Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1920 — FIRST AID TRAINING TO MEN AND WOMEN [ARTICLE]

FIRST AID TRAINING TO MEN AND WOMEN

American Red Cross Is Teaching Hundreds of Thousands LifeSaving Methods. The purpose of instruction in First Aid to the Injured offered by the American Red Cross is to train men and women to First Aid treatment promptly_and ttAelllgently when emergencies demand it. First Aid treatment is not Intended to take the place of a physician’s service. A surgeon should always be summoneed as a precautionary measure where there is an injury of any consequence, but when one cannot be secured a few minutes’ delay may mean a fatality. In such a case a person trained in First Aid is invaluable not only to the Individual, but through to the community in which he Ilves. There is perhaps no way of ascertaining the number of deaths or serious disablements which result from lack of proper safeguards or prompt emergency treatment. It is safe to assert they number thousands daily. There can be no doubt that the application of First Aid methods to each case would Immeasurably -lighten the country’s toll of suffering and death. 1 The dissemination of First Aid training and information has already produced a farreaehing and beneficial influence in the prevention of accidents on railroads, In mines and in great industrial concerns. The benefit of a widespread knowledge of First Aid in the event of a great disaster, such as a train wreck, an explosion, an earthquike, etc., is obvious. * Laymen who have had First Aid training can render efficient assistance. Many lives may depend uponsuch emergency care. Red Cross First Aid work includes (1) the formation and conduct, through Red Cross chapters, of classes for Instruction In accident prevention and First Aid to the injured among men and women In all communities and in every industry; (2) the introduction of

courses of instruction in high schools and colleges. The Red Cross Is prepared to supply First Aid books and equipment at reasonable prices. Every person In this country able to do so should, in his own interest, receive Red Cross First Aid instruction. Information about the course and instruction classes may be had at the nearest chapter headquarters.