. The operating room, a primer for pupil nurses. esame time obscuring them to the gaze of the passers-by. (17) Oilcloth and thick pads of old newspapers confinedin thin old sheets or gauze will protect the furniture,table, blankets, etc., from blood, water, and iodin. (18) A stretcher is made by laying two square chairsface down on the floor, their feet meeting. The legs are Fig. 55.—Open method of anesthesia. very solidly spliced and a piece of board laid and fastenedin the center, then the whole covered with blankets anddraw-sheet. The upper ends of the chair or the top cross-piece make a se
. The operating room, a primer for pupil nurses. esame time obscuring them to the gaze of the passers-by. (17) Oilcloth and thick pads of old newspapers confinedin thin old sheets or gauze will protect the furniture,table, blankets, etc., from blood, water, and iodin. (18) A stretcher is made by laying two square chairsface down on the floor, their feet meeting. The legs are Fig. 55.—Open method of anesthesia. very solidly spliced and a piece of board laid and fastenedin the center, then the whole covered with blankets anddraw-sheet. The upper ends of the chair or the top cross-piece make a secure handle. This stretcher stands at agood height by the bed for lifting the patient on or offwith the aid of a folded sheet (Fig. 56). (19) If vaginal work is to be done a Kelly pad () is improvised as follows: Required, a blanket, old andsoft; adhesive strips, 6 by 2 inches; a rubber sheet or a piece 270 OPERATING ROOM of oilcloth, 2 3Tards by 1 yard; two hemostats; eight piecesof gauze bandage each 12 inches long. Roll the blanket. tightly and tie it in one long cylindric roll. Lay it on thefarther long edge of the rubber and roll toward the IMPROVISED OPERATING ROOM IN A HUMBLE HOME 271 nurse, about two turns. Divide into three equal parts,the middle part at least being 2 feet wide. Grasping theroll firmly, turn at the first third at a right angle. Do thesame with the last third. This leaves a triangle outsideeach side of the Kelly pad. Reduce these triangles
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