A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . Sylvesters Method of Resuscitation (First Movement). a towel placed under its shoulders. The head isthrown back. The arms are then slowly lifted andcarried well up over the head. They are held in ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES OF LABOR. I I9 this position until five can be slowly counted. Bythis movement the ribs are elevated, the chest ex-panded, and a vacuum produced in the lungs intowhich the air rushes ; or, in other words, the move- Fig. ment produces inspiration. The arms are thencarried slowly downward, placed by the
A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . Sylvesters Method of Resuscitation (First Movement). a towel placed under its shoulders. The head isthrown back. The arms are then slowly lifted andcarried well up over the head. They are held in ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES OF LABOR. I I9 this position until five can be slowly counted. Bythis movement the ribs are elevated, the chest ex-panded, and a vacuum produced in the lungs intowhich the air rushes ; or, in other words, the move- Fig. ment produces inspiration. The arms are thencarried slowly downward, placed by the side, andpressed inward against the chest. This forces outthe air and produces expiration. These move- 120 OBSTETRICAL NURSING. ments should be slow, repeated about fifteen timesduring each minute, and should be carried on untilthe breathing becomes regular. Should there beno sign of life, the efforts at resuscitation should notbe abandoned for at least two hours after the A third method, which, however, requires theseparation of the baby from the afterbirth, is mostexcellent. It is known as Schultzes method. Itwould be more apt to be practiced by a physician,because it necessitates the early and quick tying ofthe cord and is only of advantage when practicedat once after the delivery. The method is as fol-lows : The child is seized by the shoulders andupper arms and swung head downward above theoperators head. The weight of the lower part ofthe body is thus thrown upon the chest, and anyli
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