Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-03-15

How to Give First Aid in Cases of suffo-
cation.
The soul is said to sit closely and
silently within the web of the hui
man textile. From the very fibers of
the flesh 1t spins. and, spider-like,
you feel the tenderest touch and
every breath of motion roundabout.
You are positive that you are you,
and nobody else, and on this certain
ty you try your utmost to keep body,
the most necessary and fundamental
of all certainty, and soul together.
There Is an extraordinary stability
In the attachment between the liv-
ing form and the vital spirit within.
The tendency to adhere is so Unborn
that mankind may be maltreated
with quack medicines. woful mix
lures, talismans, laying on of hands,
superstitions and traditions, and yet
survive to praise fallaciously and
spread the gospel of efficacy. That
is to say, he still lives and has his
being ninety times in Che hundred,
and wrongly ascribes it to the herbs,
the potions or the unguents used.
Yet all the while it was the tena-
trenches despite the onslaught OF
triple enemy, the wrong drug, the
genial doctor, and the dire disease.
Luckily, the life and growth of the
whole human race do not always de-
pend upon the doctors doing some
thing" Emergencies are often met
in the absence of the medical police.
Do Not Delay.
AAta
are emphasized by Dr. Charles A.
Lauffer, the medical director OF the
WESTINGHOUSE Electric Company, IN
his researches upon shock, drowning
and asphyxiation from any cause.
Suffocation may have many other
origins than gas poisoning and
drowning. II the blood and tissues
are In any manner wanting In the
air and oxygen necessary to keep
life in the human fabric, whether 1t
be from gasoline fumes in garage,
f1redamp in a mine, ammonia In an
ice plant, vapors from blast FUR
mace. water In O. river, an electric
shock. bad air in bank vault, or
coal gas, something must be done
Immediately.
There Is no reason to delay until a
medical man, policeman or hos
pital orderly reaches the victim. That
brief interval once elapsed may
bridge the gulf between life and
death. Charon will lose no time in
ferrying across the Styx If you wait
too long to resuscitate the shocked,
poisoned or drowned one.
Anyone, alone, may revive victim
of asphyxiation. Water and the ex-
cretions of the windpipe and lungs
can be gently and steadily expelled by
squeezing the floating or lowest ribs
once every five seconds with three
seconds of pressure. The nearer you
exert pressure upon the ends OF these
lowest or unattachable ribs the better
success you will have.
Method of Resuscitation.
The victim must rest fiat upon the
ground, face down. The face, for
sooth, must be directed to the right
or left side, with arms in bow above
the head. Never wait to move the
person affected. Merely place him
thus in the nearest safe spot.
Straddle the patient on bended
knees. With the flat of the hands on
each side of the lowest ribS--never
touch the hip bones or the spine--the
rescuer must exert rhythmic pres
sure from the shoulders through the
heel of both hands. OF course, the
arms are held straight.
Tho person who applies this first aid
resuscitation should exert pressure for
three seconds by the watch and re-
| lease pressure of two seconds for over
an hour, even II there have been no
signs of reward. Infinitely longer II
there is even the most discouragins
signs of returning life. The heart
! often resumes it's beating an hour
| before any pulse appears. Victims
reported dead of electric shock and
| accidents have been fully restored
~. . hours later, thanks to friendt
skeptical OF the superior knowledge
of the excellent physicians who pro-
nounced them absolutely dead.