. Public School Physiology and Temperance. ^ng position,with a pillow or coat rolled up underneath the shoulder-blades, and with the head hanging back slightly. Sweep theforefinger, covered with a handkerchief or towel, round theinside of the , mouth, to free it from sand, mud, froth ormucus. If you have anyone to help, get the assistant todraw forward the tongue. It generally tends to fall back inthe throat and close the air-passage. The assistant can hold 160 PHYSIOLOGY AND TEMPERANCE. the tongue better by using a dry handkerchief or towel. Ifyou have no help, draw forward the tongue and sec
. Public School Physiology and Temperance. ^ng position,with a pillow or coat rolled up underneath the shoulder-blades, and with the head hanging back slightly. Sweep theforefinger, covered with a handkerchief or towel, round theinside of the , mouth, to free it from sand, mud, froth ormucus. If you have anyone to help, get the assistant todraw forward the tongue. It generally tends to fall back inthe throat and close the air-passage. The assistant can hold 160 PHYSIOLOGY AND TEMPERANCE. the tongue better by using a dry handkerchief or towel. Ifyou have no help, draw forward the tongue and secure it bya string, a rubber band or a strip of handkerchief fastenedround the lower jaw. 24. Artificial Respiration.—These preliminary effortsshould be the work of but a few moments. Now you areready for the main part of the treatment—to keep up arti-ficial respiration until the natural breathing Fig. 50.—Second Position: for the purpose of drawing air into the lungs. Stand or partly kneel at his head, and grasping the armsnear the elbows, draw them up over the head until theymeet, extending them upward with a good pull (Fig. 50), andhold them there for a couple of seconds. This increases thecavity of the chest, expands the lungs, and the air is drawnill to fill the space. Now draw down the arms and press them firmly againstthe sides of the chest. (Fig. 51.) This tends to force air outof the lungs, and thus you complete the act of respiration byartificial means. Repeat this process steadily at the rate of about fifteentimes in a minute until he begins to breathe. Do not get FIRST AIDS TO THE SICK AND INJURED. 161 discouraged too quickly, even if there seems to be no life inthe body. Artificial respiration should, if necessary, be keptup for at. least two hours. Life has been restored even afterfour hours. As soon as the patient begins to breathe, wrap him indry, warm blanket
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