First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . Fig. 45.—Gastric lavage. Emptying the stomach.—{Kellogg.) rubber sheet to protect the patients clothing, severaltowels, a good-sized slop-jar, and a white basin in whichthe stomach contents may be first received for inspec-tion; in case some of the material is to be saved, a thirdbasin will be needed. The patient, protected by the rubber sheet, should sitor be propped up with pillows; a small emesis basin may 224 FIRST YEAH NURSINCi be at hand in case of need. The tube is wetted andintroduced into the throat
First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . Fig. 45.—Gastric lavage. Emptying the stomach.—{Kellogg.) rubber sheet to protect the patients clothing, severaltowels, a good-sized slop-jar, and a white basin in whichthe stomach contents may be first received for inspec-tion; in case some of the material is to be saved, a thirdbasin will be needed. The patient, protected by the rubber sheet, should sitor be propped up with pillows; a small emesis basin may 224 FIRST YEAH NURSINCi be at hand in case of need. The tube is wetted andintroduced into the throat, the patient being told toswallow. (If the throat is very sensitive, a cocainespray is sometimes used.) The tube is pushed rapidlyin, as far as the mark upon it (about twenty inches);when in place, it should be held firmly, as nausea iscaused if it moves about. A pint or more of solution ispoured into the funnel, and before it has quite all rundown, this is inverted over the jar and the fluid removedby siphoning. The washing is repeated until the fluidreturns clear. In recordi
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