CHART, FLOW

Description: 16 PAGE FLIP CHART IS HELD TOGETHER AT TOP WITH STIFF CARDBOARD FRAME TAPED WITH BLACK CLOTH TAPE. FRONT COVER HAS "FIRST AID" ACROSS TOP WITH CREST IN CENTER. CREST IS OF MALTESE CROSS WITH TWO LIONS AND TWO UNICORNS INSIDE CIRCULAR BORDER. ON BORDER IS "ST. JOHN AMBULANCE". THERE ARE SEVEN MAPLE LEAVES BENEATH CREST. LOWER PORTION OF COVER READS "PUBLISHED UNDER AUTHORITY BY THE PRIORY OF CANADA OF THE MOST VENERATED ORDER OF THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM". IN BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IS "(COPYRIGHT)". THE PAGES OF FLIP CHART CONTAIN DIAGRAMS AND WRITTEN PROCEDURES FOR FIRST AID TREATMENT. BOTTOM CORNERS ARE DOG-EARED AND SOME ARE TORN.

History: USED FOR TRAINING ARTILLERY SOLDIERS IN LETHBRIDGE. CHART WAS FOUND IN STORAGE AT THE ARMOURIES AND WAS DONATED BY 18TH AIR DEFENSE REGIMENT. *NOTE* ELASTIC PIECES FOUND STUCK TO CHART (PLACED IN ZIPLOC BAG) - SUMMER 2004. *UPDATE* IN 2012 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT DAVID SMITH CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. HE WAS UNABLE TO DISCOVER NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE OBJECT BECAUSE IT WAS COLLECTED IN THE INTEREST OF REPRESENTING TYPOLOGY RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP. NO UNIQUE MARKINGS TO HELP IDENTIFY ORIGINAL OWNER.