Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-10
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ne ivi'o .,1pg rules for resuscitating an
prove. by the American Medical Associa-
q ioi :, and have been adopted by the United
'>oates Life-Saving Service
| l. To drain off Water from the Chest
and Stomach-Instantly strip the patient
to the waist. Place him face downward,
the pit of the stomach being raised above
| the level of the mouth, by large, hard roll
of clothing placed beneath it. Throw your
| weight, forcibly, two or three times, for a
moment or two, upon the patients back,
placing your hands between and below the
| shoulder blades on each side, SO as to press
all fluids from the stomach OUT of the
mouth.
| H. To perform Artificial Breathing
Quickly turn the patient upon his back, the
roll of clothing being SO placed beneath as
| to make the breast-bone the highest point
of the body. Kneel beside or astride the
patients hips. Grasp front part of the
chest on either side of the pit of the stom-
ach, resting your fingers along the spaces
between the short ribs. Brace your elbows
against your sides, and steadily grasping
and pressing forward and upward, throw
| your whole weight upon the chest so
grasped, gradually increasing the pressure
| while you can count one-two-three
then suddenly let go with a final push,
which springs you back to your first posi-
ton. Rest erect upon your knee while you
can count one-two; then make pressure
again as before, repeating the entire mo-
| tons at first about four or five times min
J ute, gradually increasing to about ten or
twelve times. Use the same regularity as
in blowing bellows, and as is seen in nat,l-
raj breathing, which you are initiating II
another person be present, let him, with
one hand, by means of dry piece of linen,
| hold the tip of the tongue out of one cor
ner OF the mouth, and with the other hand
| grasp both wrists and pin them to the
| ground above the patients head.
] III. After-treatment-After breathing has
become natural, dry the patient briskly
or, if it can be accomplished without inter
| fering with the immediate efforts to restore
breathing this may be done previously by
a second assistant. Wrap the patient in
blankets only, and let him be kept perfectly
] quiet. Take the precaution to provide q
| free circulation OF air within the room.
| The following additional suggestions are
| given:
/. Avoid delay. A moment may turn
the scale for life, or for death. Dry ground
| shelter, stimulants, etc., at this moment are
| nothing; artificial breathing is everything
! is the one remedy; all other means are sec,
ondary. If the breathing has but just
ceased, smart slap on the face or stomach
| will sometimes start it again, and may be
| tried incidentally.
! 2. Prevent thecrowding of friends around
the patient, and thus excluding currents OF
air also from attempting to administer any
stimulant before the patient is breathing
regularly and is well able to swallow; the
! first promotes sufocation-thes second, fatal
choking.
8. Do not be impatient of results. Any
time within two hours you mS be on the
very threshold of success, without there be-
ing any sign of it. There are instances on
record where breathing has been restored
after having ceased for an hour or more.