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Q — Are there circumstances in which someone who knows the rules of first aid can save a life, and when is that?
A — Yes. One who knows the rules of first aid can save another person's life in cases of poisoning, stoppage of breathing, and bleeding following a sudden accident.
Q — How can parents acquaint themselves with first-aid knowledge?
A — Look for a good book on first aid and keep it in your house within reach of your hand; read it and understand it, and accustom yourself to turning back to it quickly in time of need.
Q — How do we treat simple wounds?
A — Let the wound stay a little while under clean running water, then paint it with a mild skin antiseptic; a 2% solution of tincture of iodine is a good antiseptic and serves the purpose.
Renew the bottle of tincture of iodine every month, for keeping it a long while in the house increases its concentration, and it may cause burns...
And after you have put the antiseptic on the skin, wrap the wound in a clean bandage.
Q — How do we treat deep wounds in the arm or the leg?
A — Bind the leg or the arm with a clean cloth, and watch the bleeding: if it comes out of the cut in spurts, this means an artery has been severed. Try then to find the place of this artery in a region above the wound, press upon it, and tie it firmly until the bleeding stops flowing. And leave the bandage so for a period of time.
Q — How do we treat simple burns?
A — Do not remove the blisters over the burn. Put the limb affected by the burn under cold water so that the pain may subside.
If the wound is small, put over it a mixture of bicarbonate of soda with water. And a special remedy for burns should be kept in the household medicine chest.
The most dangerous regions are the face, and especially the eye, and the doctor must be consulted the moment the accident occurs.
But if the burn is serious and extensive, the doctor must be fetched as fast as possible; in the meantime the burn is anointed with salve with the utmost gentleness, without scratching the burned skin, and it must be covered with a clean towel... Keep the injured person
lying down, and warm, and beware of his being seized by a fit in which he loses consciousness... for these violent fits may occur with large burns.
Q — And chemical burns?
A — Treat them with cold sterilized water, and wash away as much of the substance causing the burn as you can.
Q — And how do we treat sunburn?
A — 50% vinegar and 50 water is the best mixture for treating sunburn on the back and arms; only take care that none of it reaches the eyes...
Q — I have a child one month old, and I have noticed at the top of his head a certain spot where whoever touches it with his fingertips feels that nothing protects the brain but the outer skin. How troubled and frightened I am, during the child's bath, lest I press on this soft spot and hurt