The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-02-15
RAILROAD NEWS.
American Red Cross Car on
Rock Island.
First Aid to Injured InfOrma-
tiOn to Employees.
OVER ALL THE LINES.
Doctors Will Educate Men Of
Rock Island.
Other Items of General Inter
est in Traffic World.
YER ALL THE LINES.

Topeka railroad employees are TAX
ing considerable interest in the demon
strations and the lectures given in this
city by DR.. M. w. Glasgow and DIR. M.
J. Shields who are in charge of the
American Red Cross car which is max
ing tour of the Rock Island lines.
The initial meeting held in the car
which is parked in front of the Rock
Island depot Tuesday was for the ern
ployees of the Rock Island and
of what to do as first aid to the in
Jured, scores Of interested employees
watched and listened closely.
It is a. new venture on western rail-
roads-in fact on all railroads in this
country. The only car used for this
purpose is in Topeka today and will
remain here until tomorrow night 1t
is used under the direction Of DR.. M.
w. Glasgow and DR.. NJ. ]. Shields-the
former with the American Red Cross
and the latter with the Red Cross and
a regular member of the medical corps
of the United States army and a leader
and organizer in the work among the
mines for the bureau of mines.
This car is fitted up for lecture and
demonstrations together With living
quarters for the surgeons in charge. 1t
was furnished the Red Cross people by
the Pullman people.
December Is this car left Buffalo, n.
Y, for a tour of the New York Central
lines and covered all of the principal
points as far as Chicago when it went
over the Rock Island lines to the west.
1t has covered all the principal shop
points on the Rock Island to Denver
and is now working back this way to
the southern and southwestern lines Of
this road.
In Kansas the car will make Belle
Vile, Mcfarland, Horton, Topeka, Her
ington, Kansas City and Caldwell. 1t
~ r1s0lr
Island free of charge and the entire
movement is supported and approved
by H u. Nudge, president of the Rock
Island lines. While in Topeka the Of
fetal company representative, George
B. HetheringtOn, has made every effort
to give the surgeons help in their cam
paign of the city and to date the work
has met with great success.
Meetings with the employees of the
Santa Fe shops, the Topeka, street
railway company, the members of the
city fire and police departments, and
with the general public have been ar
ranged. Topeka will be thoroughly
educated in the Observation-Disclosures
jured' methods before the doctors in
charge Of the Red Cross car leave tins
city sss
With the employees OF a railroad
versed in the first-a1d-to-th e-injured
tactics many serious, injuries and
many deaths can ,Sbe averted. Many
times an employee through accident
receives a broken limb or arm and in
the rush and excitement is allowed to
suffer and sometimes die-simply be-
cause the matter Of first aid until
doctor arrives was not known by fell
low workmen. Carelessness caused
blood poison and crippled for life and
perhaps death.
The lecture courses include structure
and mechanism of the body, first aid
materials, general directions in rem
dering first aid, injuries without the
skin being broken or pierced, injuries
with a break in the skin, wounds, local
injuries from heat, cold and electricity,
Inconsistencies and poisoning, hand
ling and carrying of the injured, etc
In the lecture shopman or railroad
employee is used as the patient and he
is bound, bandaged,- and carried around,
by the doctors This gives the listeners
a practical view of the first aid, prac-
tice. ~ ~
In speaking of the movement Dr.
Shields said: 49,
What is meant by the 'first-aid
movement? 1t is an effort to train
persons to inteIligent1y assist those
who have been injuried, in order, if
possible, that the injury may be pre-
vented from producing fatal results, .5r
from producing q permanent de-
formity, due to improper handling
prior to the time when surgeon or