Bridget Hastings, an assistant youth director for the New Zealand Red Cross Society, under a silver foil blanket recommended by the society’ for inclusion in a motorist’s first aid kit. The blankets, which are large enough to wrap round a patient, were developed as part of the American space programme. They’ fold into a space no larger than a cigarette packet, and are popular with hampers and climbers because, in an emergency, they retain body heat.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34037, 29 December 1975, Page 12
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76Bridget Hastings, an assistant youth director for the New Zealand Red Cross Society, under a silver foil blanket recommended by the society’ for inclusion in a motorist’s first aid kit. The blankets, which are large enough to wrap round a patient, were developed as part of the American space programme. They’ fold into a space no larger than a cigarette packet, and are popular with hampers and climbers because, in an emergency, they retain body heat. Press, Volume CXV, Issue 34037, 29 December 1975, Page 12
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