A complete handbook for the sanitary troops of the U S army and navy . After the stpam or hot air has passed in long enough to getperspiration well started, the upper rubber sheet and the cradles areremoved and the blankets tucked in closely around the patients body,after which the case is managed in the same manner as the hot-waterbath. To give these baths to a patient sitting up, after removing allclothing he is made to take his seat upon a chair with perforatedbottom; under the chair is placed an alcohol lamp, an electric heater,. Anangcmcnts for Hot-air or Vapor in Bed. or a pail of
A complete handbook for the sanitary troops of the U S army and navy . After the stpam or hot air has passed in long enough to getperspiration well started, the upper rubber sheet and the cradles areremoved and the blankets tucked in closely around the patients body,after which the case is managed in the same manner as the hot-waterbath. To give these baths to a patient sitting up, after removing allclothing he is made to take his seat upon a chair with perforatedbottom; under the chair is placed an alcohol lamp, an electric heater,. Anangcmcnts for Hot-air or Vapor in Bed. or a pail of water in which are dropi)ed hot stones or bricks. Thepatient is then surrounded from the neck downward by a rubbersheet and blankets arranged in the manner of a tent; this is a con-vient method in the field. Precautions to be used with hot air or vapor baths: 1. Be careful not to burn or exhaust the patient, or to set fire tothe bed. 2. Keep an ice-bag on his head. 3. \\atch the pidse. 4. Give hot drinks freely. 5. Wrap the jiatient in a hot dry blanket for an hour after thebath, then rub with alcohol. To reduce fever we use either the Brandt system of cold tub bath?. 160 NURSING cold sponging, or the cold pack. There are also various extempo-reneoiis methods for applying cold for this i)iirpose. The generaleffect of cold baths, besides reducing the temperature, is to allaynervousness, quiet the circulation, increase excretion, and inducesleep. The Brandt system of bathing is used chiefly in typhoid portable bath tub
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