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Show I FIRST AID TRAINING I TO MEN AND WOMEN H American Red Cross Is Teaching H Hundreds of Thousands Life- H Saving Methods. M Tho purposo of Instruction In First H Aid to tho Injured offered by the Amer- H lean Itcd Cross Is to train men and H women to administer First Aid treat- H ment promptly and Intelligently when H emergencies demnnil It. First Aid m treatment Is not Intended to take tho H place of n physician's service. A sur- H jjcon should always bo sunnnoneed as I B n prccnutlonnry mensuro where there B Is an Injury of any consequence, but M when one cannot be secured a few mln- M ntcs' delay may mean a fatality. In M such a case a person trained In First M Aid Is Invaluable not only to the In B dividual, but through hltn to the com- B munlty In which ho lives. B There Is perhaps no way of nscer- B tnlnlng the number of denths or serial seri-al ..mL- "8 disablements which result from I .... jj, j pr0per snfCgUnrs or prompt B emergency treatment It Is safe to as- B' sort they number thousands dally. B There can be no doubt that the nppll- B cation of First Aid methods to each m cuso would Immeasurably lighten the m country's toll of suffering and death. H The dissemination of First Aid train- H Ing and Information has ulrcady pro- B duced a farreachlng and beneflclul In- ' llucuco In tho prevention of accidents Mt on railroads, In mines and In great In- 1 dustrlal concerns. ' The benefit of a widespread know!- H edge of .First Aid In tho event of u H' great disaster, such as a train wreck, m an explosion, an enrthqulke, etc.. Is H, obvious. Laymen who have had First H Aid training can render efllcicnt as- 1 slstancc. Many lives may depend upon such emergency enrc. H Red Cross First Aid work Includes H (1) the formation and conduct, through J Itcd Cross chapters, of classes for In- K structlon In accident prevention and H First Aid to tho Injured among men H and women In all communities and In H every Industry; (?) tho Introduction of H courses of Instruction In high schools J and colleges. H The lied Cross Is prepared to supply H First Aid books and equipment at reu- ' sonnblu prices. H Every person In this country able to H do so should, In his own Interest, re- H iclvo Red Cross First Aid Instruction. H Information nbout: tho course and In- H biructlon clnsscs may be had at tho H nearest chupter headquarters. |