Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-24
BEFORE The DOCTOR CONEA.
como BY The Heat o. Apparently
Drowned.

From the New York Sun
The one place Of all others whore even Q little
| knowledge is not dangerous and 10 much better
| than no knowledge, Is In rendering such aid ~
every one ought TO be able TO give to the injured
while waiting for the arrival OF competent
surgeons. Such knowledge Is easily obtained.
It ought to be part Of Q common school eduoa.
ton. At this season Of the year no dangers
are so commonly talked about as sun
stroke and suffDcatiou, the latter including, of
| course, the suffocation by water, or drowning.
The large army of mechanics at work on the
sunny sides OF streets, often In pockets between
nigh brick walls where the thermometer rises
far above 100 degrees during the afternoon,
are peculiarly liable to what is called sunstroke.
but which is really a heat stroke The body
| simply becomes overheated and exhausted, and
this may happen on u warm day in the shade
as well as in the direct rays of the sun. In a
convenient little work entitled First Aid to
the Injured" written by BowdItch Morton, NJ.
D., at the request OF the Society for Instruction
In First Aid to the injured. the treatment OF
sunstrOke, we'll as all other injuries likely TO
come unexpectedly, is explained in way
easily understood.
The patients face, head and body are burn
Ing hot and dry when sunstruck. The only
thing to do before the doctor comes is to reduce
the temperature of the patient Strip him
coolest water to be had. Ii this is not practi.
caDle pack the head, neck and shoulders in wet
cloths, handkerchief or towels, or whatever is
most convenient, and change the cloths as fast
as taey get warm until the patient RECEIVERS
consciousness. But in some cases work in a
warm room produces heat exhaustion The face
Is but slightly flushed. while the skin may be
moist and cool. The pulse will then be feeble
ana frequent. Rest in cool room Is needed
Win some light Stlmulant.
In Cases OF suffocatiOn the first thing to do is
to remove the cause of suffocation. Ii man is
iouno hanging by the neck. cut the rope. Ii he
IS iounu drowning. take him out OF the water.
IL ought not To be necessary to say this, but the
truth is hat the first impulse OF the majority of
people when man Is Iuund hanging by the
ilp coroner
Many otherwise Intelligent people believe that
ttey nave no right to cut a man down who is
the coroner must do this. Coroners cultivate
this belief 1t brings good many bodies
under their care which would otherwise be
More people are suffocated by water than by
ropes, but "A man strangied by a rope should be
treated the same as one who has been app;,-
rentiy drowned. When a person that is appa-
fehtiy drowned is taken out OF the water, lay
MN on the pier or Wherever most convenient [.
1neu strip him TO the waist and rub him dry,
aHd wipe out the mouth and back u the throat
with Il handkerchief folded over one OF YOUR
fingers. Then turn the patient over, face down,
ana put Ills arm under his forehead and rolled
up COAT under his stomach. If you nave no
coat, log OF wood, a coil of rope. or "a dozen
brick, or anything found near BY to raise the
STOMACH viii do. Then put botn hands on the
small OF the back and push them down hard.
That Will force out the water that has got in
SIDE. Turn the patient over Oh his back. Tie
VIII often Ee ,in u breathe then. Ii he doesn't,
Tickle his nose with II bit Oh grass Il feather,
Dlt OF Irvine, VI any thing that viii tickle. Ii
tnit ooesn do any good. nlt fllm a smart slap
with the open hand Oh the pit the stuin; &c IA.
Ii that doesn't nuke him catch las breath he is
Il Dad case, but b.. means hopeless. WHAT
ever Is done must be done without any deiay;
bl. never hurry, because Aurry oegeLs hurry al.
ways.
Finding that the slap does no good. at once
open the patient $ mouth. You VIII mud that
his tongue has dropped back iulo his throat So
that he c,iAnot OF .itne ii he wants TO. Take
holi OF it and pull IL up, and il you have I,
stout rubber band with you, slip 1t well back
over the lower jaw, SO that ii viii snap down
OH the tongue. Keeping il from calling Dack. \
StfilS Oh auy KinI may be tied around instead
Oh Inc fuube! D.tHu, uuJ yO; must keep watcn
o. either To see that the tongue does not slip
away ana GET back into the tnro;it. The very
best Way 10 secure the tongue 10 stick Il pin
or needle tnrou,n IL ualI an incn or rom the
Zip, ana ic TIE ends Oh tic pin rest the teeth
-tiat Is, to5-ie H. The patent VIII have sure
tongue II he gets weiI tut ne won't mind that.
tut the foliet-up coat under the patient :
s.iouiucTS. Inen hIiee AT his head an, pull his
arms up above MS mead and lay them fl;,i alon
Tue ,f";ild, with the hands toucnIn
tu.d iicm there ;wo seconds, whiic the Chest
expands aud the lungs MI Will air. Then raise
The arms ny over lis mead and place them on
his Guest. tat Iistilu, louc.i e;cu vi her
just below Ms neck and press timiy down and
IN Oh the chest for an instant. I,:IS will press
tiie air out again. ia>e noI OF arm il,sif
way between the wrist and tie elbow in doing
this keep on 1iilng tine lungs with air ;liIu
to breathe Naturally. Work deliberately and
res Giafiy, and don stop si,or. one hour "a nd
:'-naii uhie>S iHe patient Receivers, no matter
how hops less tnG may seem To ue. i'v,p.
| have been revived VINO did not SHOW sigus ui
Inc uAtll they mad been worAed over two nours.
Oiie MIA Was saved In the western pari OF the
siae, iasi year. aiter the doctor mad pronounced
IL dead W nen the patient breathes. warm Ii.;l
ny putting not Water bottles under the arm
pts aud "i the stomach. hot hanuels will DO
| Inen give stiinuan,s Ill mo..era equanlities.
Silmuiants suouiu always De given spariugIy
TO Those who are hurt unless Il physician Is in
| Charge and orders them. They should never
| De gwen To Il man who is injured about the
| mead, particularly ii he is uuconscIo.s unless u
| culli petenL ply SICia:i is in charge.