Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 8, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Manitoba , 192q a medical help your neighbor movement St. John ambulance association supplementing its work of mercy in wartime by a definite peace pro gramme. To give to every Man Ana woman first knowledge not Only in the Case of injuries but in that of ill Nesses or Short in any crisis inviting prompt Semi skilled the work that most ancient Agency of Succour the St. John ambulance association has under taken in classes now going1 Forward. Xot Only in the City but at outlying towns country Points nil Over this province in common with the rest of Canada is this invaluable free instruction in first Home nursing being today carried on. Thyl classes Are in of the provincial Council of the association whose Secretary is or. J. H. R. Bond 1g7 Don Street winnipeg1. A Case where one of the students a Young girl stenographer holding the certificate granted to those who attend the classes pass the examinations rendered invaluable service was Dur ing the flu epidemic which raged it re As elsewhere in the Winter of Idis to. Instances abound where the presence of a person possessing first knowledge has resulted in the saving of Linb or life where the. Lack of such a person would have resulted in the loss of both. Probably not very Many people know that the St. John ambulance to give it the full ancient title the grand priory of the order of the Hospital of St. John of was founded in the eleventh Century. The following paths Are All the roads you need dust behind. 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His because of the need for looking after de fending the sick from the brutality the turkomans the order of the knights of St. John of Jerusalem was founded. The knights swore to give their lives if necessary 101 the service of Mankind. Their motto was pro fide pro a militate Horn Winum for the Faith for the service of Karty in Tho 12th Cen Tury the order first established in England. A Convent Church Hospital of St. John were built Ini Village of Cle Kenwell at that time situated just outside the City of Lon Don. Through Many periods of adversity the order survived on the continent of Europe particularly in France in . 1s31 it was revived in eng land with the King William to As its Sovereign head. Cottage hospitals convalescent Homes were founded maintained classes for the training of skilled nurses were established in the Large railway centres Colliery districts the men were taught How to treat the Vic Tims of Accident in peace to be Able to tend sufferers from wounds in War. It was during the great War that Flie immense usefulness of. The. Work of. The St. John ambulance association was first fully definitely realized. Its members set out in thousands on the summons of War toiled Well faithfully without other advertisement than such As a Arne the lips of those they had served. They went prepared to Lay Down their lives in this work of mercy Many did so. But the after War need for first Homo nursing instruction has been As pointed As the to Battlefield s need for ministry to the wounded it is in consideration of this fact that the association has undertaken the work of giving women War workers for instance the knowledge practical skill fitting them to readjust them selves to the needs of the present Home in the Case of the younger ones to become efficient wives Ami mothers. The intention of the association s classes is to give men women know do lure which will enable them to Deal with injuries illnesses in such a manner that the sufferer will to put into the Best condition to await the arrival of skilled help. Accidents generally illnesses often occur at unexpected times places for instance in the streets in Carriage accidents in rail Way trains in factories on the Field of sports on summer vacations far from help even in the Home. Tho ability to Render first until the arrival of the doctor often saves much suffering frequently pre vents further injury or More serious illness. Many a life has been saved by the ability of a companion or bystander to Stop bleeding caused by Accident. The serious after effects of Many Ilin Csecs May be prevented the knowledge possessed by a relative or Friend enabling the application of measures for preventing them. The following Well established instance will serve to Point the moral in the Spring or 1913 a Case of in jury was brought to a Hospital by train consisting of a fracture of the lower third of the leg. A few Days later a second similar Case was brought in ;