Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-12-09

consequence of excess 5 in drink, mat
tention in handling cleo rio wires, etc.
In smaller towns. and mining districts
the principal causes of injury to life
and limb are explosions, falls from
great heights, etc, and in the a2ricult-
ural districts railroad collisions,
foods, lightning and accidents caused
by vicious animals.
According TO the rules laid down by
Prof. won Esmarch and adopted by the
Berlin and Vienna Samaritan societies
the very first qualification for one
who intends to become volunteer is
that he should be able 10 move and
otherwise handle an injured person SO
as TO cause the least amount of pain
and give the least discomfort When
convenient three or four men should
together raise the injured from the
ground, and it should be done by one
man alone only when help rs not to be
obtained.
When three or four men are avail
able two should make it their sole
duty to lift the injured. while the
third or fourth should raise entirely
Independently the wounded head or
limb, whether leg or arm, and steady
it with the utmost care, seeing that 1t
receives no new shock or wrench, for
on the tender treatment by these as
sistants much depends, as they have it
in their power to do greater damage
than the most delicate care on the part
of the other two will Offset
The first act of the Samaritans when
called TO attend an injured person is 70
see that the patient is laid perfectly
fat upon his back and that the bleed
ing is stopped. Then, one man sta
| tioning himself on the right and the
other on the left OF the PROSTATE tig-
ure, the one on the right side passes
his right arm beneath the back of the
patient, the man on the left passing
his left arm in the same manner. After
| that each man places his disengagcd
hand under the upper leg of the pa
tient, about midway between the knee
and the thigh. The third and fourth
samaritans meanwhile gather the pa
1 TENTS arms in his lap and take in
/ their hands the patients head or lin bs,
4 lie they wounded or not. Then the
first two Samaritans grasp each others
\ hands beneath the patient and raise
the body at given signal, acting in
/ perfect unison.
1T is preferable that instead of their
hands q towel be used or a strap to
better steady the body. The man at
tending the wounded parts must hold
| them as high as is possible without
contributing TO the patients diseom-
fort
In case OF a great catastrophe where
a number of injured people demand
looking after, two men or even a single
man, IL he is strong enough, may per-
form the preliminary work, in SINH
lar manner as above described. In q
case of asphyxiation. where no injured
limbs need be taken into consider
alton, the Samaritan must never wait
for assistance from other volunteers
but remove the b dy as quickly az
possible and in the best practical
manner from the scene of the disaster.
II two volunteers are on hand one
should grasp the body firmly around
the waist, having the head, shoulders
and back against his own breast while
the second man takes both lsgs of the
victim, and. carrying them in his
arms next TO his own body. moves
brislly on. II the wounded person
retains the power TO do so he car
greatly aid the rescuers by placing
his arms around their necks while
they carry Hmm between them
The patient should under no circum
stances be carried further than is alb
solutely necessary TO take him out o
danger. or else to a place where h'
may be transferred 70 an ambulance