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Title: Famous airmen and their equipment (electronic resource) : with some notes on first-aid in emergencies
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Burroughs Wellcome and Company
Subjects: Aeronautics
Publisher: London : Burroughs Wellcome
Contributing Library: Wellcome Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Wellcome Library

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is rule there should be no departure.Anything, provided it be quite rigid and of sufficient length,will answer for keeping the limb fixed ; such, for instance, as aflat piece of wood, a walking-stick, an umbrella, a rifle orother available article. The chief measures to be taken in first-aid treatment offractures are— To attend to patient on the spot where injury has occurred. To use care in handling the injured limb. To< bring the limb into its natural position so far aspossible. To • fix the limb in this position by means of splintsand bandages. To allow splints to project beyond the joints at the endof the broken bone.In compound fracture it is of first importance to preventseptic germs, which are usually present in the air, from obtainingan entrance into the wound. Cover the wound with two or threelayers of Tabloid Boric Gauze, having Tabloid Boric Cottonbetween each layer. A splint must be placed on each side ofthe limb, and firmly secured by bandages, carefully and evenly
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NOTES ON FIRST-AID applied. The limb should then be disturbed as little as possible.When applying splints, free use should be made of TabloidAbsorbent Cotton for padding. Fracture of the Collar Bone This is indicated by the shoulder dropping and the armbecoming useless ; sometimes the crack in the bone may be felt. The treatment is to place a pad, such as a two-ounce packetof Tabloid Absorbent Cotton, in the arm-pit, support thearm by a sling passed over the uninjured shoulder and bindit to the body in such a way that the hand of the injured sidepoints to the opposite shoulder. Fracture of Upper Arm-Bone Bend the forearm at right angles to the arm ; place splintsback and front, inside and outside the arm from shoulder toelbow and support the forearm by a narrow arm-sling. Fracture of Forearm Bend the forearm at right angles to the arm with the palmof the hand towards the body : place a splint on the front,and one on the back of the forearm from elbow to fingersand support it by a broa

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