The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-10-31
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alarmist, but still do not go to the
other extreme. Take the tempera
tureas often as the doctor orders,
which is usually every two hours or
every four.
IF you are giving medicines every |
Ddr, II you give 1t at nine o'clock,
put under the medicine column, 80, !
medicine given" II the patient was
excited after the giving of it, make q
note of it, If the patient seemed de-
pressed after giving it, make a note
of It. If 1t has not had any unusual
effect you do not need to record.
Before you take patients tenn
perature always look at the thed-
mometer and see where the mercury
is. Always be sure 1t is shaken down
20 81 at least, and then put it in the
patients mouth IL the patient Is re-
sponsible. AS the patient to close
his or her lips. Put it well back at
the side of the tongue, and do not
let. the. patient try to talk while it
is there. Tell the patient he must
keep still and keep the lips closed
upon the thermometer. tt Is some
times rather difficult to make him do
that.
Now, you must insist that the lips
beclosed for one minute at least;
then remove the Thermometer from
the mouth with the light hand hold
ing the glass end Of the thermom-
eter--never touch the mercury part
read 1t. and then put 1t in the
vessel you have prepared. The pro-
per way In q private house 10 to
keep 1t in wide mouthed bottle or
glass. A vaseline bottle is as nice
. receptacle as you can get. Have
alcohol or solution Of disinfect-
ant in the bottle. and put the Their
m0meter In that. You should have
absorbent cotton in the bottom. %
that the 10 no danger Of breaking
the thermometer. and leave your
Thermometer there until It 10 want
~ again. Then you can take It out
shaking II down. put II in
your aptient's mouth. That IL the
way you take . temperature II your
patient 10 responsible. II the pa
tient IL not responsible. II 1t were
an adult. semi-conscious or delir-
ious. or child. take the tempera-
turs In the rectum. ma child al
ways take the temperature in the
rsctum. The treatment Of the Their
mometer in every case is practically
the same.
Now we come to the pulse. The
temperature. Of course. 10 the &C
tnal heat Of the blood, stream Of the
badly; the pulse b the impast Of The
heart beat 40 the blood is forced In
to the arteries. In the case Of an
adult you count the pulse at the
wrist. and in doing this count the
pulse with the ball Of the finger.
One difnculty with amateurs is that
they grasp too firmly. and shut off
the flow Of blood. Timber up your
fingsrS and place them over the
wrist and roll them gently inward.
end when You are sure you feel the
impact under your finger. look 1t
your watch-and It should be done
with the second hand-and when
you are sure you are. getting each
throb Of the pulse and the long hand
of your watch 10 over one Of the
plumbers. start TO count. and It is
better to count for . minute.
In counting the respiration. try to
do It without letting the patient
know. The patients know when you
are taking the temperature; they
cannot change their heart beats;
these are controlled by the sympa-
thetic nervous system. But they
capu alter the rate at which they
b be. and the depth Of their
Breathing. II l were to say to any
(ody here: Breathe PERFECTLY nat