The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-20
THE MINIMUM REsUsCITATIoN EFFORT

r- .v,..rs of a modern instrument of preci- sion the eectrocardiograph contraetto. ~. 70 ~ o the heart have been shown to cohs.nue auant .. cases as long as thirty minutes a1ter app, appi . a death has occurred. By apparent death wy mean cessation of heart and breathing % eo | f as we can detect by the ordinary Inelpou .Sa ava mination This fact has bearing OH Iiie occurrence of death from drowning, aspHSA'a' electric shock and poisoning. It has no Dear pear, ing on the occurrence of natural oeatn iroih disease or exhaustloh' . In the state which doctors call shock, Wheth- ar if be due to an accident, great 1rlght or other unpleasant emotion, necessary nuis.oa M oneration or excessive bleeding rom any cause the victim is limp, pale, coio' uheon scious or but feebly conscious and has a weak. l rapid running pulse and only tne snaiio" , | of breathing-the ordinary observer may pe- | ueve the victim is dead. Then the doctor comes | along and listens for the heart beat ana ap- | plies other routine tests. The doctor' say l frankly is sometimes terribly uncertain Whe.h- | CT to pronounce the victim dead. Even II ne oe- | o,da. that death has occurred, the electrocar- diograph may still show the heart is sliii a''e' contracting. .,,.., .,,, in | Doctors can't carry an electrocard!csraph ln | the emergency bag But there IS no heeu ol | such a refinement, if people will adopt req sonable rule in such emergencies: Ihe rug i in a simple one and it gives the vicum iaii
 Tn every instance where artificial respira- tion is applied the effort must be continued without interruption for two hours uhless reconciliation is accomplished sooner. | A reader reports a scandalous Instance or sudden death of a house maid while using an electric cleaner Her brutal, ignorant employ | CTS made no attempt at resuscitation but let | the victim lie where she fell on the noor till u u bonton doctor arrived, and the ignorant brute | pronounced her dead at sight and dismissed with a wave of his hand the idea Of appiying artidcial respiration If I were king of this country the maids employers would De pros ccuted charge of involuntary mansiaugn- l ter for their failure to apply artincial respIIa- tion during every minute while waltns TOT the arrival of the doctor, and would pupnciy strip the doctor of his license and send him Tor a term in the prison school Tor ooctors suHV oi unprofcssional conduct.
 | To the shame of the country 1t must be con- fessed that a large portion of our population including most of the snobs who consider them selves intelligent or educated, cannot resuscilaIe an unconscious person. In these days of domes- tic and industrial hazards from electricity, car bon monoxide, Illuminating gas automobile ac- cidents, poisoning of various kinds asphyxla- ton. drowning cases, how can any honest cit- zen dare to go to sleep at night not knowing how to resuscitate in case an emergency should | occur in the night? How dare anybody go Tn | the water on the water not Knowing now 10 | save life in case of drowning accident!
 The only way anybody can know he knows how to apply artificial respiration In the cor rect manner is to apply 1t a volunteer subject Any Boy Scout or Girl Scout Will teach you how.
 We have some illustrated booklets on Resus- citation left Ask for one and enclose stamped envelope bearing your address.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Food Value
 Which contains the most food value one & egg or one chocolate bar of average size and quail fly? c. M.)
 Answer-Or one small kettle of fish? Three ounces of milk chocolate yields 400 calories An egg yields 75 caories. So probably an aver age chocolate bar would sustain you longer than would an egg. But the food value of the chocolate bar is virtually that of sugar alone the best of food where emergency rations are needed. The food value of egg Is better balanced. one-third of 1t being protein or albu- men and two-thirds fat. Besides an egg con- tains valuable vtamins which are not furnished by chocolate bar.
 Learning Not To Itch
 have learned many things from you? FOi one thing, l suffered unccasingIy for three years from athletes foot, then used your prescription for WiiitAcld's ointment and cured 1t within { week. e. r. @
 Answer--This ringworm of the feet or foot Itch has become widely prevalent that 1t is hard 10 mention n remedy now without Init ling the case" of number of sufferers. Whit. fields ointment is effective In many cases:
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 Apply nt night tO affected patches of skin, foi a week, then rest week, and resume K nc. GehHnry,
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