A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . h he may have just left the house, oranother doctor should be summoned. In themeantime, her first thought should be of the uterusand its probable condition of relaxation. The ban-dage, if applied, should be hastily removed and thehand placed over the lower part of the the womb is not felt, rub vigorously until it con-tracts and is felt again as a round, hard on rubbing and holding. The nurse shouldnever take her hand off the abdomen until the doc-tor comes. Direct some one else to take the pillowsfrom un
A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . h he may have just left the house, oranother doctor should be summoned. In themeantime, her first thought should be of the uterusand its probable condition of relaxation. The ban-dage, if applied, should be hastily removed and thehand placed over the lower part of the the womb is not felt, rub vigorously until it con-tracts and is felt again as a round, hard on rubbing and holding. The nurse shouldnever take her hand off the abdomen until the doc-tor comes. Direct some one else to take the pillowsfrom under the patients head, have the foot of thebed elevated, to keep the blood in the head andprevent fainting, which induces heart-clot. Havethe foot of the bed placed on the seats of chairs. 128 OBSTETRICAL NURSING. The patient may be fanned, cold water given herto drink, hartshorn to smell. She should not beallowed even to turn in bed or lift her head. If thedoctor has left ergot, one teaspoonful of the fluidextract may be given in a tablespoonful of water. Fig. Position of Patient in Hemorrhage after Labor. The patient should receive this without lifting herhead. Plenty of hot water should be on hand, thewater in the tea-kettle boiling. If the physiciandelays his coming and the flow continues, repeatedhot-water injections of about U5°-I20° should begiven into the Convulsions may come on during the labor asduring the pregnancy. Their management would ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES OF LABOR. 129 be the same as that suggested for convulsionsduring pregnancy. Other accidents, such as rupture of the uterus Rupture of x uterus. or the coming down of an arm or hand, or the navel- _ . 25 Prolapses. string in advance of the usual part to come first, areconditions in which the nurse can do nothing,except to keep the patient as quiet as she can, andmeddle as little as possible until the doctor comes,for whom, of course, she must at once send. At no time, in the manag
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