Industrial medicine and surgery . nclusions. The committee on Standardization, under the leadership of , of the United States Public Health Service, took over thedata which Dr. Bloodgood had collected and started a further investiga-tion on this subject. The war interfered with this study, but it is hopedthat when conditions once more become normal much valuable informa-tion will be presented to the country as a result of the work of this Com- 492 ft FIRST AID 493 mittee. The Conference Board of Industrial Physicians, The NationalElectric Light Association, The Bureau of Mines—Departm
Industrial medicine and surgery . nclusions. The committee on Standardization, under the leadership of , of the United States Public Health Service, took over thedata which Dr. Bloodgood had collected and started a further investiga-tion on this subject. The war interfered with this study, but it is hopedthat when conditions once more become normal much valuable informa-tion will be presented to the country as a result of the work of this Com- 492 ft FIRST AID 493 mittee. The Conference Board of Industrial Physicians, The NationalElectric Light Association, The Bureau of Mines—Department of theInterior, The National Safety Council and other organizations havebrought out valuable contributions on the subject of first aid. While excellent results have been obtained by many of thesestandardized first aid methods when properly supervised by physicians,yet one outstanding criticism is applicable to the majority, viz., theyare too extensive and tend to make embryo physicians out of thetrained first aid Fig. 72.—First aid station at Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. attendance. A trained nurse is always in In organized industrial surgery three first aid systems have beendeveloped which deserve mention: 1. The best system is found in a few industries which employ asufficient number of doctors and nurses on the premises at all timesso that immediate emergency treatment by a qualified physician canbe given to all injured employees. The only first aid care neededin such industries is: the application of some antiseptic at onceby the employee himself or by some fellow employee to open wounds;the resuscitation of employees who have been overcome by gas, elec-tric shock or similar conditions; the control of hemorrhage by the ap-plication of hemorrhage pads or the tourniquet; and the removal ofthe injured party from a position to preclude further injury. Thusin those industries where a doctor can be summoned to a departmentwithin four or five minutes certain employ
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