ALL ABOUT BABIES...
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A Public Service of the
National Baby Care Council
HANDLING BABY
EMERGENCIES
By John A. Doherty,
Executive Secretary
Michigan Health Council
East Lansing, Michigan
A baby emergency need not be
a frightening experience, if you
know in advance just what you
should do.
Following are some of the most
common emergencies that involve
babies and the action to be taken
in each case:
Bites — Animal and Human.
Clean thoroughly with soap and
water and apply sterile dressing.
Attempt to identify the animal and
its owner. Notify your doctor im
mediately for all bites. Insect. Ap
ply ' cold compresses. If pain or
swelling are severe notify your
doctor.
Burns—Wash gently with soap
and water. Cover with clean, loose
dressing. Do not use any other
treatment without consulting your
physician.
Convulsions—Keep baby lying
flat. Loosen clothing and keep
warm. Do not give anything by
mouth until consciousness returns.
If baby feels hot, sponge with or
place in water which is neither hot
or cold. Notify your doctor after
convulsion is over.
Cuts, Wounds — If bleeding is
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profuse, keep the part elevated
above the rest of the body if pos
sible and apply pressure over the
cut with a clean dressing. Clean
with soap and water and cover
with sterile dressing. If deep or a
puncture wound, call physician.
Poisoning — Produce vomiting.
This is most easily done by having
a person drink warm water and
gagging by sticking the finger down
the throat. Save the container of
the poison and call a physician. In
case of strong corrosive substances
such as lye, vomiting is not desir
able.
Chemicals in Eye—Wash thor
oughly with plain warm water and
call your doctor.
Fractures—Move child as little
as possible. Splint with a padded
stick or thick newspapers tied in
several places above and below the
area. Call a physician. In case of
neck or back injury any movement
is dangerous.
Dental Injuries—If tooth is com
pletely knocked out, recover tooth,
place in clean tissue, gauze or
handkerchief and take with you to
the dentist. Prompt attention by
your dentist to a broken or chipped
tooth may save it.
Foreign Objects — Any foreign
body in the nose, throat or ear
should be taken care of by a phy
sician. Do not attempt to remove
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these yourself. If breathing is dif
ficult or embarrassed, put in head
down position and slap back
sharply. If the object is not ob
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nearest hospital as quickly as pos
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A vivid description of life in the
Arctic was given Rotarians attend
ing the noon luncheon at the 49
Room Tuesday, by a man who spent
six months among the Eskimos.
Alex Ibanez, Los Angeles Examiner
reporter, who just returned from
the region, illustrated his talk with
slides.
Ibanez spent much of his time in
the village of Barrow, and went on
a whale hunt while there, which
he recorded on slides. The slides
showed the landing of the whale,
butchering, bringing the meat back
to the village, the feasting and fun
making of the Eskimo, and the
communal habits of the Eskimo in
sharing in the meat. Whale, he said,
is greatly prized by the people
there.
Ibanez first went to the region
as a guest of the U. S. Navy to re
port on the establishment of Arlis
I, an ice island used by scientists
to study flow of currents and ice
formations. He returned there to
see the establishment of Arlis II,
a Navy discovered ice island now
occupied by the scientists.
Many of the slides were of the
various steps taken in the erection
of the prefabricated dwellings on
the ice island. These buildings
when completed kept out the sub
zero weather with very little heat,
he said. The latest island, he said,
was spotted because of huge
mounds of rock and dirt that lay on
the surface. Below this was thick
ice. At times, he said, this island
would move rapidly in the direc
tion of the North Pole. Other times
it would stand completely still.
Interesting also were slides show
ing the memorial erected to Wiley
Post and Will Rogers where the
two famed men crashed.
The speaker stated that there is
quite a stench in the village, due
to the practice of throwing out cans
and other refuse on the ice during
the long winter. Plumbing installa
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Ibanez now goes to the antare
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since last week and expects to do
a story on .Kodiak for his news
paper.
Among the guests attending the
meeting were John Hultz, Emil
Norton, Larry Wodlinger, Scott
Peck, Emil Pierre, Dr. Mel Whea
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George Cornelius, Ed Kratochvil,
Leon Scholl, and Rodney Burch,
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