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Show FIRST AID INSTRUCTIONS In line with its campaign to reduce the number of deaths in the mines of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Mines some time ao appointed a committee of eminent physicians and surgeo-s to develop an etfl'ient method of resuscitation to be administered by miners or other persons to a fellow-workman fellow-workman overcome by electric shock or by gases in places which cannot be reached tjy a physician or surgeon in time to save life. As a result of thi.- committee's report just made, the. Bureau of Mines, through Director Joseph A. Holmes, recommend-the recommend-the following procedure in rendering first aid to those in need of artificial respiration. The recommendations apply not onh to men who are overcome by electric shock or gases in mines, but also to persons .-ud'ering from the effects 61 iliuminaiii.g gas poisoning or from i'l"ct,ric siiock anywhere. The recom menrliitions are, therefore,! of importance import-ance to many thousands of workmen: In case of ?rs poisonine, remove victim at once from the gaseous atmosphere. atmo-sphere. Carry him quickly to fresh air and immediately give manual artificial respiration. Do not stop to loosen clothing. Every moment of delay is serious. In case of electric shock, break electric elect-ric current instantly. Free the patient from the current wiJh a single quick motion, using any dry non-conductor, such as clothing, rope or board, to move patient or wire. Beware of using any metal or moist material. Meantime have every effort made to shut off current. cur-rent. Attend instantly to the victim's breathing. If the victim is not breathing, breath-ing, he should be given manual artificial respiration at once. If the patient is breathing slowly and regularly, do not give artificial respiration, respira-tion, but let nature restore breathing unaided. In gas cases, give oxygen. If the patieni has been a victim of gas, give him pure oxygen, with manual artificial respiration. The oXgtn mav be given through a breathing b;ig from a cylinder having a reducing valve, with connecting tubes ind face mask, and with an inspiratory and an expiratory valve, of which the latter communicates directly with the atmosphere. No mechanical artificial resuscitating ievice should be used unless one operated oper-ated by hand that has no suction effect on the luns. Use thu Schaefer or prone pressure iietnoo oi arLinciai refcpiiin-iuu. u'" toner. 'A moment's delay is serious. 0'intinue the artificial respiration. If lecessary, continue two hours or long-r long-r without interruption until natural oreathing is restored. If natural (leatiiing stops after being restored, ...e artificial respiration again. Do not give the patient any liquid, jntil he is fully conscious. Give him iresh air, but keep his body varm. Smd for the nearest doctor as soon is acc dent is discovered. The iTR-mbers of the committee re-wr.ing re-wr.ing to the Bureau of Mines are as oIioas: Dr. W. B. Cannon, chairman, .roiessur of physiolo-ry, Harvard Uni-u-aity; Dr. George W. Crile, professor if surgery, Western Reserve University Cleveland, Onio; Dr. Joseph Erlanger, professor of physiology, Washington University, St. Louis; Dr. Yandell Henderson, professor of physiology, i'ale University; and Dr. S. J. Meltzer, ,ead of the department of physiology uid pharmacology, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Reseasch. |