FIRST AID WORK

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20891, 22 November 1937, Page 8

FIRST AID WORK

AMBULANCE BRIGADE CONTESTS INTERESTING DISPLAY The South Canterbury sub-district of the St. John Ambulance Brigade held its annual competitions at Timaru Park on Saturday afternoon. The programme comprised eight events, providing comprehensive tests of the efficiency and skill of the brigade’s personnel in first aid, horn nursing, squad work, transport of patients and rendering attention with improvised equipment.

Throughout the tests a high standard of efficiency was maintained, affording the public an opportunity of assessing the value of the service which is given voluntarily by members of the brigade. Judging was conducted by Miss Lindsay (matron of Timaru Public Hospital), Dr. F. F. A. Ulrich, Dr. G. R. Kingston, Dr. Neat, Dr. G. H. Ussher, Dr. W. R. Fea and Colonel S. D. Mason. Messrs J. Toneycliffe and J. Murray Dunn acted as timekeepers. The competitions were supervised by Superintendent J. 4. Dunne, assisted by Corps. Superintendent C. E. Hooper and Corps. Officer H. A. Toneycliffe. At the conclusion of the events, the trophies were presented by Mr B. E. H. Tripp, patron of the South Canterbury branch of the St. John Ambulance Association. Results were:— LEWIS CUP, Individual first aid: Arab. Sister I. Todd (Timaru North) 46 points t Amb. Sister E. McAteer (Timaru North) 46 points t Amb. Sister E. O'Connell (Timaru North) 42 points 3 MARSHALL CUP, individual home nursing:

Amb. Sister E. McAteer (Timaru • North) 48 points 1 Amb. Sister I. Todd (Timaru North) 43 points 2 Amb. Sister E. O'Connell (Timaru North) 39 points 3 McGLASHAN CUP, first aid and roller bandaging (men and women): Sergt. A. Chapman (Timaru Amb.) 64J points 1 Amb. Sister E. McAteer (Tiniaru North) 64 points 2 Pte. J. Mclntyre (Timaru Railway) 63 points 3 TONEYCLIFFE CUP, squad first aid: Timaru Amb. B (C. Tutty, leader, T. Lund, A. Chapman, A. Shipman) 52i points .. 1 Timaru Amb. A (J. McNamara, G. Seaton, J. Shortland, N. Ward) 518 points 2 Timaru Railway (J. Mclntyre, J. Hutt, A. Evans, G. Vernol) 431 points 3 RAYMOND CUP, transport direction: Timaru North A, by default. PATERSON CUP, nursing division squads: Timaru North A (Amb. Sisters E. McAteer, E. O’Connell, M. Cotterell, C. Douglas) 54 points .. 1 Timaru North B (Amb. Sisters I. Todd, A. Hardy, A. Howe, R. Darroch) 45 points 2 B.M.A. CUP, first aid and transport: Timaru Amb. B, 834 points 1 Timaru Amb. A, 80J points 2 Timaru Railway, 731 points 3 LAING-MEASON CUP, Improvising: Timaru North B, 51 points 1 Timaru North A, 49 points 2 Timaru Amb. A, 49 points 2 Timaru Railway, 48 points 4 Timaru Amb. B, 48 points 4