First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . to the valve and on its endis some sort of an inhaler; this may be simply a funnelwhich can be inverted over the mouth and nose of thepatient, or it may be a small glass nose or mouth-piecewhich can be placed so that the stream of oxygen maybe directed into the throat. Oxygen is administered when for any reason the res-piration is interfered with and the blood is not being-purified rapidly enough in consequence. The givingof the gas requires the constant attendance of one person,as the tube and mouth-piece m
First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . to the valve and on its endis some sort of an inhaler; this may be simply a funnelwhich can be inverted over the mouth and nose of thepatient, or it may be a small glass nose or mouth-piecewhich can be placed so that the stream of oxygen maybe directed into the throat. Oxygen is administered when for any reason the res-piration is interfered with and the blood is not being-purified rapidly enough in consequence. The givingof the gas requires the constant attendance of one person,as the tube and mouth-piece must be held in place sothat the patient may get the full benefit of the inhalation. 222 FIRST YEAR NURSING It must bo kept coming in a slow but continuous streamand regulated according to the condition of the may be ordered given five minutes out of each fifteen,fifteen minutes out of each hour, or whenever the facebecomes blue and the respiration labored. It may evenhave to be given continuously for several hours at atime. The gas is expensive, so that the valve must be. Fig. 44.—Gastric lavage. Irrigation of the stomach.—(Kellogg.) kept closed tightly when not in use, and no more than isrequired allowed to flow at any time. Lavage.—This is also called stomach washing. It isemployed to remove bile or undigested food, in persistentvomiting, for the treatment of stomach disorders, etc. The best stomach tubes are provided with a funnel OTHER MEDICAL CASES 223 and a bulb, and are marked to indicate the distancethey are to be inserted. The tube should be clean,but not necessarily sterile. At least a gallon of warmsolution should be provided, saline, boric, soda solution(a heaping teaspoonful of baking soda to a gallon ofwater), or plain water being used. There should be a
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