Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician . regular attention to the movements of the bowels. In Internal Hemorrhage of women, ice-cold cloths may be placedupon the abdomen. One of the most efficient modes of checkingsuch hemorrhages is to use large injections of water, as hot as can 88 ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES be borne, directed to the source of the bleeding. Rest in bed, withouta pillow, and with the head lower than the body, must also be foot of the bed may be raised to favor a correct position ofthe b
Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician . regular attention to the movements of the bowels. In Internal Hemorrhage of women, ice-cold cloths may be placedupon the abdomen. One of the most efficient modes of checkingsuch hemorrhages is to use large injections of water, as hot as can 88 ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES be borne, directed to the source of the bleeding. Rest in bed, withouta pillow, and with the head lower than the body, must also be foot of the bed may be raised to favor a correct position ofthe body. Ten grains of quinine, mixed with water, will oftenpromptly check such a hemorrhage, and should be given in everycase. TRANSPORTATION OF INJURED PERSONS S9 Transportation of Injured Persons If injured persons have to be removed from one place to another,it is worth while to know how to do it with the greatest ease andsafety to them. If a door or shutter or settee is at hand, any ofthese will make a good litter, with a blanket or shawls or coats forpillows. In placing a person upon a stretcher, it should not be. Fig. 2S.—Position of hands called Lady to London. laid alongside of him, but with its foot at his head, so that bothare in the same straight hne. Then one or two persons shouldstand on each side of him, and, raising him from the ground, sliphim up on the stretcher. This can be done smoothly and gently;whereas, if a stretcher is laid alongside the injured person, someof those who lift him will have to step backward over it, and in 90 ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES doing SO may stumble. A similar method should be used in un-loading from a stretcher, which should be put at the foot of thebed and in the same line with it. One person should, if possible,give his whole attention to supporting the injured part, when aperson is put upon a stretcher. A stretcher should not be
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