The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-11
LESSONS IN FIRST AID
TRAINED NURSE TELLS ABOUT
QUICK REMEDIES.

OF Noseblecd and Burns.
She was very capable little woman
Ind usually "sizcd up" to any occasion,
put the care of those children was likely
TO prove little too much for her,
When she married n widower and I'M
SertoolS the care of his five boys she
knew that she would have to face many
unexpected situations, and braced her
self to do her best. She was not pre-
pared, however, for what she called the
"breakage" in the family. The constant
risk to life and limb that five active,
sport loving boys wersecapable of was q
hew feature i'll her young life, and she
felt that she was in danger Of losing her
head unless she prepared herself to meet
the different calls upon her motherly
care.
In her extremity she appealed to her
friend, the trained nurse.
Cant you give me some points," she
said. Tell me of the proper things to
do before the doctor comes in case of
certain accidents-won't you? Then
there are many little things-bruises
and burns and things that could attend
to myself without sending for doctor
If 1 only knew how. Do help me out.
Suppose, for instance, one of the boys
fell and broke his arm, what should i
do before the doctor came?"
eff 1 were you, would do nothing
but wait, unless the surgeon was delay
ed. In that case would simply place
the limb in between folded pillow,
fastening the pillow firmly together,
thus making n sort of splint.
"You will very likely have sprain
or two to deal with. You can either APP
ply cloths saturated with ice water un-
| til the swelling disappears, or you may
use very hot water with vinegar in the
same way. After the swelling has dis
appeared you had better bandage the
limb and lot the little patient rest it Oh
level until it gets strong"
"But 1 don't know how to apply u
bandage," was the forlorn reply.
''Then it is about time that you did, :"
said the trained nurse. "Give me a
piece of muslin and your bare foot, and
I'll show you how
Then the nurse took the piece Of mus
| lin and tore it into strips of 8 inches in
width. Then saying, always begin Mt
the extremity of limb and work to-
ward the center Of the body from left to
right" she placed one of the ends Of
the strip ut the instep and made turn
around the base Of the toe. Then she
carried the band diagonally over the
foot. across the point Of the heel and
back from the other side, until it COIN
cided with the first turn. This was then
covered and carried second turn around
| the heel half an inch higher than the
| first. She then continued to make alter
nate turns under the sole and behind
| the heel, crossing over the instep until
the entire foot was covered. In finish
ing the bandage she split the last quar-
ter of yard of tho strip through the mid
| die, wound the ends i'll opposite direc-
| ton around tho limb and tied them in
| bow
Then tho band was all unwound
again, and tho pupil, trying her hand,
( was delighted to see what Il firm band
| age" she could make after two or three
! attempts.
| 'In case Of dislocation," continued
| the nurse, "thero is always need Of in
slant action. Muscular tension increases
rapidly and its reduction becomes moro
| difficult with every hour that passes.
| Fingers and thumbs can be set by
pulling i'll place, but be careful not to use
| too much force. a joint is always weak
| er after an accident and should be strap
! ped in place until strong again.
| "Frcddie's nose bled awfully the 9th.
,er day and frightened me SO because
could not stop it. 1t stopped itself after
| awhile, but what should have done:"
| 1t is good thing to press gently the
| facial artery ut tho base of the nose anC
| place cold applications to forehead anG
| neck. suppose you had him lean his
| head over II basin. Yes; most people
| do, and that is just the worst attitude
| possible. You should have made him
| stand erect, throw his head back an6
| elevate his arms, while you held cold
| damp sponge to his nostrils. If you have
AN occasion like that again, and the
! bleeding continues after what I have
| told you to do has been tried, you haC
| better syringe with salt and leo colo
| water or u solution of iron
| In tho case Of burns or scalds, i
| they are very bad send for your physi
| clan, but slight ones you can very vel
| attend to. The first thing in such case.
| is to exclude the air. 1 find that baking
| soda and sweet oil make q soothing
| healing application. If you can't ge
| that conveniently, beat up the white o.
| an egg and apply that with bapdage
| "Will you tell me how to stop tn,
| flow Of blood in case of cut, and the1
| III let you go?"
| Find the artery that is cut and tic
handkerchief around the limb Just owe