The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-09-16
Health
By Dr.. William Brady

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THE RED CROSS DEATH TRAP
In . reply to an inquiry made
by Q layman concerning the techni-
que Of the Schafer manual prone
pressure method Of artificial res
piration, the Director First Aid,
Water Safety and Accident preven-
ton Service Of q chapter Of the
American Red Cross said:
"Our authority for the prone pres
sure method Of artificial respiration
Is DR.. Yandell Henderson and DR..
Drinker Various tests have
been made at our request by Or.
Henderson and DR.. Drinker regard
ing the claims Of this columnist"--
The unnamed columnist Is none
other than or Doc Brady. NJ
land we have been advised that
there Is no reason to change our
teachings from what we have been
teaching for these many years"
I wonder what made the Amer
ican Red Cross change the teaching
Of the jack-knife rnaneuver, which
was advised and illustrated IN varl-
GUS first aid manuals duly "approv-
ed" by the American Red Cross up
to 1922 Gould the annoying criti-
cism Of the atrocity by the same
columnist have had anything 10 do
with itp
until our internationally rec
ognized authorities advise Us dif-
ferently we shall continue to teach
as we have in the past"
Would the important people Of the
Red Cross be willing to reveal the
identity Of the authority or author
tiles who advised them differently
concerning the jack knife atrocityp
There Is Just one error In the
technique Of the manual prone
pressure method taught by Red
Cross instructors, the position Of the
subjects arms. Schafer, who was
surely as good an authority on his
method as any the Red Gross can
cite, did NOT advise placing one
Of the subjects hands, wrists or
arms under the subjects head or
chin. On the contrary the illustra-
lions Schafer published with his
description Of his method showed
nothing under the subjects head or
chin.
When I discussed the question
with DR.. Henderson in 1880 he said
he was particularly pleased to no
tice that In my pamphlet on Arti-
fetal Respiration I showed the sub
ject's arms drawn forward, as that
was his (Hendersons own parti-
cular contribution to the technique
OF the Schafer prone pressure meth
od-by having the arms drawn for.
ward beyond the head the thoracic
cage is pulled into the position OF
maximum inspiration and tends to
return to this position each time
that the exploratory pressure OF the
operator Is released.
Well and good. Now ! wonder
Just how the Red Cross persuaded
DR.. Henderson to reverse himself
about that?
DR.. HenderSons own particular
contribution to the method - II
schafer hadn't priority on the point
is sound enough. 1t Is sufficient
ly important in itself to make
change in the Red Cross method
imperative, even n the important
people OF the Red Cross refuse TO
acknowledge their wrong method
creates a veritable death trap for
the victim.
No Tricks
! don't understand why you could
not send the booklet ! asked for.
All received ror my pains Is my
stamped addressed envelope and the
coin. Just as I sent It TO you. (MrS.
II. IT,
Answer-The coin was smeared
with glue, adhesive plaster, paste,
or sticky tape. Would you give o
coin In such O condition IN pay
ment for @ ticket or a magaSiner
People who send coins In that con-
dition will get them back TO clean
up on their own time. Ditto for
those who use staples, needle and
thread or other tricks that slow up
service.
Headache
Can you give any information or
advice on migraine? My husband
has attacks about twice o month
and he is completely incapacitated
for twenty -four hours. IN. v. A.
l. Answer-Send stamped envelope
bearing your address. ask Tor pam
phlet "Why Have Headache?"
Copyright 1913, John F. Ollie CO..