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Identifier: belltelephonevol21mag00amerrich (find matches)
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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te issued jointly by a Bell System company and the American Red Cross at first aid in the light of past experi-ences, particularly as to what plansshould be made for a continuing pro-gram. It was evident that proceduresbased upon such a review should leadtoward greater uniformity in first aidtraining in the Bell System, and withit an increase in the effectiveness ofall its benefits. One point to receive particular con-sideration was the development of aworking arrangement, in effect a jointagreement, with the American RedCross, to which all the AssociatedCompanies might subscribe. Some ofthem had been operating under RedCross agreements executed during theearly 1920s, and others had not.The new joint agreement, which ismade possible by virtue of the medi-cal supervision provided within theBell System and the long standing re-lationships maintained with the RedCross, was ratified during the latterpart of 1940 after consultation be-tween the Red Cross and all of theAssociated Companies.
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The agreement covers first aid in-struction and certification procedureswhich meet the standards and carrythe endorsement of the AmericanRed Cross, and provides for trainingand certifying Bell System first aidinstructors and for means to keep bothinstructors and regular first aidersup-to-date in the latest first aid meth-ods. In order to place the new jointagreement in operation, representa-tives of the Red Cross and the As-sociated Companies met in a series offour joint regional conferences, heldduring September and October of1941 in Princeton, New Jersey; Roa-noke, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; andSan Francisco, California. One purpose of these conferenceswas to give representatives of the RedCross and the Bell System, who arejointly to administer the first aidagreement, opportunity to familiarizethemselves with the methods for do-ing so. Another important purposewas to train and qualify a numberof telephone company representativeswho had been selected for supervisinginstructors. In

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