The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-03-30
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paien, had suggested iubor,uios.s
camp. 10 be- known a. the Day Camp,
and suggested a site in Moilnli, where
tents. chairs. cots, etc. could be- pro-
1idod and where patients could be
looked after by one nurse and a cook
She felt that the cost Of this camp
would be comparatively small. She
suggested that the WORK be considered
By special committee. Judge Dole
felt that such n camp would appeal To-
the community. Mrs. j. X. Gait moved
that committee ~ three be appoint
ed TO investigate the subject and pre-.
sent report a. soon as ready To the
society. The motion was passed aud
Judge Dole will select the committee.
DIR. Wood then gave talk on cmor-
gcnces which organized work of
the Red Cross could meet. lie said
there should Toe systematic organiza-
ton 10 meet any emergency which
might arise. This community has gen
orally met all crises that have come,
but il would Ice well to have officers
and plans laid out to 90 ahead immcdi-
ately without spending some time in eff
fecting an organization after the emer-
gcncy has arisen. There are three
| things that might be termed emcrgcn-
cies-l an earthquake or panic caused
by fire in theatcr; 2, an epidemic
such AS this community has faced on
| former occasions; 3, warfare.
Under the heading of disaster. it
seemed to him there were two things
the Red Cross Society could consider
!. taking charge of injured people and
doing something in the way of first
aid; 2, to provide homes for people who
have become homeless.
Under disasters there might be an
earthquake or a fire, when several
thousand people might be thrown out
of their homes. as in Honolulu in 1900,
when fire in Chinatown made thou.
sands homeless.
Under cpdemics there have been
visItations of plague and cholera, and
we might in time have a visitation of
yellow fever.
OF course, war is something that may
occur at any time, and if it does, now
that the Islands are becoming fortified,
and the theater of war should happen
to be in the western hemisphere, lIa-
wai would come in for it's share, and
there may be some emergency where
many people of this community may
be injured. 1t is not necessary for the
Red Cross to organize for specific
work; if the society has an Orgariza-
tion for general work, and have a few
officers to take charge of work when
an emergency arises, that would be
sufficient.
"'Suppose several large shells were
dropped into the community in war;
said DR.. Wood; cor suppose there
) should be an earthquake, or railroad
accident in which people might MOI
only be wounded, but scalded? If W,
were organized now we could go aheat
at once and give aid to the injured
We would need a source of medical an,
surgical supplies. 1t is not necessar,
to have large stock of supplies oil
hand, but we should know where t.
i-get them. 1T is a small matter to MAKE
lgauze and bandages. They would b.
the most necessary things and mucl
could be made up in twenty-fou
honrs.'
I Dr. Wood said that another featur'
would be transportation for injured
persons; temporary hospitals for a gen
eral emergency, and semipermanen
|
war.
In epidemics, of course, the Board %
: Health would be supreme, and the Re-
Cross function then would be to assis
, the board. DIR. Wood spoke of tn
need of headquarters where chic
:, could b. established, to whom report
would be made, and under whom
systematic districting of the city woul
be made. This work should be don
now.
As to first aid to the injured, Dl
Wood said that perhaps his talk nigh
be considered series of "Dont s.
lie had seen a number of eases wher
the wrong thing was done, or som
!, ludicrous thing done, where the simpl
measures that almost everyone know
! would have been just as efficient Il
!. the use of finger-tip to press upon
/, vein to stop flow of blood, etc. Whe
one is confronted by am emergency, a
in the case of resuscitating drownin
n person. or stopping "A flow of blood, on
|. can not think of the remedies an
4. methods which he has read about.
IS is the simple ideas which count.
4. Persons in commissions should he il
J. alone, and nature would put the n,
?, hicted one to sleep. A persons fain
u, ing should be left prone, given air nj
crowded upon
al And just at this moment John Ma
S. tin flew to a window, threw il ope
Il. there was commotion in the rear
Ii, the hall, and a number of womt
II, crowded about the PROSTATE form
woman who had just tainted. .
It, Wood Is countenance gave just file
II. er of surprise at this sudden demo
stration of what he had been discus
y, ing. The incident was soon over nj
Il. the doctor continued his talk. He 60
IS. cluded by saying that it was seldo
~. anyone could remember in an emt
/. gency Just what an antidote was f
n n poison. Briefly, the best was RI
90 egga
Y. In the absence of Major Wadhan
er u. S. A., of Fort Shafter, who was
D. have read paper on first aid
IN, emergencies. Mrs. Wadhams read I
address, which was very INTEREST,"
rs one and was read with such clearnC
rs as to indicate that the reader W
A. not unfamiliar with medical ways h