A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . arly and quick tying ofthe cord and is only of advantage when practicedat once after the delivery. The method is as fol-lows : The child is seized by the shoulders andupper arms and swung head downward above theoperators head. The weight of the lower part ofthe body is thus thrown upon the chest, and anyliquids which may have been drawn into the air-passages are thus forced out. Being held thus fora time, while the operator counts five, the body isthen brought down in reversed position between theoperators knees. The weight
A handbook of obstetrical nursing for nurses, students, and mothers . arly and quick tying ofthe cord and is only of advantage when practicedat once after the delivery. The method is as fol-lows : The child is seized by the shoulders andupper arms and swung head downward above theoperators head. The weight of the lower part ofthe body is thus thrown upon the chest, and anyliquids which may have been drawn into the air-passages are thus forced out. Being held thus fora time, while the operator counts five, the body isthen brought down in reversed position between theoperators knees. The weight of the lower extremi-ties is thus made to drag upon the chest and enlargeits capacity for the entrance of air. These twomovements may be kept up for considerable time.* * The order of these movements as given by Schultze is upward movement is practiced first in the Womans Hospital,as it is found that the air-passages are thus best cleared of mucusand discharges before an act of inspiration is encouraged. ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES OF LABOR. 121 Fig. Schultzes Method of Resuscitation (First Movement). 122 OBSTETRICAL NURSING. Warmbaths. Alternating with artificial respiration, warm baths Fig. 17.
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