The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-10

These are provided with large chests
of dressingn. caoeo OF Instruments and
quantities Of sids-to-wounded packages
and appliances: besides h ambulance
stretchers and folding operation table.
A medical oficer q bay men are as
signed to each. From these only avail
able locations all parts Of the ship can
b. reached In a few minutes. and the
on1y hatch and ladder left open leads
from the gun deck below.
The regular aids to wounded in each
division are systematically taught
their first aid duties and how to assist
in every possible way the medical de-
partment in the transport and care of
wounded. Those wounded In the tur-
rets cannot be taken out while In &C
ton, excepting possibly those from the
base OF 13-inch turrets, who can be
treated in nearby passages. From the
eight-inch turrets II would be very DIFF
fcult to remove a badly wounded man.
as the ports In the rear OF the guns
and the hatch below are small. How
ever, all the turrets are nearly impreg-
nable under ordinary conditions.
From all other locations the wounded
can be more readily transported. No
protected space exists below capable OF
holding more than a very few
men, and as the deck berth wi
and aft OF the casemate offers the only
space for this purpose. transport OF the
wounded and injured to them would
not be done until after the battle. The
ladders being spacious. transport below
at leisure would not present any difn-
culties.
The wounded must first be. to some
extent. helped where they fall, and
means to this end are provided for each
division and section of men all over the
shin, the men themselves being taught
the use of hrst-aid packets. rubber
tourniquets, triangle and bandages.
With the side bars removed from a
I stretcher and a series of lines run from
the side to a stout ring over the center
of the stretcher. i know OF no better
contrivance to remove a sick or wound
ed man from deck to deck or from be-
low out OF a ship. Shortening or
l~engthening the side lines to the ring
! permits of any posture on degree OF re-
cumbency. The transverse slatting
( brochures its proper rigidity. This con-
trivance was gotten up by a seaman
on the Columbia about a year ago..
: Where a man IL so slightly wounded
\ as to permit of the application OF one
Of the numerous s~tretchers so often
| pictured, the patient being secured In
an upright position, i would prefer a
| simpler, less painful method AMI trans
port by hand. Badly wounded and
shattered men. i'm my opinion. cannot
be handled safely by these complex con-
t~rIvances, and such methods are not
practiced here. And again. admitting
their applicability. in time OF action
there are no available men to work
these affairs.
According to the type of ship. dis
position of battery. available space TOT
surgeons battle station. size anu posi-
ton of hatchways, where removal be-
low is desired, so must be the plan and
method by which the wounded may be
the best aided and attended by the
medical officers. Ii Is admitted, and II
is of the utmost Importance TO their
lives, tina the wounded should be re-
moved from a ship as soon as possible
after a battle, and to a hospital on
shore, or to a hospital ship. Hence the
problem Of care and management oil
the wounded in battle must be indivld-
uallzed and the methods studied oul
and applied separately.
The one thing sure is the broad fact
that rapid fire guns have shortened the
time of naval engagements and to thai