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Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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en and II omen MakePractical Use of Their Training JMany Bell System women are firstaid instructors, and thousands morehold joint American Red Cross-BellSystem certificates. They, as well asthe men, are practical first aiders too,as typified by the following caseswhich are selected from those thathave occurred during recent months.An elderly woman fell off a bicycleand severed the artery above thetemple when her head hit the curb.A telephone operator who had takenfirst aid some three months before andwas in a nearby house was told of theaccident. Investigating, she saw twomen trying to place the woman in acar while another was attempting togive her a drink of water. The op-erator found that the arterial bleedingwas bad and suspected a skull frac-ture—which later proved correct.She checked the bleeding and thengot one of the men to hold the pres-sure point. She telephoned for anambulance, secured a bandage, andtreated the victim for shock and skullfracture. The physician in charge at
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266 Bell Telephone Magazine NOVEMBER the hospital highly commended thefirst aid work performed, which isgenerally believed to have saved thewomans life. A telephone woman was involved inan automobile accident and suffered asevered artery in her scalp. Whileher companion walked four and one-half miles over a little-traveled roadat night for assistance and transporta-tion, she exerted pressure to stop theflow of blood. Thanks to her courageand to efficient application of first aidto her own injury, she saved her ownlife. The extent to which Bell Systemwomen have engaged in first aid train-ing is also exemplified by the perform-ance of girls teams in competition with mens teams. This year, for thefirst time, girls teams in one of thecompanies entered competition in anumber of districts. A girls first aidteam solved difficult first aid prob-lems perfectly in three minutes fastertime than their competing rivals, con-sisting of five mens teams—and wonthe contest! Other recent incidents in

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