Famous airmen and their equipment (electronic resource) - with some notes on first-aid in emergencies (1912) (14802379573)

Identifier: b20457716 (find matches)
Title: Famous airmen and their equipment (electronic resource) : with some notes on first-aid in emergencies
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Burroughs Wellcome and Company
Subjects: Aeronautics
Publisher: London : Burroughs Wellcome
Contributing Library: Wellcome Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellcome Library



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7 0 NOTES ON FIRST-AID Internal bleeding is best treated as follows : Lay the patientflat, with the head low ; undo all tight clothing round neckand chest and allow free circulation of air. Give ice to suck ;apply ice-bag over the injured spot. Transport of Sick and Injured An injured person should never be moved from the place wherethe accident occurred until First-Aid has been rendered. When a patient has been badly injured about the head, chest,abdomen and lower extremities, he ought always to be carriedfrom the scene of accident in a recumbent position. The samerule applies in cases of faintness, shock, insensibility andexcessive loss of blood. Stretchers can be improvised by taking two sacks, cuttingoff the bottom corners, and passing poles inside the mouth ofthe sack and through the holes thus made ; or from overcoatswith sleeves turned inside out, poles being passed through thereversed sleeves, and the coat buttoned over the poles, theturned sleeves being inside. Gates or doors