First Aid To The Injured

Smothered the flames of little Soami's
frock.

       Now, all at once," directed Chief Arrestem. "One, two, three!" and the two officers and the two ambulance men lifted the dollsmobile high up over to the other side of the road.

       "Well, friends," said Officer Arrestem, "if there's nothing more we can do, we'll return to our duty."

       "Nothing more, thank you," the head nurse answered.

       The driver had quickly smothered the flames of little Soami's frock by using the automobile robes.

       "Oh, my goodness!" shrieked Mrs. Brave, "where's Shesa? I wonder where my dear daughter is! Where is she? Where can she be?" she kept on asking, crying hysterically.

       "Hush! quiet yourself!" commanded the assistant nurse, who came in the ambulance. "We found your daughter a few moments ago where she was thrown. She had fainted, but she is all right now."

       "Oh, sit her up; don't let her lie there!' exclaimed the mother.

       "Indeed, you must keep quiet," said the nurse, or we cannot do anything for anybody. It is better for her to lie down than to sit up."

       "I'd keep quiet if I knew what to do! Every woman and man, too, ought to know."

       "Yes," replied the nurse, "every person ought to know something about first aid to the injured." She and the other nurse were busily directing the orderly and driver of the ambulance in every movement, giving them explicit directions.

       They attended the most dangerously injured first, stopping the bleeding (hemorrhage) of Mr. Brave's head and bandaging a dressing in place. They applied soothing carron oil to the burns on little Soami's arms and legs.

         They bandaged temporary splints to little Ibee's broken arm, and, since Mrs. Brave's scalds were not serious, they attended her last.

       Under Mr. Brave's broken leg they placed pillows to make him more comfortable.

       "If I'd only remembered to turn off the power this never would have happened," he muttered. " How foolish of me!"

       "There would never be any accidents to speak of," said the assistant nurse, soothingly, "if everybody did everything right, you know."

       "If everybody just kept his head cool," said Mr. Brave, as he tried to move his position, but fell back with a groan.

       "Give him a half-teaspoon of aromatic spirit of ammonia, Miss Helpem," said Miss Bossem, who was engaged in spreading the stretcher.

       "Now, everyone ready to lift this patient," she directed, as she and the driver and orderly knelt on one knee beside Shesa, and Miss Helpem took her position on the opposite side of the stretcher. As the three lifted Shesa, Miss Helpem carefully held the stretcher in place, and afterward helped carry the patient to the ambulance. Next they carried the two children, using a stretcher for little Ibee, and making a two-handed seat for Soami. (A "sedan chair," you know the kind you play with at school.)

       "I'm sorry neither doctor could leave the operating room to come, Miss Helpem," remarked Miss Bossem, to her assistant, who was Mary Frances, you remember. "If you will wait here with these two patients," (they were Mrs. and Mr. Brave) "I will return with either Doctor Surecure or Doctor Quickenquack."

       ''Oh, why can't you take my dear husband along?" begged Mrs. Brave. "He's awfully hurt! awfully!"

       "Please explain to her, Miss Helpem," said Miss Bossem, getting into the ambulance, "that it is far better to wait for the doctor to attend a broken leg than to attempt to place it in splints unless it is absolutely necessary to move the patient."

       Miss Helpem turned to Mrs. Brave, who was by this time quite exhausted, and after explaining the situation, treated her, as she had all the others, for --

They attended the most dangerously injured first.

Cause: SHOCK

       A severe injury, or even the sight of one, will often cause intense nervousness, which is very weakening. This is especially true if the patient is suffering from severe bleeding. Check the bleeding before treating for shock.

       Shock differs from fainting. The patient's face becomes pale and the skin cold, the pupils of the eyes large.

What to do:

1. Send for the doctor.
2. Place patient on back with head low to allow plenty of blood to enter head. 
3. Give hot water or hot coffee, or one-half teaspoonful aromatic spirit of ammonia in a quarter of a tumbler of water. 
4. Hold smelling salts to the nose. 
5. Do not excite by trying to remove clothing unless absolutely necessary, but keep patient warm by use of hot-water bottles and blankets, etc. 
6. Cover patient. Rub limbs toward body. 
7. Do not give whiskey or any other form of alcohol, if any other stimulant can be found and never whiskey in case of hemorrhage (severe bleeding).

Introduction: Chapters: 1, 2, First Aid to The Injured,  4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19