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Show SURGEONS GIVE ADVIGE TO AID AUTOJICTIMS CLEVELAND, July 20 (L'.RI The' crumpled crash of an automobile accident invariably draws an excited ex-cited crowd of bystande'rs, witnesses wit-nesses and scores of "helpful" suggestions for the care of the injured. From these crowds of curbstone kibitzers there invaribly steps The good Samaritan" who offers the use of his car and knowledge of the city to speed the crash victims vic-tims to the nearest hospital. "The good samaritan" supervises and aids in the placing of the injured in his car then drives with all speed to the nearest emergency ward with his self-imposed "charge." The curbstone "good Samaritan" Samari-tan" is somewhat of a menace and usually does more harm than good to the auto crash victims, believes Dr. George P. O'Malley, for 15 years head police surgeon of Cleveland. Offers First Aid Hints "Reduction of traffic deaths and serious injuries depends most next to prevention of accidents themselves upon the clear-headedness of the persons on the scene," Dr. O'Malley said. "Once 1 smashup has occurred, the problem prob-lem of immediate importance is to get the victim to a hospital emergency em-ergency room without aggravating his injuries." For the bystander to make himself him-self more useful at the scene of an auto accident, Dr. O'Malley gave these rules: First Summon an ambulance Second Refuse to jam an injured in-jured person into the first passing pass-ing auto. r |