SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
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and have this tied to some firm object on shore. Do 
not try to walk out to the rescue as the ice will probably 
break again under the weight of your body on so small 
an area as the size of your feet. Always get a long 
board, ladder, rail or limb of a tree, and either crawl 
out on this, which will distribute the weight of your 
body over a larger surface of ice, or lie flat on your 
stomach and crawl out, pushing the board ahead of you 
so that the person in the water may reach it. If you 
yourself break through the ice in attempting a rescue, 
remember that trying to pull yourself up over the edge 
of the ice only breaks it more. If rescuers are near it is 
much wiser to support yourself on the edge of the ice 
and wait for rescue. 
After getting the person out of the water use artificial 
respiration if necessary and bend every effort to get the 
patient warm and breathing properly. 
ASPHYXIATION 
Prevention : Below are seven rules for preventing 
asphyxiation : 
1. When coal stoves and furnaces are freshly filled 
with coal, coal gas may escape if the dampers are not 
properly regulated. See that all dampers in coal stoves 
and furnaces are correctly arranged before leaving them 
for any long time, as the for the night. 
2. Do not go to sleep in a house or room with a gas 
jet or gas stove turned low. The pressure in the pipes 
may change and the flame go out, or a breeze may blow 
out the flame leaving the gas leaking into the room. 
3. Do not blow out a gas jet. 
4. Be careful to turn off gas jet completely. 
5. Report gas leaks promptly. 
6. Charcoal stoves and braziers are especially danger- 
ous from escaping gas and should not be used in sleeping 
rooms. 
