The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-09-12
FIRST AID DEPARTMENT
OF RED CROSS SOCIETY
DR.. Shields in Special Car Visits This
City Sunday and MOnday-Gaye
Several Lectures

Safety" first and first aid" to the
injured was the subject of several ad-
dresses held in the Red Cross car which
was set out here Sunday and Monday.
DR.. M. J. Shields who has charge Of
the car is making a trip over the en-
tire system OF the Great Northern
Railway giving instructions principally
to the railroad men in regard to the
taking care of the injured" until the
arrival of a doctor. Mr.. Shields lays
great stress on the safety first move
ment and is authority for the state
ment that over two-thirds Of the acci-
dents could be avoided.
In the year Of 1912 there were s.
000,00 accidents serious enough to
be recorded, of which number 300,-
900 were either killed or totally disa-
bled After making a study of the
accidents and the causes Mr.. Shields
arrives at the conclusion that 70 per
cent Of the accidents were avoidable,
being due mostly to carelessness.
A pretty good plan to follow ac-
cording to Mr. Shields is Don't put
your feet or hands where your eyes
can't keep track Of them" Railroads,
mines, and other industries thruout the
country are installing safety devices,
but statistics show that carelessness, or
the simpler things are responsible for
the greatest per cent Of accidents. On
the streets of New York City last year
there were 5000 accidents, 562 OF
which resulted fatally, and most Of
those were due to carelessness.
Germany is said TO lead all the
other nations Of the world in safety ap-
pliances, and there farming is said to
be the most dangerous occupation.
-Four meetings were held by DR..
Shields during his stay in this city
which were we'll attended, chiefly by
the railroad men, although everyone
interested was invited to attend.
It is the belief Of the doctor that the
reason SO many of the physicians are
successful in their operations is due to
the fact that they have learned to save
blood, which is saving strength.
Thruout his talk the doctor used sub
ject taken from the audience to illus
trate the methods TO care for a man
when he has been injured, drowned,
electrocuted and how to stop the flow
OF blood with the least injurious effects.
The fate Of the injured man often de-
pends in whose hands he falls, after
the accident and we feel safe in saying
that there were few men who attended
the lectures but who added to their
store of knowledge along these lines,
First Aid to the Injured" The Red
Cross is doing more of this kind OF
work than any other organization, and
in appreciation of the work the rail
roads Of the United States have placed
private cars at the disposal Of the so
ciety's representatives and are trans
porting them free Of charge over their
roads.
The Red Cross is a philanthropic
organization organized in Europe in
the year OF 1868. It was brought into
this country about ten years later and
now reaches to every part Of the globe.
The Red Cross several years ago took
up the fight against tuberculosis and
have made great progress in the pre-
vention OF this terrible disease.
DR.. Shields left Monday in his car,
which was attached to No. 4 for Spo-
kane, from where he will go east over
the Great Northern stopping at differ
ent points along the line to give lee
tures.