St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-18

Fig 2. Showing position and action of the
operator in alternately producing artificial
expiration and inspiration of air.
there be another person present, let him,
with piece of dry cloth, hold the tip of
the tongue out. of the corner of the mouth
this prevents the tongue from falling back
and choking the entrance to the windpipe),
and with the other hand grasp both wrists
and keep the arms forcibly stretched back
above the head, thereby increasing the
prominence of the ribs, which tends to
enlarge the chest. The two last named
positions are not, however. absolutely essen
tial to success. Kneel beside or astrde the
patients hips, and, with the balls of the
thumbs resting on either side of the pit of
the stomach, let the fingers fall into the
grooves between the short ribs, so as to afford
the best grasp of the waist. Now, using
your knees as pivot. throw all your weight
forward on your hands, and at the same
time squeeze the waist between them, as if
you wished to force everything in the chest
upward out of the mouth; deepen the pres
sure while you can count slowly one, two,
three; then suddenly let go with final
push, which springs you back to your first
kneeling position. Remain erect on your
knees while you can count one, two. three;
then repeat the same motions as before at
IdIO SIuUitdIly luCItdS6u llUlH lOuT VI I'VE
to fifteen times in minute, and continue
thus this bellows movement with the same
regularity that. is observable in the natural
motions of breathing which you are mitat-
ing. If natural breathing be not restored
after trial of the bellows movement for
the space of three or four minutes, then
turn the patient a second time on the stom-
ach as directed in Rule q rolling the body in
the opposite direction from that in
which it was first turned for the purpose
of freeing the air passages from
any remaining water. Continue the artificial
| respiration for one to four hours, or until
| the patient breathes, according to rule g.
| and for awhile after the appearance of re-
turning life carefully aid the first short
gasps until deepened into full breaths.
Continue the drying and rubbing, which
should have been increasingly practiced
from the beginning by the assistants. TAX
ing care not to Interfere with the, means
employed to produce breathing. Thus the
limbs of the patient should be rubbed al
ways in an upward direction, toward the
| BODY, with firm grasping pressure and en-
ergy, using the bare hands, dry t1annels or
handkerchiefs, continuing the friction UNI
der the blankets or over the dry clothing.
| The warmth of the body can also be pro-
NOTED by the application of hot flannels to
] the stomach and arm-pits. bottles or bad
derssof / hot water, heated bricks, etc., to
4 the limbs and soes of the feet.
I Rule d. After treatment. AS soon as
I breathing is established, let the patient be
I stripped of all wet clothing wrapped in
blankets only, put to bed comfortably
warm, but with free circulation of fresh
/ air. and left to perfect rest. Give whisky,
or brandy and hot water, in doses of tea
spoonful to a tablespoonful, according to
the weight of the patient, or other stimu-
! lantS at hand, every ten or fifteen minutes
for the first hour. and as often thereafter as
may seem expedient. After reaction is
fully established, there is great danger of
congestion of the lungs. and if perfect rest
is not maintained for at least forty EIGHT
/ hours. it sometimes occurs that the patient
lis seized with great difficulty of breathing,
! and death is liable to follow unless immedi-
ate relief'is afforded. In such cases apply
"a large mustard plaster over the breast. If
the patient gaspS for breath before the
mustard takes effect, assist the breathing
by carefully repeating the artificial reSpira-
ton.
DIR. Labordette. the supervising surgeon
| ofSthe hospital of LisieuX. in France, ap-
t2pears to have established that the clinchng
of the jaws and the standardization of the
ullSSIS, WHICH nave hitherto D6e0 cOnSlQ-
cred signs Of death, are in fact evidences
of remaining vitality. After numerous ex-
periments with apparently drowned per-
sons, and also animals, he concludes that
these are only signs accompanying the first
stage of suffocation by drowning tie Jaws
and hands becoming relaxed when death
ensues. The rigor morris or muscular rig
idity of death comes later, after this tenn
2 porary relaxation. The mere clinching of
4 the jaws and standardization of the hands
must not be considered as reasons for the
discontinuance of efforts to save life, but
should serve as stimulant to vigorous and
prolonged efforts to quicken vitality. Per-
sons engaged in the task of resuscitation
are. therefore. earnestly desired to take
/ hope and encouragement for the life of the
sufferer from the signs above referred to
II and to continue their endeavOrs accord
4 ingly. In number of cases Dr. Labor
4 dette restored to life persons whose jaws
were so firmly clinched that to aid respira-
tion their teeth had to be forced apart with
iron instruments.
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