A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . e placed in the incubator; and even larger childrenwhose temperature is subnormal often do better in the cottonjacket. As soon as a small, feeble child is born it should be wellanointed with warm olive oil or albolene, wrapped in warmcotton and surrounded with hot-water bottles. The cord mustbe tied with special care, and is to be inspected for bleeding atfrequent intervals, for there is a well-marked tendency to second-ary hemorrhage in this class of cases. As soon as the nurse has finished with the toilet of themother she is to
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . e placed in the incubator; and even larger childrenwhose temperature is subnormal often do better in the cottonjacket. As soon as a small, feeble child is born it should be wellanointed with warm olive oil or albolene, wrapped in warmcotton and surrounded with hot-water bottles. The cord mustbe tied with special care, and is to be inspected for bleeding atfrequent intervals, for there is a well-marked tendency to second-ary hemorrhage in this class of cases. As soon as the nurse has finished with the toilet of themother she is to make a jacket of cotton and gauze in thefollowing manner. A piece of gauze, shaped like the pattern 287 288 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. (Fig. 147), is procured, basted to a sheet of absorbent cottonabout half an inch thick, trimmed roughly into shape, and cutout on the lines indicated. The infant is wiped dry with pledgetsof warm cotton and the vernix caseosa removed carefully, espe- T 1*1. 2^o14 Cut Opening for NfecR 7 ixi. ^oltf Cut 4V4. in. Cut 4^ 14- in,
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