Sportsman’s Notebook Resuscitation Drill Demonstrated

Press, Volume C, Issue 29514, 16 May 1961, Page 7

Sportsman’s Notebook Resuscitation Drill Demonstrated

A large representation from all surf clubs in the province attended the first demonstration of the new mouth-to-mouth resuscitation drill, given by special teams from the South Brighton Surf Life-saving Club and the North Beach Club at South Brighton on Sunday. Demonstrations of both the four-man alarm resuscitation drill and the six-man rescue and resuscitation were given by the teams conducted by the Canterbury Surf Life-saving Association’s chief instructor (Mr A. Lee). The drill for both events is very similar. The principal feature of the new drill is the placing of the patient on the beach. Instead of lowering him straight down as before, the feet are now lowered first and then the body. One of the operators builds a mound of sand Underneath the shoulders of the patient sc that his head falls in the right position for the air passages to be open. The haul-in is much faster and there are slight changes in the take-over. Before the team takes over from the beltman at knee depth, the resuscitator runs down the beach and into the water to waist depth. While the beltman holds the patient he gives the patient six quick breaths. The patient is then hauled into the shallow water and carried on to the beach. Speed is the main thing in the new drill. It is much faster than the old method and is quite impressive as a spectacle. « * « Still Active At 31 years of age T. P. Katene is still taking an aptive part in sport. At ptesent he is playing senior Rugby League for the Mangakino club in Auckland and recently took part in an unofficial Auckland provincial trial game, Maoris v. Pakehas, where he showed that he was still capable of producing his characteristic bumping runs down the touchline. Katene first played Rugby for the King Country as long ago as 1947 and in 1955. as a Wellington representative, he gained All Black honours in one test against the Australians. He played for New Zealand Maori

teams in 1952-55-56-57. His first game of Rugby League was in the Waikato district in 1959. * * * £lOOO Contest The New South Wales Rugby League is at present considering a proposal to stage a £lOOO knock-out competition as a curtainraiser to the New South Wales - Queensland match. After the inter-state match on June 12 (Queen's Birthday), the Australian team to tour New Zealand will be chosen. If the proposal is agreed to, the winning team in the knock-out competition will receive £475 and the runner-up £275. £lO will also be given to the neatest attired team. The games will be 15 minutes each way, with no intervals. * * * Collier Doubtful It is doubtful if the Marist second five-eighths, J. Collier, will play again this season. Collier broke a cheek bone in the match against Merivale last week and underwent an operation at Bur-

wood Hospital last week. Collier has been an asset in the Marist backs in the last few seasons and his strength and speed will be missed. In four matches Collier had scored 21 points from two tries, three penalty goals, and two conversions. # * <s Konrads Absent The Olympic gold medallist, John Konrads, will probably be absent from Australia for the Empire Games in Perth next year. He will leave for the United States in September to do an arts course at the University of Southern California, and the games are to be held just after the start of a term. “I want to get back to swim for Australia, but at this stage I can’t see it. As far as Tokyo is concerned I will be trying for selection even if it means that I will have to repeat a term or two,” Konrads said. He expects to be away for about three years. His sister, lisa, is negotiating to enter a university in America also. # * # Unearthed Two members of the 1957 Fijian Rugby team, Tomasi Naidole and Josefa Saukuru, are playing Rugby in Auckland. The second grade, sometimes considered the “social” grade, has been hiding the internationals in recent weeks. They were recently members of the North Shore second grade side which, this year, is composed solely of Fijians. Saukuru is a prop and Naidole a second five-eighths and a most devastating tackler. They were both outstanding members of the 1957 Fijian side that won 10 and drew two of its 15 matches in New Zealand. Naidole scored a try in the Fijians’ 38-17 win against Auckland while marking T. R. Lineen, who has just returned from the All Black tour of Australia. The two Fijians are at present undertaking an Army course at Waiouru.