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Markenson D, Ferguson JD, Chaemeides L, et al. (contributor Smith W – 3 worksheets submitted). Part 13: First Aid: 2010 American Heart Association and American Red Cross International Consensus on First Aid Science with Treatment Recommendations. Circulation. 2010 Oct 19;122(16 Suppl 2):S582-605.
The American Red Cross from Clara Barton to the New Deal. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1421407388 OCLC 786245443; Joyce, James Avery. Red Cross International and the Strategy of Peace. New York: Oceana Publications, Inc., 1959. OCLC 263367. Oates, Stephen B. A Woman of Valor: Clara Barton and the Civil War. New York ...
The American Junior Red Cross was founded in 1917. President Woodrow Wilson announced the opening in a formal proclamation. [1] [2] Henry Noble MacCracken formulated the plan in consultation with other educators. [3] The idea was to allow and encourage juniors to assist their country through the American Red Cross.
The American Red Cross spent "less than one million dollars on domestic disaster relief, in comparison to the $120 million devoted to relief overseas. [66]" The American Red Cross during the war provided food, employment, housing, and medical assistance to millions of civilians displaced by the war.
In 1898, during the Spanish–American War, Jane Delano became a member of the New York Chapter of the American Red Cross and served as the secretary for the enrollment of nurses. In 1902 she returned to Bellevue Hospital in New York City as the director of the Training School for Nurses where she remained until 1909 when she was made ...
The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16 million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide.It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering.
[8] [9] The Council later added a 7th item, a 600-yard walk-run, and after consulting the American Red Cross, listed multiple aquatic tests, which were not widely implemented due to lack of access to swimming facilities at most American schools. [9] In 1958, AAHPER published these items as the first official youth fitness test. [10]
The Code of Conduct for International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOs in Disaster Relief was drawn up in 1992 by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR) to set ethical standards for organizations involved in humanitarian work. In 1994, the SCHR adopted the code and made the signing of it a condition for membership ...