A gold first aid pin; the face is round with a red outer disc with writing on it and a white inner disc with a red cross in it.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Belonged to the donor's mother-in-law, Pauline Swain (nee Kreiner) a 1955 graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing; she probably received it upon completion of a first aid course.
"STANDARD // FIRST AID" printed on the outer rim of the pin
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-1
Depth
0.3 cm
Diameter
1.3 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Depth 0.3 cm x Diameter 1.3 cm
Condition Remarks
Some residue on the back and face of the pin.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Article
Reference Comments
Barbara K. Hecht, PhD. and Dennis Lee, MD, "First Aid: From Witchdoctors & Religious Knights to Modern Doctors," MedicineNet, https://www.medicinenet.com/first_aid_witchdoctors_and_religious_knights/views.htm
Research Facts
Pauline Swain was born in October 1932 and died in December 2004.
First Aid is defined as the first medical assistance given to a person during a medical emergency or injury, which could range from performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to calling 911 to bandaging a wound. The history of first aid is complex and far-reaching, with some having traced it back to 1099 and the founding of The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller, who would treat battlefield injuries. In the mid to late 1800s, an army surgeon proposed the idea of training civilians in what was called "pre-medical treatment." The term "first aid" first appeared in 1878 as a combination of "first treatment" and "National Aid."