The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-14
TEAM WINS IN FIRST
 AID CONTESTS
Judges Have Difficulties in Determining Differences
 Between Competitors

Between Competitors | First aid in eases O. accident was efficiently demonstrated in the Juneau high school gymnasium last night by four competing teams of men and an exhibition team of boy scouts. So slight were tha differences in the contesting teams that the judges had the utmost diff ficulty in deciding the matter Of superiority
 The Juneau Firemen scored high est, 99.4 per cent; Douglas, second 99 per cent; Alaska Juneau miners, and the Alaska Juneau mill tied for third place with 988 per cent. The rating of the boy scouts was 96.8 per cent.
 Metzgar Gives Prizes Prizes for the winners were de- mated by L. H. Metzgar, general superintendent of the Alaska Ju- neau Gold Mining Company. They consisted of gold mounted auto matic pencils, each with a place fer the engraving of name and a date.
 The boy scouts were awarded pocket knives given by the Cham Der of Commerce.
 More than 100 persons witnessed the demonstrations. The work If the teams evidenced that they had greatly profited by the instruction and training given them by George H. Miller, foreman miner of the United States Bureau of Mines ana instructor in first aid and acci- dent prevention work.
 Members of Teams
 Members of the teams were:
 Douglas-Glen Kirkham, captain; Tom Cashen, patient; Francis Shy der, Everett Fleek, Carl Lindstrom and Walter Savikko.
 Miners-Fred Sooerg, captain; M J. Storms, patient; Eric Walsh, Ar thur Griffith, Ernest Davis anc Ted Malmsburg.
 Juneau Fi1Snen-Minard Mill captain; Waino Hendrickson, pa tient; William Niederhauser, Ec Schombel, Arnot Hendrickson anc George Phillips.
 Millmen-Tom Larsen, captain; Pete Schmitz, patient; Gus Brick son, William Bergstrand, Art Berg gren and Don Stewart.
 Boy Scouts-Fred Harris, cap tain; Allan Carlson, patient; Milk Peterson, Walter Scott, jr., Sonny Gray and Duncan Robertson.
 Names of Judges
 Lay judges were B. D. Stewart Chief judge; Wilfred Lievers, E. c Guerin, Floyd Betts, William Doug las and Walter P. Scott.
 Medical judges were Dr. w. w Council and pr. J. w. B. McAul- ] fife.
 The timekeeper was Alexander Durham and the scorekeeper R. L Stewart.
 The contest involved the work ing out of three separate problems The competing teams drew lots for spaces, these positions being num- bered l, 2, 3 and A. The judges drew lots to determine which team each judge should take for the first problem. For the second and third problems the judges were. ad- one numbered position, which eliminated the judging of any team more than once by any one judge. Each medical judge um l pired two adjacent teams in the first problem and changed positions for each successive problem. Scores were obtained by averaging the of efficiency attained by each team in the working out of the three assigned problems.
 Problems for Men
 The three problems for the mems | teams were:
 1. A miner is injured by a fall | of rocks as follows: Compound frac- ture of the left leg, squirting blood, l six (6) inches above the ankle; 1 simple fracture of right forearm; and a lacerated wound on right side of head. The patient is uncon- scious and suffering from shock l throughout the problem. Treat and prepare for transportation, but do not load on stretcher. Working 1 time ten Q0) minutes.
 2. Boy grabs electric wire which is hanging from pole. He is found unconscious, apparently not breathing. He has burn inches vide across palm of the right hand. Demonstrate three (3) methods of shorting" or cutting off" electric current before removing patient from wire, then resuscitate by two