SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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otherwise movement of the joint will cause movement 
of the broken part. 
The splints are tied firmly in place with handker- 
chiefs, strips of cloth, or bandages, tied over splints, 
padding and limb. Do not tie tight enough to increase 
the pain, but just enough to hold the splints firmly. 
Do not tie directly over the break. There must be an 
inner and outer splint for both the arms and the legs. 
2. (a) SERIOUS WOUNDS; (b) SERIOUS 
BLEEDING 
Send for the doctor at once, and then stop the bleed- 
ing and keep as clean as possible till he arrives. 
Dangers — 1. In any wound with a break in the skin, 
there is the danger of infection or blood poisoning, as 
you have already learned. 
2. In serious wounds through the skin, flesh and 
blood vessels there is also the danger of severe bleed- 
ing, with the possibility of the patient’s bleeding to 
death. 
Infection — You already know how the germs which 
can cause the blood poisoning get into the wound 
(a) by the object that makes the wound 
(b) from the clothing of the patient through which 
the wound is made 
(c) from the rescuer’s hands 
(d) from water which has not been sterilized used 
in washing the wound 
(e) from dirty dressings, that is, dirty in the sense 
that they have on them germs which can get into 
the wound and cause infection or blood poisoning. 
The first two of these chances the Girl Scout will 
not be able to control. The last three she can to some 
extent prevent. Do not wash , touch or put anything 
into a serious wound unless a doctor cannot be found. 
Only this sort of thing justifies running risk of infec- 
