AMBULANCE WORK

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 29 September 1930, Page 9

AMBULANCE WORK

CORPS COMPETITIONS.

many of tlia competitors had fcjy recently passed their examinations and entered for a competition for the £tst fen, tfc® goneral opinion of the judges at but (usual corps competitions of tho Canterbury branch of the St. John Ambulance Brigsde, held cn Saturday afternoon, was that the work was of a high standard, and E fectsd credit on both pupils and injßCtore. Ifcere wero thirteen compristSS to*' B ' n practical lirst aid and stretcher writ by equaua, aud individual tests in ssjsdaging, oral £rst aid, bed-making, and ifceet-chsnging. The district First Aid Chai- ' tsge Cup was won by the Selwyn "A" team, i goy Scouts acted aa accident victims and as i patients for the bandaging and other operat: fcjoaß. 5 l'ha judges were: Colonel F. W. W. Daw- *; moa (uniform, general appearance and atEcstion to injuries); Captain G. Peck (liftEy, carrying, and lowering of patient); Dr. "Si Davis (practical first aid tests); Dr. HobL J puon Hall (oral first aid tests); Mrs A. li. 1 J JSithop bed-making and Bhcet-changing); fe. Jessie Scott (roller bandaging); Mr A. ' figldinott (time-keeper). aro the results o£ the various joinpetitioriß: (1) For the district first aid challcngo cup, - 1 ppW to all squads of nursing divisions, nine ' {gams entered. Competing- squads were required to double ten yards to a patient, vlto had been gored by a bull, render first and carry the patient away on a pirctchcr. Points were given for uniform pgd general apeparar.ee, attention to inEice, the lifting, carrying, and lowering of patient, and fur the timo taken, ilem%en of the squads wero also given individual tttU in practical first aid and were teeted orally on tho first aid boo.';. The possibla aeon was ICO points. The results were: gtlwyn "A" Team (itiaseg E. Bijfis, l»ad«r, K. Madden, E. Best, and Mrs Kelly), 1454 points .. .. ..I Christchurch "B" Team, 134 points .. 2 ! * Christchurcli "C" Team, 12GJ points .. 3 (2) The second competition, ooen to any I ymbulanco division in tho Christchurcli corps, ™ for tho district rose bowl. The material allowed was splints and triangu- ' Jar bandages. Each squad consisted of four f jatmbcrs. The patient was placed 25 yards flood the starting point, the squad being- required to render first aid, place the patient 0B a stretcher and retire over an unsafe L (*oe» to the starting point. The tima taken •WM » consideration in awarding the points. Individual testa in first aid and oral tests *eie given. Two teani3 entered, the results twins: Jfa. 3 Ambulance Team (Sergeant G. Hofarth, leader, 11. Hogarth, X. S. filce, and D. Sommcrnlle), 128J points .. ..1 i £hri«iclmrcii Railway Team, 119 points .. 2 i . r : <3; Sir teams entered for the district horns Snning challenge cup. Points wero awarded U bed-making and sheet-changing (cornH, petftora working in pairs), roller bandagingl*j mat dressing of cotton wcoi and for "oral ft; borne nursing. I The results were: f'i flbrwtchurch "A" Team (Miss- Couwav, leader, Mrs Leech, Miss CTudon, and Mis* Pegler), 81 points ..3 galflya "A" Team, 75J points .. ..2 Gill Guides' Team and Christchurcli "B" Team, 72J points, equal .. ..3 0 Certificates were issued for tho remaining competitions. Tho results were as follows: (4) Individual roller bandaging for arnbulmc* divisions—■JU. G. "Wellington and E. Plintoff (Bailway), 18, equal .. .. ..1 0. Hogarth (No. 3 Ambulance), II .. 3 (3) Individual roller bandaging for nursing divisions— Miss Conway (Christchurch "A" squil) .. 1 , lbs Morton and Jliss Shirley (Bockenham), equal .. .. 3 8) Squad leaders' individual competition (nursing division)— lfisa Conway (Christchurch "A" squad), 341 ..1 :ir lbs D. K. Thomas (Christchurcli "C" ■i squad). 33J .. .. ..2 tiiim 3. Biggs (Selwya "A" squad), 30§ .. 3 (7) Squad members' individual competition | (nursing division}*— I, Christchurch "A" equad (Miss Conway, i'i» .leader, Hiss Pegler, Miss Cruden, Mrs Leech), 130J .. . .. '.. 1 j fielwyn "A" squad (124) .. .. .. - I (3) Squad leaders' individual competition jp[, .(ambulance division)— ■ St. Flintoff (Christchurch Railway), 31 .. 1 m- Bergeant G. Kogarth (No. U Ambulance),- . p (o; Squad members' individual competition . bulttnoe division) — p-' fcbristchurch Railway Squad B. FlintoiT, , leader, B. Daniels, li. G. Wellington, E. McDonagh), 110 .. ..1 K#. 3 Ambulance, 97$ .. .. ..2 (10) Gra'y Cup, for nursing division, squad (iambers not to have previously won other itsn a divisional competition: - flbirtchurch "B" Squad (Mrs Robertson, ' leader, Miss Karst, Mrs Richardson, and Mrs Dickson), IS4 .. •. 1 Qirl Guides' Team 'll9s) •• " • (U) Brown Cup, ior ambulance division, ; ' seditions as for Gray Cup— Jtc. Z Ambulance Squad (128J) .. •• 1 Christchurch Railway Squad (119) 2 03) Association Cup, for ambulance and V Wising divisions, to be won by division en- !•» tering three squads which gain highest in nursing division competitions 1, S, _k wt 10, ambulance divisions, competitions 2 jfr «r 11F.f Cbristehurch Nursing Division ..1 F<V "■ (U) For cadets of nursing and ambulance >\i, r £rkdons, work and points as for competipfc. iioo 1, part "A" only—--3 Cadets "B" Squad (A. Lilly, H. t - Robertson, G. Kcys, and E. Christian rf l (leader), 93-.. .. • ■ .. 1;V po. 3 Cadets "A" Squad ..2