From: cf542@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Julio Richard Laredo)
Newsgroups: alt.personals.bondage
Subject: Let me know....
Date: 7 Sep 92 22:25:48 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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.....if this excites you.

THE WET-SHEET-PACK LETTER
 
   The Letter
 
   This letter was received by me some years ago. I have
   uploaded it in case others find it as interesting as I
   do. Clearly this procedure is highly dangerous and I
   strongly recommend that it not be used by anyone who is
   not professionally qualified.
 
       Dear XXX:
 
       Thank you for sending Nurse Harvey's description
       of her wet-pack.
 
            <<<......My favorite restraint is the wet- pack.
            As many as 30 wet cotton sheets are individually
            wrapped about the limbs and body - as tightly as
            possible, so that only the breathing tube from
            the inflatable gag remains exposed. The sheets
            are then compacted and bound paralyzingly tight
            using several long roller towels.
 
            Once these have been wrapped and pulled very
            tightly round the patient, mummy fashion from
            head to toe, it is quite impossible to move -
            not even to blink or twitch a toe (unless a foot
            has been left exposed so that it can be tickled,
            or to have itching powder applied to it).
 
            Often panic has already set in, but the worst
            has yet to come.
 
            Since the patient is now rigid he can be picked
            up in an invalid hoist and lowered into a long
            water tank containing water, crushed ice-just as
            cold as I can make it. You probably cannot
            imagine the shock or agony as this ice-cold
            water seeps through the bindings and numbs the
            skin.
 
            It is of no consolation that I hoist him out and
            strap him very tightly to a hospital type bed
            when he has been sufficiently soaked. The muscle
            contractions due to struggling can reduce the
            cold but this soon results in unbearable heat,
            especially if the patient is further wrapped in
            heavy rubber sheets. The patient can be
            reimmersed and the cycle repeated whenever my
            assistant or I feel like it.
 
            By the morning, after a sleepless night and only
            cramp and the fear of reimmersion to break the
            monotony, the patient's power to resist is often
            broken. .......>>>
 
       The roller towels that you asked about are rarely
       seen in the U.S., but are common in England.
       Essentially each towel is several hundred feet long
       by about one foot wide. When utilized for its
       intended purpose each towel is rolled up and sits in
       a wall-mounted dispenser. The user pulls a fresh
       section from the cabinet to dry his or her hands. The
       used portions rolls back up into the cabinet. The
       towel is a strong cotton weave without any nap - like
       heavy sheeting.
 
       Fearsome as her pack sounds, one of the institutions
       that I worked in often used much more stringent packs
       on its troublesome patients. instructions and
       observations follow:
 
   PREPARE PATIENT
 
          shave all hair including legs, crotch and armpits.
          Do not shave the head unless specifically ordered
          to do so.
 
          cleanse with enema.
 
          wash body using strong detergent (degreasing body
          minimizes insulation.)
 
          depending upon orders, insert urethral catheter or
          put on rubber pants, sealed at legs and waist with
          waterproof tape.
 
          insert intravenous saline and nutrient drips as
          required.
 
          insert ear plugs.
 
          either: provide patient with mouth breathing tube
 
           or: insert gag, seal mouth with waterproof tape
               and insert nostril tubes.
 
       Strap the patient to the corners of the frame (a
       strong rectangular metal frame approximately 10'6"
       x2'6"0 using waterproof cuffs at ankles and wrists.
       Pull the straps, attaching the cuffs to the frame, as
       tight as possible.
 
   THE TANK
 
       Fill a hydro tank (approximately 11ft x 3ft x 3ft)
       with luke warm water (about 70 degrees Fahrenheit).
 
       Hoist the frame and patient into the water filled
       tank. Each end of the frame has one pivot at its
       center which fits into a corresponding socket inside
       the tank. This arrangement allows the frame and
       patient to be rotated about the long axis like a
       barbecue spit. Disconnect the hoist. The frame is now
       free to rotate beneath the surface of the water.
       Ensure that the patient is breathing properly through
       the tubes(s) provided and that the tubes remain
       kind-free and open during the packing procedure.
 
 PACKING - STAGE 1
 
       Take each folded sheet from the soak-tub and refold
       it appropriately for its purpose. Pass each sheet
       through the soak-tub rollers to expel any trapped
       air. Quickly reimmerse the sheet in the tub until
       needed.
 
       The purpose of preparing the sheets in this way, and
       applying the pack with the patient underwater, is to
       ensure that all air is excluded from the pack. Air
       acts as an insulator and tends to diminish the
       effectiveness of the pack. In addition, applying the
       pack in the tank is easier because the patient is
       relatively buoyant.
 
       Carefully wrap the sheets around each limb as tightly
       and smoothly as possible. Use cloth tapes to tightly
       tie each sheet in place prior to bandaging. After
       each sheet has been tied in place, use 6" cotton
       bandages to bind it even more tightly. Remove the
       tapes during the bandaging to avoid localized
       pressure.
 
       Bandaging the thickest part of the limb first tends
       to force the flesh to the thinner parts and make the
       limb a more uniform thickness and therefore easier to
       pack. Ensure that each turn of the bandage overlaps
       considerably with the last. It is important that the
       pressure be applied as evenly as possible to reduce
       the probability of pressure-sores.
 
       Such extensive use of bandages may seem extravagant
       but it is important to anchor each sheet individually
       to ensure that no amount of prolonged wriggling can
       loosen the pack. The bandages are relatively cheap
       and can often be reused. It may seem like a lot of
       extra work but the patient isn't going to be unpacked
       frequently. This method actually takes less time
       overall than more frequent packing using less
       rigorous methods.
 
       To aid in the wrapping operation, rotate the frame
       and patient like a spit. This is a great improvement
       over manhandling the enormous combined weight of
       patient and wet- pack on a table. Include the hands
       and feet in the wrapping process, removing and
       replacing the cuffs one at a time. To help speed the
       process several hydro attendants should work at the
       same time on different body areas. The supervising
       nurse must ensure that all the bindings are tight
       enough and that the pressure is uniform.
 
       When binding the head, use pads over the eyes to
       minimize any cavities in the packing.
 
       After a couple of sheets have been wrapped around the
       torso use a short corset to compress the waist and
       control respiration if this a level 4 pack or higher.
 
       In the case of a male patient fold the penis back
       toward the buttocks and hold it in position with pack
       sheets applied in the style of diaper. Hold the
       sheets in place with a tightly strapped canvas waist
       belt and attached crotch strap designed to prevent
       erection.
 
        Once the limbs, trunk, crotch, neck and head are
        satisfactorily wrapped then stage 2 begins.
 
 PACKING - STAGE 2
 
       Hoist the support-frame from the bottom of the tank
       so that the patient is supported by it. Remove the
       ankle cuffs and place sheets between the legs to fill
       any gaps. Securely wrap additional sheets around the
       legs and the trunk and fasten them in place again
       with bandages. At this stage stronger bandages should
       be used, made out of cotton sheeting. It is no longer
       necessary to bandage after every sheet.
 
       Splint the legs and body. The splint is a canvas
       corset-like device, with metal rust free stays that
       laces up the back and extends from ankles to beneath
       armpits with adjustable shoulder straps. Fittings are
       provided for the level 4 head- harness and shoulder
       brace to be attached. Lace up the splint as tightly
       as possible, using heavy-duty buttonhook- like
       devices and temporary straps. Once properly applied
       the patient is held in absolute rigidity. If the feet
       are not going to be held en-pointe (level 5 and
       above) then the splint should be anchored by a strap
       across the soles of the feet.
 
       Release the wrist cuffs and remove the original frame
       altogether, leaving the water-logged patient
       supported by the "support-frame" - but still
       underwater.
 
       Put each arm into a splint.  Each splint has a mitt for the
       hand.  Tightly lace each arm splint from wrist to armpit.
       Strap the arms securely to the side of the body using the
       special canvas straps built into the side of the body-splint,
       passing the straps through the loops in the arm splints.  A
       level 5 pack or above may specify different arm positions.
 
       Use extra-large sheets to wrap the entire body, from
       the crown of the head to the tips of the toes, as a
       single unit. As with any other wrapping operation,
       pass each sheet at least 3 complete times around the
       patient (or limb) to ensure that it cannot be
       unwrapped by the patient. After the last sheets are
       added then again bandage the patient from head to
       toe.
 
       Overall a lot of sheets are used. They should be 100%
       cotton in order to absorb and retain the maximum
       amount of water and provide the minimum insulation.
       They are usually made from and extra-heavy white
       sheeting in various sizes but are generally larger
       than regular bed sheets. Although the number of
       sheets by vary from patient ot patient, the following
       pack sheets might typically be used (not in the order
       of application):
                    - left leg          4
                    - right leg         4
                    - left foot         1
                    - right foot        1
                    - left arm & hand   3
                    - right arm & hand  3
                    - neck              2
                    - head              3
                    - crotch            2
                    - trunk             6
                    - between legs      4
                    - legs together     4
                    - entire torso     11
                                    --
                             Total     48
 
 SECURITY BAG
 
       In a level 3 pack or above, canvas cinch straps
       should be used and the patient put in a heavy canvas
       security bag. (Remember that the patient is still
       immersed in the tank and that the staff should ensure
       that there is no air in the security bag before using
       it.)
 
       Tightly lace and strap the security bag and then
       perform a final heavy bandaging to prevent any
       possibility of air entering the security bag when the
       patient is raised out of the tank. The patient is
       then securely refastened to the support-frame with a
       number of canvas straps. In a level 5 and above,
       force the feet into an exaggerated en-pointe position
       using a ballet strap.
 
 HOIST PATIENT
 
       When the patient and frame are hoisted out of the
       tank, excess body-heated water drains off. As the
       water drains out of the pack no air can pass back
       through the pack-sheets to fill the voids previously
       filled by the water. Thus the patient not only feels
       the oppressive weight of the wet sheets, but will
       also feel the pack draw tighter as the sheets
       "shrink" to fill any gaps previously filled with
       water. It is rather similar to being vacuum packed.
 
       The canvas straps used to secure the patient to the
       frame should be retightened as any excess water
       drains from the pack.
 
 IMMERSION IN COLD TANK
 
       Move the hoisted frame and patient to the cold tank
       where the water is kept refrigerated. Gradually lower
       the patient into the tank. In order to ensure that
       all the warm water is removed from the pack, hoist
       the patient out and allow the pack to drain before
       reimmersion. Perform this process several times in
       quick succession.
 
       As the freezing water gradually passes though the
       pack you may hear the patient desperately trying to
       inhale more air through the breathing tubes as the
       cold water causes the oxygen requirement to shoot up.
       The patient will try to inhale all the air that she
       can as her metabolism increases to combat the cold.
       In a level 5 pack, or higher, a nurse may request
       that the air supply be reduced at such times.
 
       After the initial immersion cycles the patient is
       left to soak in the tank and the auto-immersion cycle
       is started. This is essentially a timer that causes
       the patient to be hoisted out of the tank and
       reimmersed automatically. The timer has a random
       setting that is most often used to avoid the patient
       being able to anticipate the next hoisting or
       reimmersion. The period between immersions may be
       long enough for the patient to become uncomfortably
       hot but maybe not.
 
       In this way the patient is left without any contact
       with the outside world for as much as a week at a
       time. The hell endured by such a patient is hard to
       imagine. Itching, cramps and fear of reimmersion are
       the only companions.
 
       The timer switch may also activate the white-noise
       speakers in the hydro room, which effectively mask
       any outside noise that the patient might otherwise
       hear. Since the white-noise is very loud, staff
       should wear hearing protectors while in the room. The
       patient is protected by the ear plugs and layers of
       pack.
 
 OBSERVATIONS
 
       A wet-sheet-pack is clearly a fearsome method of
       discipline. The patient is transformed into an
       absolutely helpless and rigid mummy, without even the
       slightest hope of escape. Even the fingers, toes, jaw
       and eyelids are immobilized. Even shivering is
       reduced to a minimal level. The patient is usually
       reduced to a state of blind panic, but is not able to
       communicate that panic to anyone or get any form of
       comfort.
 
       The patient is alone!
 
       The patient is being crushed and needs to move to
       relieve the screaming cramps in the limbs and body.
       The patient cannot possibly lie still any longer -
       but will!
 
       The patient has no idea when she will be released or
       how much time has passed. The patient knows beyond
       doubt that she has entered a living hell - if this
       can be called living.
 
       If the patient is not catheterized then the question
       of eliminations will eventually arise:
 
       "Can I hold back until I am released?"
 
       "How long will I have to wait - just a few minutes
       more?"
 
       Eventually the patient will succumb to the urge and
       be forced to urinate. Later the issue becomes
       defecation and again the patient is eventually forced
       to succumb. In addition to the shame of fouling
       herself and lying in her own waste she is concerned
       about what "treatment" may be meted out to her if she
       fouls herself and the tank so horribly.
 
       "When is this going to end?"
 
       "I must have been here for hours!
 
       "Is it night or is it day?"
 
     9.9. "Have I been in here for 6 hours or 24 hours or 2 days or a
       week?"
 
     9.10. "Nobody told me how long this treatment would last - they
        implied it would only be a couple of hours, but I know it's
        been longer than that!"
 
        "Are they ever going to release me?"
 
        "The cramps keep getting worse and my muscles feel
        as if they are being torn apart."
 
        "Are my arms turning blue?"
 
        "If only I could die."
 
        "Oh god, please let me out."
 
        But the patient is not released - the treatment
        continues. "Life" remains a living hell of
        alternating heat, cold, reimmersion, fear of
        drowning, claustrophobia, suffocation, cramps and
        unimaginable boredom. Nothing to do but lie there,
        nothing to hear, smell, control or feel except the
        cold.
 
        There is no way to know when the next immersion will
        come, or if it will come, and no way to judge the
        passing of time.

E-mail me if it does.

-- 
Have straitjacket, might travel.