The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-10-31

Put the palm OF your hand flat In
there. You cannot take even the
shortest breathe without feeling a
little expansion under the hand. You
can count the respiration easily in
that way.
is sometimes very difficult to get
a child to give you its hand long
enough to count the pulse by the
wrist, but If you put your hand over
the heart you can count it very cas-
lily. In the case of an infant you can
watch the rise and fall of the fon-
tauelle, or you can watch theI
neck, but It is very much better TO
put your hand ever the heart.
In putting on a sheet we must
be careful always to put it we'll up
TO the top. Tuck the sheet around
the top of the mattress, then bring
it up and tuck it well in. Always
get the sheet well tucked in at the
top, because the average patient is
much more likely to work down than
to work up, and If the sheet is well
tucked in there is not so much dan
! ger of 1t pulling out and wrinkling.
Thentuck in the corners, then
stretch it and bring it to the bottom
land tuck 1t in In the same manner.
If you can mitre your corners, so
much thebetter. In making the bed
1t is better to put on a draw sheet.
A draw sheet. as II is called, is made
by taking the ordinary sheet and
doubling 1t across lengthwise Of the
sheet and putting It across the bed
SO that It will come from the pill
low, the patients shoulders. down
beyond the patients buttocks. Tuck
1t we'll in on one side and, making 1t
as tight as you can. tuck it in on the
other side. One advantage of this is
that 1t is more easily changed than
the whole sheet. 1t Is easy to loosen
one side and straighten 1t out, 30
thatthere are no wrinkles, for q
wrinkle may cause q great deal Of
discomfort. ALLOW theupper sheet to
come we'll up 20 that 1t will turn
down over the rest Of the clothing
in the bed; then tuck Il in ut the
bottom. but do not tuck Il 20 tight
ly that your aptients' toes will be
pulled forward.
While we have the patient in bed
we must proceed to make her COM
| Portable. We will imagine that she
lie in q nice comfortable night dress.
and that she il very weak and tired
in which case we will not attempt
to make her sit up until we do her
hair. want to speak especially Of
the care Of the hair Of q woman In
bed. There IL only one style Of hair
dressing and that is to have the hair
well divided at the back and put up
lin two braids. Don't braid the hair
too lightly at first. II he hair ia
left uncombed 1t becomes very un-
comfortable. and the longer It is left
the greater IL the diniculty In comb
ing It. As said before. II the pa
tient has fever or is weak. never
make her sit up: simply turn her
head and divide her hair. Raise the
head and divide the hair a. evenly
| 90 you can. Lay the head down. then
turn II to one side and hold the hair
while gently brushing. Then brush
Il about carefully and separate It
into three-just the ordinary old
fashioned braid. Always be careful
to separate the hair gently and COM
pletely enough 80 that you Will not
have one or two hairs tighter than
the others. Bird the hair so that
II the patient lies on her side or back
she will not lie on her hair. Again
I say braid It rather loosely part
way down. then you can braid It
more tightly. When one side Is done
you roll the patients head to the
other side and repeat the process.
In doing this you will see the advan-