Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses . exceptions: (1) Keep the spongebut slightly wet. (2) Instead of sponging the patientsback, rub it with your hand, without turning thepatient, first wetting the hand with alcohol. Somedoctors prefer that the patient be sponged with hotwater, 1060 F., before the alcohol is used. This canbe done without using enough water to wet the bed. Cold Packs The following are but a few of the many ways ofgiving cold packs. In Methods 1 and 3 rapid evapora-tion is the chief action depended upon for coolingthe body surface. In Methods 2 and 4 it is theabsorption o
Practical nursing : a text-book for nurses . exceptions: (1) Keep the spongebut slightly wet. (2) Instead of sponging the patientsback, rub it with your hand, without turning thepatient, first wetting the hand with alcohol. Somedoctors prefer that the patient be sponged with hotwater, 1060 F., before the alcohol is used. This canbe done without using enough water to wet the bed. Cold Packs The following are but a few of the many ways ofgiving cold packs. In Methods 1 and 3 rapid evapora-tion is the chief action depended upon for coolingthe body surface. In Methods 2 and 4 it is theabsorption of heat by the water that is relied upon,but in the former methods absorption also will takeplace and in the latter, evaporation, but more slowly. Method i.— Bring to the bedside: (1) A foot-tub full of water; the temperatureusually ordered is between 700 to 8o° F. (2) A bath thermometer. (3) A rubber sheet. (4) 2 small cotton sheets. (5) An ice-cap or gauze compresses and ice. (6) A hot-water bag in its cover. (7) A whisk. (8) A FIG. 20.—WRINGING SHEET FOR COLD PACK Baths for Therapeutic Purposes 311 (9) 2 towels.(10) 1 binder. Method of Giving Pack.—Open the sheets andgather each one up loosely, lengthwise, and putthem in the water; remove the top bedcovers exceptthe sheet, pass the rubber sheet under the patient,place the hot water at her feet and the ice-capon her head; place the binder across her pelvis;wring out both sheets; pass one under the patient;remove the dry sheet covering the patient and replaceit by the second wet one; carry the ends of this underand around the patients arms and bring the cornersover her shoulders; put it between the legs. Keep thepatients arms away from her side and her legs part of the body except the head and the solesof the feet is thus covered with the wet sheets. If thepatient shows no tendency to shiver, the hot bag ather feet can be dispensed with until after the pack andthe wet sheets are brought around her f
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