Show Daily Daily- ily- ily Health Service Ever Every Hon Homo Home e Should Be Ready to Give First Aid By DR MORRIS l FISHBEIN When illness or accidents occur it 11 itIs itIs Is well for someone In the home to know what can be d done ne Immediate immediate- immediate immediate-I ly Such knowledge will avoid confusion confusion contusion con con- fusion alarm and and- dIstress dIstress' that inevitably in inevitably in- in inevitably occur when no one knows just what to do in an emergency Prompt and proper action may save sa savea a life or prevent injuries from becoming becoming be be- be- be coming fling more serious There are Bre available innumerable books on first aid including the books used wed by the Boy Scouts and arid Girl GirlS S Scouts outs organizations and many small smaIl pamphlets sold privately or distributed distributed distributed dis dis- dis- dis by manufacturers of first- first aid supplies Several of the large arge Insurance companies also have books which they send on request The emergencies that may occur are numerous No one can ean be fully funy prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared for all of th these se any more than any family is fully prepared for twins or triplets There arc are however certain eer- eer tain ta supplies that may be kept in every home pending the occurrence of various accidents The knowledge of the availability of these supplies and what to do with them by the mother father or the nurse will be found extremely helpful when the emergency arises In the United States the number of accidental deaths reaches almost persons a year and it is said that each year pe people suffer suffer suf suf- uffer fer accidents accident sufficiently severe to take them theta from their work Of the accidents which occur Inthe in inthe the home falls IaUs constitute 40 percent per percent percent I cent of f the total after falls taIls come accidents from burns scalds and explosions cx- cx ex ex- then asphyxiation or strangulation strangulation stran stran- and cuts and scratches Most of these accidents are preventable with carefulness but bu It is in in- inthe the nature of the human beIn belag be be- In lag ing not to be as careful as he might When a person is injured in a fall fal the first step should be to ascertain in the extent of the Injury It is necessary necessary necessary essary to determine whether or no not bones have been broken if there is bruising or hemorrhage and finally final Unal- Iy ly the extent to which the skin ha has has been damaged A broken bone usually ally aUy reveals itself by inability to f tune tune- unc tion lion However the only safe procedure procedure procedure pro pro- is La to call a physician who wil take an X-ray X picture Pending the arrival of a n physician it Is Li well weli to place the injured par part completely at rest and md if II necessary to la hold it quiet by some suitable splint A good splint can be made by wrapping a large size magazine or a 3 newspaper folded many times with around the arm armor armor armor or leg to hold the tissues in iii place However unless the person who is applying the first aid measure knows exactly what he or she is doing it i is better merely to put the injured person person person per per- son at rest and to keep him quiet In subsequent articles in this series I 1 shall offer otter more first-aid first suggestions Next Next flow How to stop bleeding |