| Show UTAH FIRST TRAIL SIX OTHER WESTERN STATES 0 san fran francisco cisco seventh and last among the states of the pacific area is the place of the state of utah in the number of red cross first adders trained since october 1939 according to a year end report of A L schafer red cross pacific area manager forty two in every thousand citizens of utah shafer aia faial now carry certificates showing them to be trained graduates of the red cross standard advanced or instructors first aid course with less than half as many as nevada br or oregon and trailing also washington california arizona and idaho the state of utah surpasses in this area only alaska however this average is still above the national average of 34 first adders per 1000 all red cross chapters have been beehives bee hives of activity since the beginning of the war their tempo of work has constantly increased to prepare their populations to meet any form of invasion or emergency schafer said against the national average of 34 persons per 1000 population trained in first aid schafer pointed out the pacific area has 63 persons trained most of them have veen been trained in the past year many have also continued their work to become volunteer lay instructors tors this has broken the bottleneck created by the avalanche of requests for training immediately following pearl harbor the red cross goal is to have all persons engaged in industry or in i in farming trained and to have a i arst first aider in every home in america the new first adders trained during 1942 are one tremendous contribution of theamer the american ican red cross to americas war efforts schafer said industrial leaders and workers alike know that first aid training not only is I 1 important in case of accident but it actually prevents accidents A first aider is alert he is a better war worker er i pacific area states stand on ther the basis of first adders per thousand population as follows nevada is tops with 90 oregon second with 84 washington 72 california 61 arizona 59 idaho 48 and utah 42 I 1 alaska ties the national average with 34 |
