MARLA:  What kind of -- what kind of things did you treat most?
 
BOB:  Most?  Mostly cuts and fevers and flu's.  Cuts most -- mostly, yeah, important thing a health aide do, some bandage.  You know, people don't cut big things, I mean, not every day. 

MARLA:  Yeah. 

BOB:  It's a -- it's a small one.  The health aide could do.  I mean, don't have to go to a doctor and get sewed up or a few stitches, that's about it.  I mean, you learn how to take care of them.  I mean, which you learn in training -- training. 

MARLA:  Hang on a second, I have to flip the tape. 

Okay.  We're back on again.  And I was wondering, do you -- you were saying you were -- you give people stitches.  Do you remember you had to suture people?  Do you remember the first time you had to give someone stitches? 

BOB:  Oh, small cut, you know, I had to take care of -- I didn't have a needles for my work, and I did -- I had to use tape -- I mean, first-aid kit to do that.  I mean.  Put in -- kind of sort of clean them and put them together. 

MARLA:  What did you do without a needle? 

BOB:  Well, you have to use the tape, I mean.  You already have.  You have to clean them and not show them the cut but to use first-aid kit. 

MARLA:  What was in your first-aid kit? 

BOB:  Huh? 

MARLA:  What did you have in your first-aid kit?
 
BOB:  Band-Aids.  I mean, they make -- they make Band-Aid that works good, put them together, pretty much.  Put a little bit of medicine you put on so they won't get infected. 

MARLA:  And what kind of medicines did you have in your kit?  What did you have as a health aide in Anaktuvuk, what kind of equipment did you have or medical? 

BOB:  Well, I have pretty much -- pretty much of everything you should have.  I mean, a lot of things for infection -- you can't get infection, like penicillin, they gave you.  And a lot of other medicine you should have which would work.  You know.  Quite a lot of medicine, quite a few. 

MARLA:  Was it -- was it a suitcase size or was it a brief case size of stuff that you carried around with you, or --

BOB:  Well, pretty good supply.
 
MARLA:  Yeah. 

BOB:  They gave you quite a bit of medicine for infection, so they gave you what -- when you talk to doctor, doctor says you give them shot.  Okay.  We'll give them shot for five days or -- in the old days, they used to tell you, you know, you give them how many day shots, or big or small. 

It got quite a bit -- quite a bit of supplies for taking care of your patient.  If you can't -- if you can't, doctor tell you to send them in. 

MARLA:  And how did you send them in?
 
BOB:  BIA or doctor authorized -- authorized a patient to go. 

MARLA:  So would a plane come from Tanana to pick up a patient?
 
BOB:  Yeah -- no, no.  Fairbanks, Tanana, no.  Have to be charter to Tanana, to take patient to Tanana from Bettles or closest airline.  Wien was for Anaktuvuk to take patient in. 

MARLA:  And did you have to go with the patient? 

BOB:  Oh --