Training in first aid for civil defence purposes / issued by the Ministry of Home Security in conjunction with the Ministry of Health.
- Date:
- 1942
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Training in first aid for civil defence purposes / issued by the Ministry of Home Security in conjunction with the Ministry of Health. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![At Civil Defence First Aid Posts or Points, Home Guard casualties will be dealt with under normal Civil Defence arrangements. | The Local Authority, on receiving a call for transport, will verify from the nearest Military Commander that it is safe to send the transport without undue risk of its capture by the enemy or of its interfering with the movements of troops, It is left to the Local Authority at the Control Centre to decide what transport and personnel should be sent, i.e. ambulance vehicles for stretcher cases, sitting case cars for sitting cases, personnel for loading, etc. (8) Loading of Casualites. It is the responsibility of the Home Guard to load their casualties on to Civil Defence vehicles at Home Guard Casualty Collecting Posts or Home Guard Regimental Aid Posts after which the responsibility for their care devolves on the Civil Defence Authorities. In the event of sufficient personnel of the Home Guard not being available for loading purposes, the N.C.O. in charge of the post, when calling for transport, informs the Local Authority concerned, who will then, if possible, despatch sufficient Civil Defence personnel with the vehicles to act as loaders. Casualties will be taken to;-— (i) Civil Defence First Aid Posts—by sitting case cars or (ii) Civil Emergency Medical Service or Military Hospitals—by Civil Defence | ambulance vehicles. (9) Interim Care of Casualties. As casualties may require to be held for some hours before they are evacuated, it is essential that arrangements are made for their comfort and the provision of shelter, warmth, hot drinks, etc. It is the responsibility of all Military and Home Guard Officers to keep in touch with officers in charge of Civil Defence arrangements, particularly A.R.P. Controllers and Medical Officers of Health, who in their turn should be fully conversant with Home Guard arrangements. This will ensure efficient co- operation. CHAPTER II 2. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK OF THE PARTIES IN WAR . Before proceeding to discuss the selection, allocation and practical training of the personnel, it is desirable to outline the work to be performed and the organisation of the system. Siationing and despatch of Parties Parties are raised, trained and maintained on the scales notified to each Local Authority. Those on duty are stationed in Depots distributed over an area so that any part of it can be reached by one or more parties with the minimum delay. These Depots are in telephonic communication with the local Control] Centre. In the London Region the one-time stretcher parties are now organised and equipped as light rescue parties of five men each, including a leader and driver. The number of parties allotted to each Depot depends on local conditions but in urban areas is never less than two. Sufficient transport is authorised and should be available at the Depots for moving the parties. Suitable reserves are necessary. From these Depots parties go out, as required, on the receipt of a message from the local Control Centre, or exceptionally, as the result of direct appeals”](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32174767_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
