Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician . binds the neck,chest or waist, and to thrust a finger into the mouth and, sweepingit round, to bring away anything that may have got in or accumu-lated there. The body should then be turned over on the face,and one standing at the head should lean over and clasp his handsunder the pit of the stomach, and raise the body, so as to compressthe belly, and drain the water as much as possible out of the lungsand stomach. An attempt must next be made to restore thebreathing, if it
Accidents and emergencies; a manual of the treatment of surgical and medical emergencies in the absence of a physician . binds the neck,chest or waist, and to thrust a finger into the mouth and, sweepingit round, to bring away anything that may have got in or accumu-lated there. The body should then be turned over on the face,and one standing at the head should lean over and clasp his handsunder the pit of the stomach, and raise the body, so as to compressthe belly, and drain the water as much as possible out of the lungsand stomach. An attempt must next be made to restore thebreathing, if it is suspended or very weak? The best mode of OBSTRUCTIONS TO RESPIRATION 5 producing artificial respiration is a modification of tliat knownas Silvesters method. This is conducted as follows: The bodyis laid flat on the back,* and the tongue is drawn well out of themouth and held by an assistant, if there is one present. In doingthis the tongue must not be dragged over the lower teeth so vio-lently as to lacerate it. A very good way to get the base of thetongue clear of the windpipe is to press the angles of the jaw. Fig. I.—First step in artificial respiration. strongly forward with both thumbs, applied to them just in frontof the lobes of the ears. Some one now places himself, resting on one knee, behind thehead, seizes both arms, which have been bent at the elbows, nearthe wrists, with his thumbs pointing inward (See Fig. i), andsweeps them round horizontally, away from the body and overthe head, rising and leaning back, so as to make a good, strong •• The advice to put something under the shoulders given in former editions of thisbook I no longer approve. 6 ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES pull upon them for three seconds. (See Fig. 2.) This effects aninspiration—fills the lungs with air—by drawing the chest wallup and so enlarging the cavity of the chest. In doing this, therescuer may place a foot against one shoulder of the person he isaiding, to steady the body, and to
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