First Aid Exam Canadian Red
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Red Cross is - ANSWERSrooted in providing relief to those in need. without any
discrimination.
what happened on June 24th, 1859? - ANSWERSthe Austrian and French armies
clashed near Italian village of soldering, Henry Dunant, a Swiss citizen, arrived in the
area on business that evening.
he was horrified by what he saw, 40,000 dead and wounded soldiers from both sides
left to suffer unattended, abandoned to their fate. Dunant organized local villagers into
first aid teams to help as many of the wounded as possible, without discrimination,
saving thousands of lives.
In 1862 - ANSWERSOn returning to Switzerland, Dunant wrote A Memory of Solferino,
which advocated for national, neutral relief societies that would aid army medical
services in times of war. Durant published and circulated the book as his own expense,
and so the idea of the international Red Cross was then born.
In the spring of 1885, - ANSWERSDuring Louis Riel's Northwest Rebellion, Dr George
Sterling Ryerson stitched a Red Cross made of cotton onto white material and used this
as a flag to distinguish the horse drawn wagon being used to transport the wounded.
this was one of the first Red Cross flags ever flown in Canada.
Dr Reversion founded the first - ANSWERSOverseas branch of the British Red Cross,
which later become the Canadian Red Cross
Dunant won the first Nobel peace prize, by founding what is now the international Red
Cross and red crescent movement - ANSWERSHe has saved the lives of millions of
people.
On May 19, 1909 - ANSWERSThe Canadian Red Cross society act was approved by
the parliament, and decreed that the Canadian Red Cross would serve as an auxiliary
to the government of Canada for Canadians, which was a measure that was in
accordance with the Geneva Conventions (prior to 1909, the Canadian Red Cross
operated as a branch of the British Red Cross), as a result, for more than a century,
Canadians have had their own national Red Cross society dedicated to improving the
situations of the most vulnerable people in Canada and around the world.
In 1927 - ANSWERSthe international committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recognized
the Canadian Red Cross as a full fledged National Society, giving the organization full
status in the league of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
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Red Cross is - ANSWERSrooted in providing relief to those in need. without any
discrimination.
what happened on June 24th, 1859? - ANSWERSthe Austrian and French armies
clashed near Italian village of soldering, Henry Dunant, a Swiss citizen, arrived in the
area on business that evening.
he was horrified by what he saw, 40,000 dead and wounded soldiers from both sides
left to suffer unattended, abandoned to their fate. Dunant organized local villagers into
first aid teams to help as many of the wounded as possible, without discrimination,
saving thousands of lives.
In 1862 - ANSWERSOn returning to Switzerland, Dunant wrote A Memory of Solferino,
which advocated for national, neutral relief societies that would aid army medical
services in times of war. Durant published and circulated the book as his own expense,
and so the idea of the international Red Cross was then born.
In the spring of 1885, - ANSWERSDuring Louis Riel's Northwest Rebellion, Dr George
Sterling Ryerson stitched a Red Cross made of cotton onto white material and used this
as a flag to distinguish the horse drawn wagon being used to transport the wounded.
this was one of the first Red Cross flags ever flown in Canada.
Dr Reversion founded the first - ANSWERSOverseas branch of the British Red Cross,
which later become the Canadian Red Cross
Dunant won the first Nobel peace prize, by founding what is now the international Red
Cross and red crescent movement - ANSWERSHe has saved the lives of millions of
people.
On May 19, 1909 - ANSWERSThe Canadian Red Cross society act was approved by
the parliament, and decreed that the Canadian Red Cross would serve as an auxiliary
to the government of Canada for Canadians, which was a measure that was in
accordance with the Geneva Conventions (prior to 1909, the Canadian Red Cross
operated as a branch of the British Red Cross), as a result, for more than a century,
Canadians have had their own national Red Cross society dedicated to improving the
situations of the most vulnerable people in Canada and around the world.
In 1927 - ANSWERSthe international committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recognized
the Canadian Red Cross as a full fledged National Society, giving the organization full
status in the league of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
