Aseptic surgical technique : with especial reference to gynaecological operations : together with notes on the technique employed in certain supplementary procedures . lts. The nurse in charge should be one who hashad special experience in abdominal work, and noneshould be chosen who is not specially fitted for thepost. At first the patient is to be kept quietly in bedin the recumbent position, and she must be closelywatched until she has fully regained the dangers from vomiting during the semi-uncon-scious stage it is scarcely necessary to speak. Whenit occurs, the head shoul
Aseptic surgical technique : with especial reference to gynaecological operations : together with notes on the technique employed in certain supplementary procedures . lts. The nurse in charge should be one who hashad special experience in abdominal work, and noneshould be chosen who is not specially fitted for thepost. At first the patient is to be kept quietly in bedin the recumbent position, and she must be closelywatched until she has fully regained the dangers from vomiting during the semi-uncon-scious stage it is scarcely necessary to speak. Whenit occurs, the head should be turned on one side andthe nurse should have a basin ready to place beneaththe patients chin for the reception of vomited ormucous material, so that any soiling of the night-dress and of the bedclothes may be avoided. Everyprecaution must be taken to keep up the strength of178 CARE AFTER OPERATIONS I79 the patient and to keep her warm and to draughts or allowing her to becomechilled in a condition of lowered resistance may provethe exciting cause of a serious bronchitis or pneu-monia. Hot cans (Fig. 34) or hot-water bottles are Fig. Hot-water can. to be placed around her in bed, care being- takenthat the skin shall not be burned. This may easily beavoided by placing a blanket between the can and thesurface of the body. Neglect of this simple measurehas before now led to serious superficial burns, whichhave delayed convalescence and have proved a sourceof much annoyance to both physician an^ patient. It is extremely difficult to lay down definite rulesregarding the food and drink to be ordered after abdom-inal operations. Where a plastic operation has beenperformed upon the perineum and cervix, the problemis comparatively simple, and after the early nausea hasdisappeared a light soft diet may very soon be allowed;but where the patient has undergone an abdominalsection the greatest care has to be exercised. With 180 ASEPTIC SURGICAL TECHNIQUE. ordina
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