A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . Fig. 63.—Holding back the head to prevent sudden expulsion and the consequentlaceration of the maternal tissues. FIRST RESPIRATION. 169 If the child does not cry vigorously it may be spanked ener-getically but without too much force, or held up by its heels andslapped sharply on the back four or five times (Fig. 64). Ifthis is not successful, a little ice-water may be splashed briskly. Fig. 64.—Infant suspended by heels. Nurse slapping its back immediately after birth toexcite respiratory movements. Umbilical cord clearly shown. o
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . Fig. 63.—Holding back the head to prevent sudden expulsion and the consequentlaceration of the maternal tissues. FIRST RESPIRATION. 169 If the child does not cry vigorously it may be spanked ener-getically but without too much force, or held up by its heels andslapped sharply on the back four or five times (Fig. 64). Ifthis is not successful, a little ice-water may be splashed briskly. Fig. 64.—Infant suspended by heels. Nurse slapping its back immediately after birth toexcite respiratory movements. Umbilical cord clearly shown. on its chest, but usually the slapping will suffice. In holdingthe baby up by its heels care must be taken that no traction isallowed to come on the umbilical cord. The instant the child is bom the nurse, or one of those pres-ent in the room, must place a hand on the patients abdomen andgrasp the fundus firmly (see Fig. 113), and this pressure is tobe maintained without interruption for the next full hour. Asthis is a very tiresome procedure, it is well for those having thematter in hand to relieve each other at fairly frequent correct way to hold the fundus is described in detail inChapter XIX. There need be no hurry about tying the umbilical cord, andthe nurse may safely wait until the pulsations in it have ceasedor grown very faint. The first ligature is to be placed aboutthree inches from the infants abdomen, to leave roo
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