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Raymond Dvorak, Band Director

Date: 05 16 1948
Description: Raymond Dvorak, University of Wisconsin band director arriving in Madison after a train accident in Kremlin, Oklahoma. He is on a gurney with attendants, a...
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University of Wisconsin Red Cross Fundraising Drive

Date: 03 12 1956
Description: Members of the University of Wisconsin Hoofers' Ski Club demonstrate the importance of correct immobilization of fractures and proper transportation. They ...
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First Aid Demonstration

Date: 04 09 1942
Description: Red Cross first aid class of State government employees in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly parlor practicing bandaging - standing l to r: E.C. Giessel...
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Artificial Respiration First Aid Class

Date: 04 09 1942
Description: Artificial respiration being taught in a Red Cross first aid class to State employees in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Parlor, supervised by Arne Le...
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First Aid Demonstration

Date: 04 09 1942
Description: State government employees are being given a demonstration in splinting technique by Red Cross instructors in the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly parlor. ...
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Wendell Willkie and Aaron Martin Brayton

Date: 03 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie visits with Aaron Martin Brayton, retired editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, on his bed in a local hospital room during Willkie'...
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Airfield Aid Station

Date: 08 22 1943
Description: Major Howard Pagel (left) of Ladysmith, Wisconsin, and Captain Walter King (right) of Waco, Texas, stand together in front of the airfield aid station at t...
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Swimming Safety

Date: 05 14 1944
Description: Lifeguard Georgia Haas is applying artificial respiration to Lewis Noonan at the beach.
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Flight For Life Demonstration

Date: 05 1984
Description: "Firemen were given a demonstration by a Flight For Life crew from Milwaukee."
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St. Mary's Hospital Emergency Program Demonstrations

Date: 09 28 1961
Description: Three nurses demonstrating a rescue maneuver on a volunteer during a two-day instructional program on emergency procedures at St. Mary's hospital.
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Air Evacuation in France

Date: 07 27 1944
Description: Wisconsin military personnel load a patient covered with a blanket on a stretcher onto a Douglas C-47 Skytrain cargo plane during an air evacuation in Norm...
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Swimming Safety

Date: 05 14 1944
Description: Linda Seed, lifeguard, is removing sand from the eye of John Hilhard with the help of Jackie Klopp, who is handing her an ampule of olive oil to soothe Joh...
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Lifeguard Kenneth Harwick applying a first aid bandage to the foot of Hazel Gehri, who is holding a shattered milk bottle left on the beach.
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Police First Aid Training

Date: 11 16 1945
Description: Dane County traffic police receiving first aid training. Officer Rodney Burgenske is performing artificial respiration on Lieut. A.C. Pope while Capt. O.F....
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Director Dorothy Torranee looks on as nurse Marion Natvig puts a sling on camper JaNelle Rolfsmeyer during first aid class at Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp.
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Jaywalking Accident Injures Two People

Date: 07 28 1959
Description: An Illinois couple, unaware of Madison's pedestrian safety laws, were seriously injured by a car while jaywalking across East Washington Avenue. Police and...
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St. Mary's Hospital Emergency Program Demonstrations

Date: 09 28 1961
Description: Jerome A. Gumbinger, a member of the state fire prevention conference's planning committee, watches as two staff members demonstrate a technique for evacua...
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The Big Job of Baby Sitting

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Baby sitters who take the six one-hour lessons sponsored by the Sun Prairie Jaycettes learn the correct methods of artificial resuscitation. Kathy Brown, ...
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Madison Police Department Staff Practice Mouth-To-Mouth Artifical Respiration

Date: 10 22 1958
Description: The Madison Police Department uses a training film to teach mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration. Shown during a practice session are (L-R) trainer Sgt. F...
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Seat Cushion Emergency Kit

Date: 11 21 1943
Description: Major Arthur L. Post of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was shot down on June 20th, 1943 and rescued on September 28th, 1943, after 101 days in the jungle. Here is t...

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