Show RED CROSS FIGHTS DEATH AND DISEASE four nationwide nation wide services promote P r 0 health preservation and Acel accident dent prevention A nationwide nation wide program tor for preservation of health and prevention of ac cide lital death Is one ot of the tha groat great services of tho the american red hed cross four bp bureaus reans manned by experts direct this work thy aro the public health service the tha first aid and arfe lite saving ano numa yar ti elone tone and care of the sick service and the nutrition service these services alia aim at preservation of 0 health through skilled nursing care prevention ot of loss ot of life in accidents prevention of illness through clo blonn all ness in tho the homo home and knowledge of methods ot of caro care ot of the sick and rals rala ing tho the standard ot of physical efficiency through proper eating this nation wido campaign against disease and accidental death Is conducted through a majority ot of the chapters ol of the rod cross it la Is ft a community campaign fitted to tho the health problems ot of each section the red cross through its chapters Is tho the largest employer ot of trained public health nurses in rural work in the united states in its campaign for preservation ot gealta and proven prevention of disease it has aided in establishing 2000 or me more ro community nursing services at af the national headquarters nn an enrollment rol roll ment of nurses la Is maintained which forms forma a grea great t nursing ye reserve serve under its charter from congress this red cross nursing service li Is the official reserve for the united states army and navy nurse corps in adal addition these nurses are available in time of disaster 0 or r epidemic this reserve list of trained nurses has in 1928 reached its peak in number enrolled there being now nurses quail duall fled under red cross regulations who may be mobilized in time ot of emergency the comprehensive nationwide nation wide program ot of instruction in first aid and alfo alfa saving maintained by the rod red cross la Is in answer to the appalling total ot of accidental deaths pach each yeat year in the tha united states in its first aid instruction among firemon firemen and police forces in factories railroad centers great industries and public utilities the red cross annual ly reaches more than men and women whom it teaches lo 10 be alert ready in case ot of accident to apply first aid treatment the campaign against accidental deaths through drowning has been carried throughout the country and there boware now are men and women boys and girls qualified as red cross life savers more mora than certificates have been issued to girls and women boys and men who have completed the red cross rome home Ily hygiene glone and care ot of the sick course which teaches sanitation in the home sate safe care of the infant and child and ot of the invalid in the home fifty nations fly the red cross flag for all it carries the symbolic meaning of help in time of distress of health preservation disease prevention and international operation cooperation co in humane effort which recognizes no frontier no difference in language langua gs but only merciful help for or all men man |