. Nursing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat . Fig. 70.—Nasal douching with fountain syringe with patient reclining. ber of irrigations should be employed to perfectly cleansethe nose, and the water should be hot (110° F.) unlessotherwise ordered. This syringe is effective in post1operative work—infected sinuses and atrophic rhinitis. THE LARYNX 275 A douche bag may be employed in like manner if ablunt nasal tip is used in the end of the tube and the nos-tril held firmly around the tip while irrigating. Shouldthe nurse be requested to irrigate only one nostril, then. Fig. 71.—Nasal
. Nursing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose, and throat . Fig. 70.—Nasal douching with fountain syringe with patient reclining. ber of irrigations should be employed to perfectly cleansethe nose, and the water should be hot (110° F.) unlessotherwise ordered. This syringe is effective in post1operative work—infected sinuses and atrophic rhinitis. THE LARYNX 275 A douche bag may be employed in like manner if ablunt nasal tip is used in the end of the tube and the nos-tril held firmly around the tip while irrigating. Shouldthe nurse be requested to irrigate only one nostril, then. Fig. 71.—Nasal douching with Douglass syringe. the tip may be omitted and the solution allowed to flowfrom a straight tip or from the tube itself. The bagshould be placed about 2 feet above the patients headunless otherwise ordered. 276 eye, ear, nose, and throat nursingIrrigation This term ordinarily applies to washing out somecavity or sinus. For diagnostic purposes or in acutesuppurative processes of the antrum, for instance, irriga-
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