The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . my and thus allows of theearlier moving about of the patient. Zinc-oxid plaster is usedto reduce skin irritation to a minimum. The quality of theplaster should be such as to preclude stretching. The. full 62 OPERATING ROOM AND THE PATIENT ?uidth of tlie plaster (twelve inches) is used and, according to thesize of the patient, the strip should measure from twenty-eightto forty inches or more in length. From the center of the loweredge of the strip a semicircular piece is cut, in order to avoidsoiling dining defe
The operating room and the patient; a manual of pre- and post-operative treatment . my and thus allows of theearlier moving about of the patient. Zinc-oxid plaster is usedto reduce skin irritation to a minimum. The quality of theplaster should be such as to preclude stretching. The. full 62 OPERATING ROOM AND THE PATIENT ?uidth of tlie plaster (twelve inches) is used and, according to thesize of the patient, the strip should measure from twenty-eightto forty inches or more in length. From the center of the loweredge of the strip a semicircular piece is cut, in order to avoidsoiling dining defecation. The patient is placed upon thebandage so that the lower border comes on a level with the fabric covering the plaster is now removed. This is facili-tated by rolling the patient first to one side and then to the other,while an assistant steadies the plaster and removes the end of the plaster is next split into four tails. Thesetails are snugly adjusted, the lower one on one side being ap-plied first, then the lower one on the other side, and so ___ L . Fig. 26.—Adhesive plaster scxiltetus. These overlap, thus making a double support in front and at thesides. This process is continued until the four tails on eachside have been snugly adjusted. If the upper part of thebandage should reach to the epigastrium, the upper tails are notdrawn so tight to avoid pressure on the ribs and consequentinterference with respiration. The anterior-superior spines ofthe ilia are protected by lightly padding with gauze. At thetime for the removal of the sutures the adhesive plaster is cutin the middle line anteriorly from the pubes up and each lateralportion is folded back. After the completion of the dressing thecut edges of the adhesive plaster are reinforced with other pieces BANDAGING 63 of plaster; perforations are then made one-half inch from the cutedge and at one-inch intervals. Beginning at the pubes thedressing is snugly laced up with a piece of tape o
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