The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22

ton, Carl Schol2, DR.. NJ. i. Shields. DR.
y. a; Holmes of the geological survey,
and Miss Mabel Boardman.
Dr, Shields Will be III charge OF the
~ whose mission rs to carry first aid
instruction to miners 1t will travel
SSn,rough S,gh the mining districts and Dr.
ohicluS VIII keep it for several weeks
IN one place. He will conduct courses
IN treatment of wounds peculiar TO
in'ne accidents; he will show how arli.
neia' respiration can he established:
ne VIII teach the miners how TO use the
oxygen helmet, which enables the
Weafer 10 enter shafts filed with poi.
sonous vapors, as the helmet supplies
the oxygen for breathing. Two.thirds
or the mime workers in the United
states are foreigners, and the little
books are for their instruction. The
geological survey viii place certain cx-
Pl3SlVeS In The car, and Dr. Shields
VIII instruct the men in the use Of
Cnese, which are safer than MANY with
which the miners are carelesslv famil.
lar lhe car will also carry wall de-
wee Tor first aid use In factories. In
a single Factory last year. IG7 acci.
| dents were treated bv first aid men
among the workers, and the relief would
he greatly simpIifed by having the
materials ready TO hand aS would he
possible with the use of this first aid
wall package.
Red Cross Work.
Ihe Red Cross work among the min.
ers was inaugurated last January. and
IN three months had reached the rep
resentatives Of $4,000 mine employees
1T has been gladly welcomed bv both
men and mime managers. also by physi-
clans, FOR as a great physician has said
lhe fate of wounded man depends
IN whose hands he falls first
FIRST AID squads among the miners
OF the anthracite coal region in Penn
sElyanla had been in existence for sew.
eral years when the Rcd Cross society
took up the work The war depart.
ment III 1905 through the courtesy Of
inc surgeon general, detailed three med,
zeal olhcers 10 act as Judges or umpires
at the third annual First Aid contest
.oi the Pennsylvania Hillside coal com.
pames. One of the judges was Major
'marles Lynch, distinguished medical
oihccr who had been n military obscrv-
er during the Russo-.Iapanese war on
the japanese side. and who is also the
author of the American Red Cross. First
Ald text book. Upon his return TO
Washington he brought the matter to
the attention of the Red Cross, who
thought so well of this humane and
saving work OF First Aid in the
pany contest to he held under the aus.
pices of the American Red Cross. This
remarkable contest was held last Octo- .
Der at Valley View park. Wilkesbarre. .
Pa
Tbcaters would have to close their
doors II such exciting and dramatic
performances AS this contest were of
everyday occurrence. The scenery was
an almost perfect counterpart of a
a i'm l,lr .P
way with trolley wire. track and steam
pipe. representation OF breaker steps.
hnge pie OF props, a mine car. with
roof overhead, and mine ambulance.
Here the various men and companies
competed in the four events APPLYING
first aid 10 injured miners The fourth
event, in which full teams contested
lot sllVer loving cup, represented a
miner, after fall of roof and gas ey-
piosion, who had suffered II compound
fracture of the right thigh, compound
fracture of the left arm with blccdino
IN Jets, and who had been severely
burned about face and arms Five men
dressed the wounds, carried the man
over steam pipe and track under troll
ley wire. up breaker steps. over prop
pile, over loaded mine ear, and placed
him In an ambulance in fifteen min
utes.
Miss Boardman found lust the right
words to say in awarding the cup and
the prizes at the conclusion of the con
test, and every man who had handled
a bandage or who had taken part felt
that his work was well worth while.
'B we. If only Miss Boordman could
see the thrick Of this tornauet.D The
rich brogue Of this remark did not cma.
nate from hospital inferno of Erin s
Isle. but from the biggest and finest
policeman on the force of the District
OF Columbia. for the Red Cross has
held out its hand to the policemen and
fremen IN Washington City asking their
aid in saving life and preventing suf-
terlng, First aid classes are flourish
ing. Policemen are actually thinking
more of mending heads than of break,
ing them. while the 6remen are gaining
greater confidence in their power Of
meeting emergencies. Miss Boardman
would like to see the first aid courses
put into the high schools and tho tech.
rlcal schools all orcT the land. The
Y. M. {, A. has already ADOPTED these
courses, and tho graduate receives
Christian association and the Red Cross
society Of America, with the signature
Of the president Of the United States
In Peace and War.
What | want particularly,' said
sec the Red Cross nursing service svs- h
tematlzed all over the country. We
have supplied nurses from Washington,
in cases of emergency. but think how
much better if we could command the
services of our own nurses near the
scene Of action
Then she explained to me how the Z
work of enlisting nurses for Red Cross (
service is going on, for even in the
piping times of peace nurses arc need. +
,1 for emergency relief, first aid in
structIon and tuberculosis work. II
another war should come TO this coun-
ry 1t will find the Red Cross OF Amer.
ca prepared with hundreds of Red
Iross nurses ready for "A cal TO the
'ront. Just as there are lists of all
ships which can be utilized for hospital \
service, in case of war, and every ar s
iclc needed for the equipment of these
;essels, so there will be lists of nurses +
AVAILABLE for service.
During the last two years there has
developed IN America the largest or.