The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-16

NO DN i'''''' "''s' fI
sound, with unimpaired eyesight
and hearing IL not all which
ia requisite nowadays ir a nan
.,.hes 10 become a part Of the service
.,oneo of our large railroads. The MEM
~, Of a train crew on this road must
,o.sess. in addition to the above requires
,.nts. an actual working knowledge for
.,s proper administering III first AID
sherever an accident occur
hrmerly much valuable time was
! ,o.s when. az was often the case. acci-
i,c,s occurred many miles from where
.,oc,ors and nurses could he procured
a relieve the surerings OF travellers.
tn meet such an emergency n first
aA school has been established. which
1. sttended by the EMPLOYEES Of the road,
where lectures are given Ivy physicians
and PRACTICAL demonstrations Of the
r,oper aud most efficient manner in
which to bandage a broken arm, stanch
tho blood from n severed artery, or how
10 NV the simple respiratory treatment
when the victim has inhaled smoke or
r,,io,,s gases are witnessed by the
pupils at every session,
Hurrying from train to ferry The other
dsy III. writer's attention was attracted
hy = crowd N the further end Of the
terminal. Ahuge canva sheet had been
s,1lpg across the great concoursc at one
end. and into this curtaincd space the
covd was ouriously peering. In the
well filed auditorium an audience, COM
tneod almos, entirely of men. was in
te,srlv Interested in what certainly was
a most peculiar proceeding OF a railroad
ferry pier.
There's a contest on to-day and
they're giving prizes The railroad en-
poyecs' first aid 10 the injured teams
are in competition, explained the voung
! man in charge.
This then accounted for the presence
Of the uniformed nurse and half n dozen
professional looking men. evidently
physicians. one of whom wac speaking
q. the time. and three others being
stated on a raised platform who were
10 act n judges.
At the moment tn physician was
saying that som bro';er fore arms would
now lie set. II went on u give i~nstruc-
tons about how this should be done.
A, the phi stefan talked several men.
wearing the uniform of the railroad,
commenced to remove coats. vests.
! Collars a ties. he speaker con-
GUIDED with: Now, men. get to work
and reduce a fractured forearm" hesc
men arran g themselves j to four
groups. six men in each gro Ir, stepped
forward to the front Of the place and
BEGAN to tnwra packages Of gau1e.
Each team Of six vas composed Of three
doctors and the same mum or of -vic-
tins
The arms Of the victims of a SUD-
positltioJs accident hung loose aud limp.
Each doctor gentl raised Z forearm
70 the proper angle for comfort: then
quickly lai u woo en- splint TO the
injured member, deity. swiftly and
securely adjusting the yards Of gauze
bandage until the arm and splint were
bound together. During all this time
the physical judges were taking notes
and the nurse went around among the
men telling them that tn, victim =
must be careful to act as IL he had a
really disabled forearm; the intention
evidently being to make a. realistic
As possible conditions which would
exist at the time { such an accident.
When all the fracture ! forearms had
v otn reduced, the victims we're led
IN 'front.' of the platform o which we're
'he judges. There each bandage was
carefully examined, while the nurse
hotsd on her char the points / favor
Of zach particular doctor" individually.
together with tn work of the men as
u team. This examinati finished.
oahdages we're hastily removed, fire.
qaehtiy with the agil clip of the suffer-
ING victims and the teams we're told
" be really for the restoration of a
ncun overcome v smoke.
when the snoke -victi n" a been
restored to CONSCIOUS ess an sem on
Ills way after ne aini listrltion Of some
SIMPLE remedy used for I We purpose the
men began to care for broke AMI bruised
Nsads' They swathei heads in alb
sroent cotton, first applying remedies
70 Clean the wounds AMI sta,ch the
Ulood' then covered them with ban lagos
'e "ori being "a neatly an swiftly
'ecoihpilslied a. though done By al
ambulance surgeol.
'"r' all ines" cont SIS yer over the
'uuees conferred together and with the
nurse carefully going over the ere Its
" mistakes made by the different men
"tne performance of this work. III ,allv
suaoohoement was made of the name OF
"e waning team, and also the names of
S"'ldual doctors" who mad do Ia the
20 work. Very substantial rrizes had
%i provided by the railroa for dis
u'oution. The most covete of all was
~ immense silver cup. a pri 70 which
e' V deien ed at each successive
"n'es'' Then came the distribution OF
Aec'es Tor personal use by I ie men
lux umbrellas, diamond stIdiei CT
"aAs' watch charms, scarf pils and man
other things.
particular official il c,arge of this
s1'p"r'inent OF the service was ask d for
'SrInatlOn on thn su,iact
ms Is our third public rehearsal
" the only time We held a contest.
~Nf e1plai g the I~articular Office