A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . is the same asfor cold baths. Hot Packs.—These produce sweating nearly as well ashot l)aths, and are less disturbing to the patient. The bed is protected with a rubber sheet, over which ablanket is placed, and the patients clothes entirely blanket is now wrung out of hot water (about 120° F.) andthe patient wrapped in this wet l^lanket. The blanket whenit reaches the patient is usually not more than 110° F. Plentyof drinking water should be given, so that the perspiration BATHS AND BATHING 283 will be profuse. The patient is allowed
A text-book of first aid and emergency treatment . is the same asfor cold baths. Hot Packs.—These produce sweating nearly as well ashot l)aths, and are less disturbing to the patient. The bed is protected with a rubber sheet, over which ablanket is placed, and the patients clothes entirely blanket is now wrung out of hot water (about 120° F.) andthe patient wrapped in this wet l^lanket. The blanket whenit reaches the patient is usually not more than 110° F. Plentyof drinking water should be given, so that the perspiration BATHS AND BATHING 283 will be profuse. The patient is allowed to remain in packfrom fifteen to twenty minutes. An ice-cap or cold com-press is kept on the head and the pulse taken at intervalsduring the pack. If the pulse becomes rapid and weak thetreatment should be stopped. After the pack the body is rubbed dry with a towel andthe patient left between dry blankets for about an the end of this period an alcohol rub is given, the bodydried, and the patient made comfortable with clean, Fig. 156.—A hot pack being given in a case of uremia. Note thearrangement of the blankets. (Hare.) Sweat Baths.—^There are several methods of inducing sweat-ing by the use of modified hot packs. The simplest consistsof placing the patient between blankets surrounded by hot-water bottles (ordinary glass bottles filled with hot waterserve very well in an emergency) and then covering him withseveral blankets. This usually quickly induces sweating. Another method, sometimes called a rimi sweat, con-sists in surrounding the patient with hot bricks well wrappedin cloths. On these bricks raw whisky or rum is poured andthe patient covered with several layers of blankets. Thesteam from the hot bricks surrounds the patient and sooncauses sweating. Care must be taken that the hot steamdoes not cause burns. 284 NURSING AND TECHNIC Of course the ])atient must be given plenty of water duringthe sweat and the head must be kept cool, just as durin
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