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Show Red Cross Fighting First Aid Battle To Conserve Life Reliable records establish the fact that more than 75,000 accidental deaths occur every year in the United States. The records show that 206 American citizens are killed every day; that 38 of these deaths are due to automobiles, 35 to falls. 19 to drownings, 16 to hums. Facing such distressing sacrifice of life Is the First Aid Service of the American Red Cross, fighting through education and demonstration to instill a conciousness of safety in the public mind and teaching approved methods which assure that competent hands will care for injured persons until the arrival of doctors. Trained service In the first few minutes is vital in serious accidents and saves many precious lives. One of the most encouraging slims of the past year is the record of the Red Cross First Aid Insurance Car No 1 which traveled 9.700 miles along trunk (ines. stopping at 137 places. The car'sstaff of surgeons gave 911 demonstrations to audiences composed compos-ed of 42.150 railroad men. 71.000 high school and college students. 13.000 in dustrial workers. 2.000 members of clubs, and nearly IS. 000 policemen, firemen, and other municipal employes, em-ployes, a total of 147.000. Red Cross First Aid certificates i were conferred upon 13.865 persons ! who took the course last year, an In crease of 4.000 over 1923. Telephone, gas and electric companies, public : service corporations and other large employers of the country adopted the Red Cross course, and their team contests everywhere were witnessed by huge crowds with as much interest as develops at popular athletic games. In the Industrial field the growth of First Aid practice to fight to reduce preventable accidents and unneces : sary loss of life has received wide recognition. The promise of an un-precendented un-precendented advance 1n this fine ! cause lies In the evidence of the great strides systematic instruction in First ( Aid has made throughout the country throush the Rd Cross Chapters and the the wo-k of the exnrts In this ' service under direction of the national organization. |
