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ES REGION SUNDAY. JULY 4, 1993 THE HOME NEWS Unique chore Electric shock device! use by rescue squads offers Japanese Christian haven may help save lives f. w- 2L- i 7 I l-f i I 1 i I it tf 'iWi-r'-s'. By JEFF SCHLEGEL Home News staff writer SOUTH BRUNSWICK It's not a church with roots. With its transient membership, it probably never will be.

Other than an occasional marriage, baptism or funeral, most families won't celebrate their religious rites of passage here. But the Princeton Japanese Church, located in the township's Monmouth Junction section, provides a much-needed spiritual and social home for Japanese citizens temporarily living in this country for reasons of work or education. "We call this a 'sending' church because we share fellowship with people before we send them somewhere else. It's difficult to build a spirit of community," said the Rev. Junichi Saigo, pastor at the Princeton Japanese Church.

Saigo's church is part of the Princeton Alliance Church, a modest, low-lying stone-and-mortar structure on Route 1 between Raymond and Ridge roads. The Princeton Alliance Church which has been at its present location since 1983 is an inter-dominational mixture of Protestant faiths, mainly Methodist and Presbyterian. The Japanese church, formed in October 1991, is a "separate church working together in many ways with the Princeton Alliance Church," Saigo explained. Saigo said his congregation is the only Christian Japanese church in Central and southern New Jersey. Dressed casually one afternoon last week in blue slacks, a blue-striped short-sleeved shirt and Reeboks, Saigo said that there are probably five Protestant Japanese churches in northern New Jersey and perhaps some informal Catholic groups.

There's also a Japanese church in Philadelphia. He said the 1990 Census showed almost 45,000 Japanese living in the New York metropolitan area, but he's not sure how many live in Central New Jersey, an area he de fines as tying in a radius of about a 40-minute drive from the church; it's that area he considers his membership base. 'The majority of them are Japanese businessmen and their families," Saigo said. Based on family enrollment in the nearby Princeton Community Japanese Language School, Saigo estimates there are roughly 700 Japanese living within the area. Saigo said that about 20 to 25 people attend each Sunday morning service.

"The problem is that most people are transients; these are people going to and from Japan. They're here three or four years, then they're gone," Saigo noted, while adding that the church hopes to formalize its membership base within a few months. Finding adherents might be difficult, because most Japanese practice Shintoism (which entails the worship of many gods, as well as ancestors) and Buddhism. Christianity is practiced by a very small minority of Japanese. "As a Japanese church, we're trying to be as interdenominational as possible.

We must focus on the wider perspective of God's kingdom," said Saigo, who came to this country 11 years ago to further his religious training. He received his master of theology degree from Princeton Theological Seminary and is pursuing his doctorate, specializing in the Old Testament, at Drew University. His education is in both Methodism and Presbyter-ianism. Saigo said the church's goal is to serve the community and provide a bridge between the Japanese and American cultures. Last month, the church held its first Japanese cultural fair, showcasing Japanese clothing, dance, calligraphy, crafts and food.

Proceeds went to charity. "It was a success; people want us to do it again next year," Saigo said proudly. This falCthe church plans to host its second Japanese-American Marc AscherThe Home News The Rev. Junichi Saigo is pastor of the Princeton Japanese Church in the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. To sign up, squad members already be certified emergency me-, dical technicians and authorized to administer cardiopulmonary resus- citation or CPR, Within a year, Goerlich said, the hospital is hoping to have several, hundred EMT-Ds, short for emef-' gency medical technicians trained in defibrillation.

There are about 25 rescue squads in Middlesex Couri-' ty. And although current regula tions do not allow it, Goerlich efforts are afoot to allow police de- -partments with trained EMTs toT-have the machines on hand. Goerlich said the special training isn't intended to replace paramed--ics, who still have more medical authority than first aid squads. Pa-, ramedics, for instance, are author-- ized to hook up patients to intra-' venous medications. But EMT-Ds can now administer shock treatment if they arrive on the scene first.

"Studies have shown that the earlier a person is;" shocked, the better the chances of surviving," Goerlich said. Goerlich said the equipment is used only if the patient has stopped breathing and has no pulse. It is not used on children or weighing less than 90 pounds. The machine actually tells the -EMT-D whether to perform shock treatment, which is administered by pressing a button. The semiautomatic machine then instructs -the rescue member to check the -patient's pulse.

If the pulse returned, the entire sequence is re- peated. Time of the essence Goerlich said local first aid squads have had occasion to use the defibrillators four times since the first training session in April. Unfortunately, none of the four pa- tients survived. But Goerlich said '1 the majority of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital -don't make it because the CPR or -defibrillation is administered to late. "The only way to decrease this is to shock people as quickly as possi- -ble," he said.

Though EMT-Ds are expected to increase survival ratings, the cost to the patient will remain the same despite the fact that first aid squads unlike paramedics do' not charge for their services. Goer-" lich said some paramedic crews are starting to bill by but most still charge a flat rate' And even with the advent of EMT' Ds, paramedics will still be re- sponding to all cardiac calls and charging patients accordingly. By REGINA McENERY Home News staff writer PISCATAWAY Heart attack victims whose fate may be determined in a matter of seconds represent the toughest emergency calls answered by the busy River Road Rescue Squad in Piscataway. But the all-volunteer squad, one of three in this sprawling township, is hoping to increase the survival odds for heart attack victims through a new program that allows technicians to use portable defibrillators to assess a patient's condition and even administer on-the-scene shock treatment. Previously, only trained paramedics, physicians and nurses were authorized to provide this emergency care, according to squad Captain Paul La Fata.

The machine, which the squad bought for $5,600, analyzes cardiac rhythms, then verbally instructs the squad members to shock the patient if needed. Defibrillators work to restore normal heart rhythm by jolting patients with electrodes placed over the heart. Members get training Thus far, five volunteers from the 32-person squad have undergone the special training, said La Fata. Since then, the rescue has had an opportunity to use the equipment once. The patient, a man, did not survive, but La Fata said the survival odds are still better when the volunteers use the equipment.

It typically takes the local River Road squad 5 to 6 minutes to reach the emergency scene compared to paramedics, who take 6 to 10 minutes. "Ninety percent of the time we are there before the paramedics. When a person is not getting oxygen, every second counts," said La Fata. The training sessions are given in Middlesex County at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, one of three paramedic sites in the county. The others are at John F.

Kennedy Medical Center in Edison and Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy. According to William Goerlich, director of the hospital's emergency medical services and trauma education department, 46 rescue squad members from New Brunswick, Jamesburg, Piscataway, Plainsboro and Old Bridge have undergone the 8-hour training, with plans for another course to begin this month. Businessmen Dinner at the Rama-da Hotel in Princeton, with George Gallup Jr. of Gallup Poll fame as the expected speaker. "Trade and business are focused on because this a contact point between our two people.

Obviously this area is very important to relations," Saigo said. The church also holds English as a Second Language classes. According to Saigo, the Japanese church usually has separate Japanese language services in a simple, unadorned windowless room in the church between 9:30 and 10:30 Sunday mornings. Between the 11 a.m. and noon English-language service, time is offered for refreshments and fellowship between the different churches and cultures.

For Masako Suzuki, a housewife whose husband is studying for an advanced civil engineering degree at Princeton University, the church provides a much-needed dose of security. "When we came here, we were really insecure," she said through an interpreter. The Suzukis and their three children have been here two months, and will remain until March 1994. She is a Christian; her husband isn't. "My connection with the church gives me a sense of ease.

Because I can attend this church, my son (13-year-old Kyota) was able to accept Jesus Christ as his savior and was baptized in the church in May," Suzuki said. Building Services Town weighs ways to cut costs at senior complex 305 CarpetsFlooring Wouldn't you like wall-to-wall customers? CALL CLASSIFIED 246-3000 Las Vegas casinos plan thousands of more rooms JBU A. BA, inally figured into the calculation of rents, McGrath said. The fair market value on rents at the apartment complex had previously been figured for people with a "moderate" income, averaging between $600 and $700 per unit for the complex, which will be located next to the municipal complex on Hermann Road. "Red ink is not acceptable," McGrath said.

"We had to design a project that would pay for itself." He noted that no federal, state or local funds were being used for subsidies. "When tax credits seemed possible, we decided to re-run the numbers," McGrath said. McGrath said that no report has been made thus far on possible ranges of rental rates, and the criteria for determining the varied rental rates have not been determined. But McGrath hopes that the rent review will be one of the last steps before the housing project goes forward. "It appears that we are at the end of this long road," McGrath said.

By SARAH WOOD Home News staff writer NORTH BRUNSWICK The township is exploring the possibility of using state tax credits to reduce tax rates for some of the 150 units planned for the township senior citizens housing complex, a housing board official last week. The feasibility of charging varied levels of rent, based on residents' income or apartment sizes, for instance, is being investigated by the accounting firm Peat Marwick, the Rev. Mark McGrath, president of the North- Brunswick Housing Corporation, said last week. The board will consider the findings when it meets later this month. "Our objective is to make, this housing as affordable to as many people as possible," McGrath said.

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