Show CIVIL DEFENSE im m Standard Training Is Needed By Ry Civil Defense Volunteers Walter Watter A A. A Dy fly Shead his 7 it il be Ih l in I II series Ii ol of ive r l 0 on Ih b fItt ro l J trOI in the line Une of ot command for the tremendous civil A AUTHORITY army needed in case of ot full scale war stems d defense tense from the Id nt through Civil Defense Administrator Millard Caldwell President Pres the 48 48 state civil defense directors and down the line to the to appointed n officers in cities towns and counties throughout the ii n National 51 defense aga against i atomic chemical warfare a and biOlogical X Son upon thorough training to rests start Sin m in a civil defense staff college M be established for top civil deLe defense de de- to Le planners placers and administrators will serve as a source college rh f The all latest Information Regional of training centers are also alsot technical t- t planned where this information will willbe disseminated in the civil defense b be training programs in the states and oval ocal communities The technical Uteri centers will be staffed by thorough thorough- i trained men and women in all I 1 bases hases of f the work and will provide for standardization of the eans technical and s special p e cia 1 training Standardization is a arime rime factor for successful mutual id d and mobile support which re re- juire a force of uniformly trained vil defense workers Graduates of the federal tech tech- cal training centers will train ether civil defense defenso workers and raisers Miners within the states who In urn m will train the local volunteers oder the program two kinds of raining will be provided provided general general nd specialized General training l i ill m consist of instruction in basic to Include fundamental al of organization and op op- ration basic first aid and im rescue operations The American Red Cross off of the public health service nd other organizations concerned nth Ith health services will conduct pertain ertain phases of s specialized train tram g such as first aid and nurses' nurses aid raining Many medical officers f t the military services public j services the veterans ad ad- In and other I l ons ens have taken specialized courses in lin defenses against atomic warfare ind nd these will be asked to assist Ii a the training program Already in the atomic warfare eld physicians from 38 33 states have tave taken courses given by the tomic commission in co co- with the national security resources board Similar courses liar Ifor r nurses have been started Other courses either federal state or loa lo- lo a a will be available for dentists and other profession- profession I l 1 and technical people working inIth in th Ith services State health off oUi have taken courses in radio radio- logical monitoring which i- i in included n- n nc c many aspects of the civil defense program Similar training courses will be available for biological warfare against humans and animals against chemical warfare and against biological warfare against crops Courses in these subjects will wilt have three prime aspects da aspects de treatment of casU casualties and methods of ot decontamination Training will be available for nurses aids and home nurses radiological ra ra- ra monitors auxiliary sani tary personnel and auxiliary laboratory laboratory lab lab- oratory workers For large segments of the general gen eral oral public the major type of trainIng training train train- Ing will be In the category of first aid what aid what to do first In m any of the fields of civil defense The goal is trained first alders In a hour 22 course which will also m In In- elude clude training In special weapons defense and In procedures for treatIng treating treat treat- Ing minor illnesses In time of emergency emergency emer emer- gency when physicians will be overburdened overburdened over over- burdened with casualties Every state will operate under undera a uniform system of organization equipment and procedure Establishment Establishment of control sta stations In strategic areas of first aid stations and the Implementation of all ali necessary necessary nee essary ambulances hospitalization fire fighting equipment and a score of other defense mechanisms willbe will willbe willbe be taught It Is estimated that approximately approximately ap ap- ap proximately 35 per cent of surviving surviving sur sur- casualties in an atomic bomb burst would require transportation transportation transportation trans trans- by litter to aid first stations stations sta sta- hence the importance of ot first aid work As an example if there thero were Injured survivors about probably would have to be carried by litters Another could walk or would be taken to first aid stations by other means i So the most important function Is in first aid training since even firefighters firefighters fire fire- fighters rescue teams police engineering engineering en en- and other personnel first to contact the injured would be beca beca ca cald t. t d upon for first aid to casual casual- tie tle tiesa S sS sa every individual should watch for tj of establishment of r onal training centers |