Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-04 | Page 3 | Fisrt Aid Knowledge Valuable to Hunter

T AID KNOWLEDGE VALUABLE TO HUNTER Ability to Bind Wound Properly Rig Up Stretcher Help in Accident Editors Editor note This Thi is the last of a a. series of first aid articles by Patrolman Thomas W. W Dee Dec first aid expert of the Salt Lake i fit City r police pollee M department By THOMAS W W. DEE Hunting is a popular sport in Utah The deer the jackrabbit the mallard and the pheasant are all popular targets for during the seasons thereof And sometimes unfortunately guns must be used in the hunt Wherever there are guns ns there are bound to be accidents accident Many are arc the times that a person person has shot him him- self in the hand or arm arm in cleaning I a firearm or bumping humping it against an object i Last fall a hunting party started on the trail of the deer in a thickly wooded area One of the me men stumbled sturn bled on a tree stump and as he fell to lo the ground his rifle rille discharged the bullet piercing his right forearm The bone was shattered and an artery was severed all members of at the party parly were former Boy Scouts and knew the th A B Cs of first aid One of the crowd pulled off his necktie and tied a a tourniquet just above th the wound Then enone one of f t the e. e group pro pro- a clean handkerchief and sterilized ster ster- liked it by scorching it over a fir tire fire which another hunter hunter had had made to t keep the victim warm Then th the handkerchief was vas placed over th the wound A stick sUck was cut from a nearby ec tre tree and was tied to the arm with pads made from irom socks filled with leaves leave The splint was secured by belts belts' from the trousers of the hunters Then the group made a stretcher Two limbs about nine feet long were were out and coats were placed over them The patient was carefully li lifted ted onto the he stretcher stretch r and carried to camp Keeping the injured man warm war his lis companions placed him in on one o othe of the cars and took him to the hornof home horn of a ph physician ln In in a nearby town