Milford chronicle., 1915-03-26
[Continued from last weekl .

Next. let the assistant standing at the
head turn down the patients arms to the
sides of the body, the assistant holding
the tongue changing hands if necessary
to let the arms pass. Just before the pa
Gent's hands reach the ground, the man
astride the body will grasp the body with
his hands, the balls of the thumb resting
on either side of the pit of the stomach,
the fingers falling into the grooves be-
tween the short ribs. Now, using his
knees as a pivot, be will at the moment
the patients hands touch the ground
throw (not too suddenly all his weight
forward on his hands, and at the same
time squeeze the waist between them as
if he wished to force anything in the
chest upward out Of the mouth he will
deepen the pressure while he slowly
counts one, two, three, four (about i've
seconds), then suddenly let 60 with
final push, which will spring him back
to his first position. This completes ex-
piration. At the instant of his letting 60,
the man at the patients head will again
draw the arms steadily upward to the
sides of the patients head as before 1.-THE
assistant holding the tongue again chang
ing hands to let the arms pass if neces-
sary) holding them there while he slowly
counts one, two, three, four (about FIVE
seconds). Repeat these movements de-
hberately and perseveringly II to is times
in every minute, thus initiating the nat
ural motions of breathing. If natural
breathing be not restored after a trial of
the bellows movement for the space of
about four minutes, then turn the patient
a second time on the stomach, as directed
in Rule 2, rolling the body In the oppo
site direction from that in which it was
first turned, for the purpose of freeing
the air passage from any remaining water.
Continue the artificial respiration from
one to four hours, or until the patient |
breathes, according to Rule 3, and for |
while after the appearance of returning |
life, carefully aid the FIRST short gasps |
until deepened into full breaths. Con-
tinue the dying and rubbing, which should |
have been increasingly practiced from the
by assistants, taking care not
10 interfere with the means employed to
produce breathing. Thus the limbs of
The patient should be rubbed, always In
an upward direction toward the body,
with firm-grasping pressure and energy,
using the bare hands, dry fannels OF
and continuing the friction
1nder the blankets or over the dry cloth
ng. The warmth of the body can also be
promoted by the application of hot fan
1els to the stomach and armpits, bottles
1r bladders of hot water, heated bricks,
&C., to the limbs and soles of the feet.
Continuing the important subject of
-esuscitaton of the apparently drowned,
We take up today the rules for the after
ana the Schaefer method. Bo.
hese rules and those published last Fri
lay for arousing the patient and expelling
gater from the lungs and stomach and
artificial respiration should be
arefully studied and memorized, and
hen frequently practiced. The crews of
he U. S. Life Saving Service do this :
rill every week and they have saved
undreds of lives by being prepared.
his system is a modification of the Syl-
ester method and is undoubtedly the
lost effective. Scouts should practice in
roups and should take turns in instruct !
Il unframed groups of boys in the troop I
it might happen that a scout would
ave to call upon others to help him save \
life in this manner and the practice in 2
structing others who to assist him would J
; most useful.
Rule 4. After Treatment Externally
5 soon as breathing is established, let !
e patient be stripped of all wet cloth Q
e, wrapped in blankets only, put to bed \
warm, but with free circu- L
tion of fresh air, and left to perfect rest.
ternally: Give whisky or brandy and
Il water in doses of teaspoonful to a
according to the weight of
e patient, or other stimulant at hand, =
erv ten or fifteen minutes for the first =
ur, and as often thereafter as may seem II
pedient. Later manifestations After cl
action is fully established, there is 81
eat danger of congestion of the lungs, N
d if perfect rest is not maintained for =,
least forty-eight hours 1t sometimes :,
ours that the patient is seized with diff :. :,
ulty of breathing, and death is liable 81
follow unless immediate relief is af-
ded. In such cases apply a large mus
d plaster over the breast. If the pa
nt gasps for breath before the mustard ~
les effect, assist the breathing by care m
ly repeating the artificial respiration. Of
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