 LOOKOUT • 3 HHMCSMCS CalgaryCalgary ppilotsilots eelectroniclectronic VOTED VICTORIA’S BEST VIETNAMESE MENU VIET Ken & Shelley NAM welcome hhealthealth rrecordsecords ttrackingracking ssystemystem you to their new location Shelley Lipke Garden Staff writer RESTAURANT An electronic health 524 Admirals Road 250-384-3033 records system originally created for Canadian Forces Health Services land-based use is now being extended to the navy. During Operation Podium in February and March, HMCS Calgary was the first warship to trial the Canadian Forces Health Information System (CFHIS). “It’s faster to use and is more Victoria, BC organized than the paper chart system,” says Calgary’s medical officer, Lt(N) Helen Michelle Milljour, BA Donna Milljour, RRS Kwan. Located in the ship’s sick Your Relocation Realtors bay, this secure system pro- vides users instant electronic 1-800-665-5303 250-384-8124 access to information on patient’s past care. www.milljourhomes.com “It allows records to be shared by multiple care pro- [email protected] [email protected] viders. It can tell what medica- tion and previous treatments were issued for the patients at other care locations and this system makes follow-up care much easier,” explains Lt(N) Kwan. Shelley Lipke, Lookout In the past, paper charts Medical technician Cpl Marie-Pierre Gariepy looks through paper medical were the only patient record charts that will soon be obsolete with the new electronic Canadian Forces tracking system used through- out the Canadian Forces, but Health Information System (CFHIS). HMCS Calgary was the first ship to trial it posed many problems this system, which has been used in land-based clinics since 2002. for health care profession- he says. “The physicians at the said Dr Saunders. Petawawa’s but at sea we had a prob- als. Information was missing clinic are quite happy now installation of this system has lem with slow connections from patient’s records and with the improved access to been delayed. and the scanner not working when members were posted clinical charts, and we no lon- The system allows more properly. It’s slower to bring their charts were shipped ger use the member’s paper than 2,500 Canadian Forces up the records at sea because separately, and often delayed. charts except in exceptional medical and dental profes- of the satellite connection Members on temporary duty circumstances.” sionals to securely share infor- and the ship’s bandwidth,” or on attach postings would The Health Information mation and coordinate care she adds. sometimes be deployed System provides a desktop for 117,000 entitled Regular Since Calgary returned without their records. If they picture of a member’s medi- and Reserve Force personnel. from Op Podium they have required care the clinician cal chart with demograph- “Once we used it at the been working with commu- treating them had no knowl- ics, personal information, clinic it became imperative nication technicians to make edge of their past medical past history and x-ray/labora- to get it on the ships,” says Dr the system faster and are con- history. tory results just like the paper Saunders. ducting further tests to make The CFHIS was initially chart, and new records are On Calgary it worked well, it more efficient. launched in 2002 and the scanned into the system to but required lots of patience The plan for the navy is to base clinic at CFB Esquimalt keep it current. when the ship was away from install the system in all ships. was one of the early pilot sites “The CFHIS allows access shore. The next step for CFHIS that began using it. to member’s medical files “We first tried the system will be direct data entry Dr Gary Saunders, Deputy around the world and is alongside before Op Podium to replace the need for Base Surgeon at the CF Health already being used in three with the fibre optic system scanning. A trial conducted Services Centre (Pacific), has locations in Europe and Asia for ship-to-shore LAN access,” in Kingston last fall was con- Ask about our worked with it for four years. and at 38 of the 39 land- said Lt(N) Kwan. “During sidered successful, so other Military “Before it was hard to pro- based Canadian Forces Health this testing it was as fast as it bases across Canada are Discount vide good care and continuity Service Clinics in Canada,” would be at the base hospital, awaiting this next step.