A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . Fig. 117.—Abdominal binder. THE ABDOMINAL BINDER. 237 until its middle is exactly under the middle of the patients back,its lower edge well below the hips, and its upper edge at aboutthe free border of the ribs. Beginning now at the lower edge,the two ends, held tightly together, are rolled up as firmly andas snugly as possible until the material at that point is as tautas it can be made. The pin is passed first through the roll andthen through the single thickness of cloth on the side oppositethe nurse and clasped. Beginning agai
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . Fig. 117.—Abdominal binder. THE ABDOMINAL BINDER. 237 until its middle is exactly under the middle of the patients back,its lower edge well below the hips, and its upper edge at aboutthe free border of the ribs. Beginning now at the lower edge,the two ends, held tightly together, are rolled up as firmly andas snugly as possible until the material at that point is as tautas it can be made. The pin is passed first through the roll andthen through the single thickness of cloth on the side oppositethe nurse and clasped. Beginning again a little above the firstpin the rolling is repeated in the same way and another pininserted, and so on till all is done (Fig. 117). When at a point about the level of the umbilicus, a towel,rolled or folded to about the size of a large banana, may be laidcrosswise of the abdomen under the binder, to cause extra press-ure on the fundus. A pin should be passed through the binderinto the towel on either side to keep it from slipping. The binder must be chang
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