The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-11-10
First Aid to Injured.

given yesterday afternoon at 2:3O
O. clock in the rooms Of the Society for
instruction in First Aid to the
Injured in the Charities building,
Fourth avenue and Twenty-second
street, before full class.
The first half of the time was EN-
ployed in a careful review Of the pre-
ceding lecture, which was on an
anatomical structure of the body. The
lecturer then took up the subject
proper, and gave clear and compre-
hensive instructions for the treatment
of shock, wounds and hemorrhage.
Shock or collapse was defined as a
nervous depression, resulting from an
accident or even severe mental strain.
Some temperaments are much more
susceptible TO shock than others, and
a triAing injury may produce it.
Women, as q rule, are less susceptible
to severe shock than men.
The treatment necessary is, first, to
place the patient in reclining posi-
sition, with head slightly lower than
the body. If caused by an accident
in which blood has been made to flow,
the next step is to stop the bleeding.
From teaspoonful to tablespoonful
Of whiskey or other liquor in table
spoonful of hot water should be ad-
ministered every ten minutes for an
hour, and hot hannels wrung out in
hot water should be laid on chest and
abdomen. Where possible it is ad-
visable to wiring a blanket out in hot
water and wrap the entire body in it,
with hot water bottles or hot bricks
placed along both sides of the body
and legs, inside the thighs and under
the armpits. IF the injury is to the
head, the alcoholic stimulant should
not be used. When recovery begins
give frequent draughts Of hot coffee,
hot tea or. hot lemonade.
The various kinds Of wounds and
the treatment Of them formed the next
division of the lecture. Incised
wounds are those in which the skin
has been severed by sharp instru-
ment. In these the bleeding must be
stopped, and impurities removed, and
the edges of the wound brought to-
gether. Wet cloth should be placed
over them and bandaged to keep them
in place. If no surgeon can be OBJ
tanned, this dressing may remain until
the wound is healed, unless it dis
charges, in which case the dressing
must be changed every day and the
wound washed by dripping water from
clean piece of rag.
In confused wounds or bruises,
where the skin is not cut, a cloGh
saturated with hot water and alcohol
or Ponds extract should be kept over
the bruise; if the contusions have
/, been SO severe as to injure any Of the
internal organs, indicated by the spit
ting Of blood. vomiting, violent pain
in abdomen, with symptoms Of shock,
the treatment for shock should be
given in addition to the hotcloths wet
in alcohol.
In lacerated wounds, such as are
caused by falling timbers or machinery
accidents, the wound must be cleansed
with warm water, and wet cloth
bandaged lightly over it. When it
can be obtained, from ten to fifteen
drops of carbolic acid in every basin
Of water should be used for washing
wounds and dressing them.
In poisoned wounds, caused by bite
of mad dog, snake or sting ofinsect,
anything at hand may be tightly bound
around the limb few inches above
the wound to prevent the poison from
spreading until doctor can be pro-
cured. If no doctor can be found, for
the bite of a mad dog soft stick dip
ped in strong carbolic or nitric acid
should be rubbed on every part of the
wound, 'or caustic may be used. If
nothing Of that nature is at hand, the
end of a knitting-needle or small
knife blade heated white hot should
be thrust into the wound. Then the
string may be removed from above
and moist compress applied. Snake
bite should be treated in the same
manner, and whiskey or other stimu-
lants administered.
If the wound be an open one and
the blood issues, in jets or spurts, it
is evident that an artery mas been
cut; when it flows in a steady stream
the severing of vein is indicated.
In the former case piece of cloth
must be bound tightly above the
injury. But unless the wound is in