The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-12
TEACHING RAILWAY
men TO TREAT SICK
Canadian Pacific Has Physi-
clans as Instructors at
Montreal School.

ance Tor the SICK ana injured ms is
the ambulance center" of the st.
John Ambulance association, organic
ed about year ago for the purpose
of training all employees of the Cana
dian Pacific railway in giving proper
assistance to the victims of accidents
or to persons who become suddenly
ILL., The ST. John Ambulance associa-
ton is the ambulance department of
the grand priory of the Order of the
Hospital OF st. John of Jerusalem in
England and its patron is King George
w. The president is the kings uncle,
the duke of Connaught, while the d.
rector of the ambulance department
and chairman of the committee is the
marquis of Breadalbane.
The Ambulance center" has head
quarters at Montreal, and among its
objects are the following:
To teach employees what to do
when an accident occurs until such
time as the services of a physician
can be obtained.
To teach employees what not to do,
so there shall be no likelihood OF per-
sons suffering from accident or illness
being improperly treated of an injury
aggravated by well meaning but ig-
norant bystanders.
To prevent a life being sacrificed in
such emergency cases as bleeding, ac-
cidental poisoning, choking or drown
ing through intelligent first aid work
on the part of employees.
Employees are selected at different
points on the road and meet one hour
every week for the purpose of taking
a course consisting of five lectures
from a local physician on first aid
signs, symptoms and treatment Of
fractures and dislocations, circulation
of the blood, general direction of the
main arteries and points where cir
culation may be arrested by digital
pressure. by the application of the
turnquoit or by other means.
Other Lessons Given.
instruction is also given on arterial.
veinous and capillary bleeding and
] the various temporary means of ar
resting it and methods for first aid in
cases of frost bite, burns, scalds,
shock injury. injury to brain, collapse
from drink, epilepsy, fainting sun
stroke and electric shock. The en-
ployes also are taught how to give
treatment to persons apparently suf-
| located and are tutored in the best
methods of lifting and carrying the
injured.
When the lectures are finished the
| employees report to one of the compa-
ny's ambulance instructors, whose du-
ties are to teach practical work, such
as the proper application of bandages
and splints to various parts of the
body and the lifting and carrying of
injured persons on stretchers.
! No one is permitted to give instruc-
ton in practical work before he is
fully qualified. In order to obtain per-
mission to teach an instructor must
hold the certificates. voucher and me-
dallion, or full qualifying badge of the
ST. John Ambulance association.
These awards can be obtained only
after three years of constant applica.
ton to first aid work, during which
time the candidate must attend three
examinations on first aid methods,
each examination being more exact
ing than the one proceeding. In ad-
ditiOn, the classes are provided with
test papers dealing with the work in
detail.
When the instructor considers a
class ready for examination he makes
report to the proper headquarters
and medical officer is appointed to
examine the class in lines laid down
in accordance with specially pre-
pared examination form. The exami-
nations are conducted with the great
est strictness. All candidates are eX-
amined on the same fixed number of
subjects, but the latter are SO ar
which subjects will be selected for
him. For this reason each candidate
will be required to to familiarize him.
self with all subjects.
There is a fixed minimum of total
marks for all the subjects selected.
together with fixed minimum of of
total marks on each subject, and as a
result of this method every candidate
is required to pass general aggre-
gate of marks and also must have a
comprehensive knowledge of each sub
ject. Ignorance on an essential point
disqualifies a candidate. whatever his
total marks gained or whatever his
general knowledge may be. In other
words If candidate did not know how
to stop an artery from bleeding it
would not matter how much else he
knew. He would be disqualified.
| Fifty-0ne Glasses.
Although the ambulance organiza.
ton of the Canadian Pacific road has
been in existence only about one year.
fifty-one classes have been organized
on the company's lines. Included in
these classes are men engaged in the
operating, maintenance of way and
other departments. In order to take
care Of the work incident to the man.
agement of the classes there has been
appointed a general secretary for the
entire system, an assistant general
secretary for both the eastern and
western lines. a divisional secretary
for every division and fifty class sec.
retaries. The class secretaries report