FIRST AID ADVICE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 860, 2 January 1930, Page 1 (Supplement)

FIRST AID ADVICE

PRINCIPLES— Secure medical assistance. Arrest bleeding a* once. Cover wounds. Secure broken bones be fore moving patient. Treat shock. Tie knotf on splints and generally adjust bandages, etc., so as to avoid discomfort by pressure. BURNS AND SCALDS— Exclude air, covering affected parts with a clean dressing (dry or moistened with solution of picric acid). Treat shock. Burn by Vitriol— Wash off with alkaline lotion (soda in water, or lime water), apply dressing as above. Dress on fire —Lay patient down, flames uppermost; smother flames with woollen rug, coat, etc. If alone, do not run out into street, lie on ground roll over and over. BROKEN BONES— Lower Jaw—Bandage the lower to upper jaw with handkerchief. Collar Bone —Place pad in armpit, bandage elbow to side, sling fore-arm. Ribs —Apply bandage six inches wide, eight yards long round chest. Upper-arm Apply roller bandage to hand and fore-arm, splints to back and front, and sling fore-arm. Fore-arm— Apply padded splints to back and front, from hand to elbow, holding, the arm extended, with thumb pointing upwards. Hand —Apply splint bandage, and support in a sling. Thigh— Apply a long splint from armpit to outside of heel, and a short one from fork to * knee on inside and bandage. Leg Apply splints inside and outside, and bandage. EYES —FOREIGN BODIES IN— Do not rub. Remove with care. If under upper lid, lift lid forward, push up lower lid beneath it and let go. Lime in _Eye —Bathe with weak vinegar and water, drop in oil, apply pad and bandage. Go to doctor at once. Acid in eye —Bathe with alkaline lotion (soda in water, or lima water), drop in oil, apply pad and bandage. Go to doctor at once. FAINTING— From loss of blood, weakness, or shock. Keep the body in the lying position, undo the dress, give plenty of air, sprinkle the face and chest with cold water, smelling salts to nostrils. POISONING— If mouth aud lips not burned or stained, immediately cause vomiting (salt, mustard, etc., as emetic), then give diluents as barley water, tea, water or milk. If in pain, give flour and water, raw eggs, vegetables or animal oils. (N.B. No oil in phosphorus poisoning). If burns or stains on lips or mouth, no emetic. SCALDS— Smear with a solution of lime in oil, and envelop in cotton wool. WOUNDS — Arrest haemorrhage, paint with tincture of iodine, or cleanse with antiseptic lotion (if unavailable, warm water). Abstract foreign bodies —fragments of glass, gravel, etc., readily removable; apply dry antiseptic dressing bringing together edges of wound; secure with bandage.