SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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1. Keep cool. The only way to do this effectually 
is to learn beforehand what to do and how to do it. 
Then you are not frightened and can do readily and 
with coolness whatever is necessary to be done. 
2. Send at once for a doctor, if you have a messen- 
ger, in all except the minor accidents. This book will 
help you learn to judge of whether a doctor will be 
necessary. If in doubt, send for the doctor anyway. 
3. Prevent panic and keep the crowd, if there is 
one, at a distance. The patient needs fresh air to 
breathe, and space around him. 
4. Loosen the clothing, especially any band around 
the neck, tight corsets or anything else that may inter- 
fere with breathing. 
5. Keep the patient flat on his back if the accident 
is at all serious, with the head slightly down if his face 
is pale and he is faint, or slightly raised if his face is 
flushed and he is breathing heavily, as though snoring. 
6. If there is vomiting , turn the head to one side in 
order that the vomited material may easily run out of 
the mouth and not be drawn into the windpipe and pro- 
duce choking to add to the difficulties already present. 
7. Remove clothing , if necessary, gently and in such 
manner as to give the patient the least amount of suf- 
fering. Move any injured part as little as possible. At 
the same time, as a secondary consideration, injure the 
clothing as little as possible. If, as often, it becomes 
necessary to cut off the clothing, it may be possible to 
rip up a seam quickly instead of cutting the cloth, but 
saving the clothing is always secondary to the welfare 
of the patient. Little or no consideration should be 
shown for clothing where it is necessary to keep the 
patient motionless, or where quick action is needed. 
8. Transportation. There are three methods for 
