. The operating room, a primer for pupil nurses. Fig. 5.—Gwathmey gas-oxygen apparatus. at the feet into a pocket, and pinned in front. Hershoulders are rested against two shoulder props whichmust always be newly and fatly padded to prevent THE ANESTHETIC NURSE 53 paralysis of the trapezius muscle. The modern table iswound up or lowered at the anesthetists will, and it ispositively his business to notify the operator that hemust lower her if she is going bad. But the nurse her-self should be placed in Trendelenburg by the super-visor, and should also learn all the mechanism of thetable. There


. The operating room, a primer for pupil nurses. Fig. 5.—Gwathmey gas-oxygen apparatus. at the feet into a pocket, and pinned in front. Hershoulders are rested against two shoulder props whichmust always be newly and fatly padded to prevent THE ANESTHETIC NURSE 53 paralysis of the trapezius muscle. The modern table iswound up or lowered at the anesthetists will, and it ispositively his business to notify the operator that hemust lower her if she is going bad. But the nurse her-self should be placed in Trendelenburg by the super-visor, and should also learn all the mechanism of thetable. There should be a pad for the table of rubberfilled with air and hair, and with boxed edges, to pre-vent the patient from rolling off. The best method inany operating room is to prepare the patient on the tablewhich the surgeon will use, and roll her in, all avoids lifting her once when anesthetized. It alsoprevents any of the customary awkwardnesses of arrang-ing her on the table while every doctor waits. This sys-tem, of course, requir


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