Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-20
TEAM NO. | WINS
FIRST AID CONTEST
Yard Department Men of Rari-
tan Copper Works Proves to
be Best in Contest.
MANY SEE THE EXHIBITION
After Contests and Baseball
Game Big Banquet is Served
at the Packer House.
MANY SEE THE EXHIBITION


By margin of one point, team
| No. l, representing the yard depart
ment of the Raritan Copper Works
| captured the honors Saturday after
noon in the First Aid Contest held
! by that company, the exhibition be-
! ing one marveled at by many hun
dred spectators who enthusiastically
| applauded the skillful work of the
employees composing the ten teams.
Receiving one hundred marks for the
] first three problems performed, team
No. 8, representing the mechanical
i department, tied with the yard team
| for the first prize money, 1925, and
an additional problem had to be
worked. In this both teams again
! tied with marks of ninety-fve per
cent, but In another extra problem
/ the yard team triumphed, one point
/ being deducted from the mechanical
teams score because of failure to
! test a stretcher on which the patient
was lifted.
Received Instruction.
For several months the employees
of the copper works have been given
/ instructions In first aid work by DR..
| William e. Ramsay, the plant sur
geon, and by Jesse Henson, Of the
United States Bureau of Mines, who
/ was stationed here for Ave days The
+ work of the men Saturday proved
to be source of credit to the men
themselves, to their instructors, and
/ to the man behind the firing line"
N w. Pierce, Jr., who Is the chair
man of the General Safety Commit
tee and who is thus in charge of the
First Aid Corps of the big local
plant.
With a movie" camera trained
upon them, the men performed their
skillful work and their apparent
knowledge of first aid work was dem
onstrated in a way that earned the
enthusiastic plaudits of the specta-
tors, one of the most interested Of
whom was Vice President Tobias
Wolfson. Then, too, there were Drs.
F. c. Henry, G. W. Fithian, M. S.
Meinzer, ]. V. Shull and ]. L. Lund.
who viewed the exhibition from
professional standpoint, and who
were likewise generous in their praise
of the first aid workers and of the
company that is conducting this
great work. The physicians, with
DR.. William E. Ramsay as chief
judge, determined the percentages of
the various teams
The First Problem.
The first problem given was the
following: Patient found ON his
back across a live electric wire, un-
conscious. Rescue and give artificial
respiration for one minute. Then
treat burns on the back and right up
per arm. Garry thirty feet on any
improviszd stretcher except one made
of poles and coats
Problem No. 2 was: Simple frac-
ture of right thigh. Compound frac-
ture of left arm above elbow. Treat
and carry on improvised stretcher."
The third problem was: Man has
been run over by industrial locomo-
tive and right arm cut off close to
shoulder; profuse bleeding. Several
ribs broken on the right side. Treat
and carry on stretcher."
The results follow:
Problem Team No. /, 100;
Team No. 2, SO; Team No. 8, IA;
Team No. 4, SO; Team No. 5, SO;
Team No. 6, 90; Team No. Z, 90;
Team No. 8, Sc; Team No. 8, 100;
Team No. 10, 81.
Problem 2-Team No. 1, 100;
Team No. 2, 100; Team No 8, 100;
Team No. 4, SS; Team No 5, 95;
Team No. 6, 100; Team No. 7, 81;
Team No. 8, 90; Team No. 8, 100;
Team No. 10, 95.
Problem 3-Team No. 1, 100:
Team No. 2, "a; Team No. 8, 100;
Team No. 4, 95; Team No 5, 95;
Team No. 6, 95; Team No. 7, SO;
Team No. s, 95; Team No 9, 100;
Team No 10, 100
Teams No. 1 and having tied for
first place, with Team No. 6 winning
third prize, the following problem
was given the first two teams:
Treat broken kneecap, dislocated
right shoulder and fracture of jaw.
Improvise stretcher and carry TWEEN
ty-fve feet"
In this the yard team was penal
lied five points for tight bandaging,
and the mechanical department was
also penalized five points for not
properly treating shock. This neces-
STATED the extra problem that re-
suited In the ultimate victory of the I,
yard team. This problem was
Fracture of right collarbone, lacer-
ated palm of right hand, with dislo-
cation of the left shoulder Treat |
and prepare patient for transporta-
ton"
Winning Team Members.
The winning team was composed !
Of S. F. Larchar, captain; Adam
Tarloski, Anthony Hansen, Matthew
Rodda and P j. Deverin. Team No.
}, winners of the second prize
SIS, was made up of P. S.
Tanderup, captain; ]. Waterhouse,
W. Ingraham. ]. McPhie and Elvie
Frost Team No. 6, which repre-
ented the casting department, and
which captured the third prize of
fifty dollars, consisted of Herbert
4orenz, captain; Russell Smith, Will
lam Mullins, A. Mullins and E.
Tlaherty.
The averages, as computed by Re
orders C. E. Ullman and R. A. Nc
)owell, follow: Team No. 2, "a;
Team No. 3, 81 1-3; Team No. 4,
10 2-3; Team No. 5, 90; Team No. 6.
v; Team No. 7, SO 2-3; Team No
!, sc Is; Team No. 10, 95 Ia.
After the completion of the first
id contests a picked team, consist
ng of S. F. Larchar, Robert Fuller
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