WW2 British 1942 Edition First Aid In Air Raids By D.S.Merrick winn

 

“FOREWORD by Admiral Sir Edward R. G. R. Evans K.C.B., D.S.O., LL.D. London Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence When Merrick Winn asked me to write a Foreword to this little booklet, I agreed to do so because there is a need of this kind of literature for the commercial traveller, actor, journalist, barber's assistant, window-cleaner, Stock Ex- change clerk, salesman, the older ex-Service man, and all others who, wishing to do useful war work, join the stretcher parties. There is, I think, a need for such a booklet in the Ambulance Service too. We are all in this for or against the 'brutality parade' of Hitler, the modern scourge of God, and we have got to make the best of it, so First Aid in Air Raids is a welcome addition to the field library of the Casualty Services. It should prove useful, not only to Stretcher Parties and Ambulance personnel, but to Wardens and Rescue Party men. At the beginning of the 'blitz', there were quite a number of cases of Stretcher Party men running all over the debris, forgetting how they might hurt those underneath. Other people besides Stretcher Bearers, in their ignorance, clam- bered over heaps of brick and plank and what-not, to see and help if they could. We soon learnt by experience to think of these things, and what not to do. No-one in the Casualty Services can complain that they are overworked. Think of the hours, days, weeks, and months spent standing by. Think of the dart-board con- tests, the countless cigarettes, and, say it with bated breath, of the occasional drinks before going on duty, not to speak of the blokes, of both sexes, who may have skipped out to the near-by pub from sheer boredom. When the 'blitz' came, the best folk in the Services, and they are very, very good, said 'Good-bye' to all that, and took more care of their stretchers, preventing them getting rusty, and greased the bearer brackets in the ambulances sufficiently so that the stretchers slid on easily instead of grating on and setting the poor shattered casualties' nerves on end. Take a run round the Ambulance Stations now and you will see some beautifully kept ambulances, so clean that you could eat your food off the floors. There may be a few rather mucky ones, but believe me, this is not general. When the first-class, second-class, and the tenth-class First-Aiders read First Aid in Air Raids, they will do a little thinking even the bad ones who form a very small minority-and I feel sure that the book will serve one great purpose, and that is to keep us clear-headed, as people should be on duty. We may ask ourselves the question 'Where do I come in?' and we can all answer that question ourselves we come in to help, and if we are not ready to help, we are not really pulling our pound. The chapter I like most is that on "Treatment and Trans- port Priority'. It is for the layman the most important of all. As a humble sailor I recommend first-aid workers and Casualty Services to read this booklet through, not once, but twice or three times. 9th April 1941 ADMIRAL. “

 

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