- Object type
- Posters
- Date
- Production: c. 1903
- Associated organisation
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St John Ambulance Association (1877 - 1968)
Andrew Reid & Company Limited - Associated activity
- First Aid Training
- Inscriptions
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DIRECTIONS AS TO THE RESTORATION OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ELECTRIC SHOCK / Arranged according to the Revised Instructions for the First Aid Course of the St. John Ambulance Association. / Printed by Andrew Reid & Company, Limited. Printing Court Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 5625H.
- Dimensions
- Height x width (paper size): 750 x 510mm
- Materials and technique
- Paper
- Production place
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Related place(s)
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Credit line
- Digitised with support from the St John Historical Society, 2026
- Catalogue number
- TEMP3329
Directions as to the restoration of persons suffering from electric shock
This poster provides instructions on how to give first aid to a person who has been electrocuted, including how to remove them from the electrical conductor and how to perform Edward Schäfer's method of artificial respiration. This approach was the standard method of respiration from 1903 to the mid-20th century and involved lying the patient on their front and using your hands to drive air in and out of the body. This is a historical document and does not reflect today's first aid practice.