ANTI-GAS TEAMING
ST. JOHN AMBULANCE
t It is probable that anti-gas training will shortly- be included in-the. curriculum of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Overseas. In view of the national measures which are being undertaken, for the protection of, the civil population in the event of gas attacks, the St. John Ambulance Brigade at Home has already commenced to train its personnel. Four thousand members in' London alone have. been instructed in anti-gas treatment. Arrangements were recently'made, in view of the published plans of the (Government for air-raid precautions, for an intensive course of instruction to a large number of selected' officers to qualify them to act as instructors. This course was recently completed •with very satisfactory results. Instruction was given in the various i. types of gas,, their separate characteristics and the treatment of the peculiar conditions which they set up in the person attacked; care and application of masks? the use of an air-lock whereby gas casualties are brought through specially-constructed devices into the pure .air; and the protection of buildings and property. In effect^ thecourse covered all phases of air-raid work, especially precautionary measures and decontamination. • • \
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 86, 8 October 1935, Page 7
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189ANTI-GAS TEAMING Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 86, 8 October 1935, Page 7
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