FIRST AID.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19150, 5 November 1927, Page 9

FIRST AID.

IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS. POINTS FOR MOTORISTS. As is the case in all other forms of human activity, occasional misfortune attaches 'to touring. Some members of a touring party may fall victims to accident or sickness, and it is then that the knowledge of what to do on the part of some member or members of the party is decidedly efficacious in relieving' pain, and aiding towards early recoverv of the patient.

Elementary Knowledge Useful. it is, therefore, tho part of wisdom for the potential tourist to have at least, an elementary knowledge of the various forms of" first-aid which lie may be called upon at any time to administer With this in view the following suggestions are offered: Dog or snake bite: Apply a tourniquet, suck or squeeze the poison from the wound, enlarging it with a knife if necessary; apply a caustic, such as carbolic acid, wood ashes, or tincture of iodine; wash with hot water; pack with a mixture of baking soda and salt; then bandage carefully. If no caustic is available, burn out the wound with a hot wire instead.

Drowning: Remove all foreign substances from the mouth; pull tongue forward to allow breathing; place or hold the body- face downward with the lungs higher than the head to allow the water to flow from tho lungs; lay the patient on a blanket on his stomach, face turned toward the side, straddle the body at the hips, and with the arms held straight and the hands just above the lower \rib, press with full weight straight downward, slowly and steadily; release pressure suddenly to allow air to enter lungs; repeat this operation, and continue it for an hour or more if necessary. Some patients have revived after "two hours. Upon revival give the patient a hot drink, wrap him in blankets, and take him to a hospital. This method is also applicable in case of electric shock ,and gas, and smoke asphyxiation.

Splinting Broken Limb. Broken leg or arm: Pull until the broken ends come together; fasten to the limb two splints to keep the bone in place. These should be well padded with grass or cotton wool to keep the flesh from being pressed against the broken ends of the bone. Get injured person to a doctor as quickly as possible. Burns: If clothing sticks to the burn, do not try to remove it, but out around the burn; prick the blister with a clean needle, but do not break the skin; apply tincture of iodine dissolved in water —one teaspoonful nf iodine to a pint of water — with a minute quantity of salt. Burns from quicklime or lye: Trefat with vinegar. Carbolic acid burn: Treat vvithj alcohol ; treat other acid burns with bakinsr powder or lime water.

Cuts: Wash with tincture of iodine or witch hazel.

Fainting: Place the patient in such a position that his head is lower than his body: loosen clothing; allow plenty of room so that patient can get fresh air; bathe face and Forehead with cold water.

Headache: Take a tablespoonful of Worcestershire sauce, or five drops of tobasco in a tumbler of writer.

Swallowing poison: The patient should take a large quantiv of lukewarm water t and cause, himself to vomit; this should be repeated several times; then the patient should be made to swallow the whites of two eggs

SEGRAVE'S RECORD

AMERICAN ATTACK. ' If Major H. 0. D. Segrave's onemile record of 203.74 m.p.h. made .in a special Sunbeam car last March is not broken within a year from that date, it will not be because of any lack of trying on the part of others, according to present indications (says an American Automobile journal). The Daytona Beach Chamber of Commerce, as was announced a while back, is planning a six-day speed trial carnival on the historic beach during the latter part of January or the first week in February of 1928. While the trials probably will include events for sev-pi-al classes and sizes of cars, including three stock car classes, major interest doubtless will centre around the cars specially designed to try for a new one-mile record. At present it seems likely that there will be at least three or four Americans make the attempt, with the possibility of several foreign entries to give added flavour. While details of entries and designs are not yet ready for announcement, it is understood that both Duesenberg and Miller. America's best-known rac-ing-car designers, have something up their sleeves and that Tommy Lockhart also is developing a car for a try at the record.

FRENCH REGULATIONS. The Paris police are not so funny as they used to be. There was a time when they waved their little white sticks with a lull realisation of their complete impotence, and those who ventured to attempt to stem the tide of traffic invariably gave up the attempt just in time to escape to safety on the footpath. I haive always bad an idea (says a writer in "Motor Transport") that this state of affairs had s°tm connexion with the principles of '•Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity," so dear to the French nation. If you ask your tfay of a policeman in France the chances are that a small boy will butt into the middle of the conversation and tell the policeman he is wrong. On the ether hand, in England there is very little Equality and Fraternity as between the policeman on duty and the driver of any vehicle who tries to disobey the regulation. Should the latter be persistent he would in all probability, temporarily lose his acquaintance with Liberty!

Polish, for Lamp Seflectom. Lampblack, a soft black powder, is one of the best polishes to clean silvered lamp reflectors. A little of this lampblack on a soft cloth rubbed over the surface of the reflector will quickly restore its brilliancy. If the surface is tarnished badly, use a paste of lampblack and water finishing with the dry powder. Always rub in a circular direction around the reflector. This powder will not scratch, jyv-. ' m dition to this, it seems to leave a slight film on the surface of the reflector which retards dulling.