. Nursing : its principles and practice for hospital and private use . is gone through as described in making a bedfor a bed-patient, with the exception that for extrawarmth a single blanket is put on between the uppersheet and the patient. This, however, is dispensed withafter the patient has reacted. The pillows should beremoved on account of nausea, a towel being pinnedin their place across the top of the mattress, so thatthe head may be low; two other towels should be hungover the head of the bed in case of vomiting after theanesthetic, and a small basin placed on the bedsidetable. Instead
. Nursing : its principles and practice for hospital and private use . is gone through as described in making a bedfor a bed-patient, with the exception that for extrawarmth a single blanket is put on between the uppersheet and the patient. This, however, is dispensed withafter the patient has reacted. The pillows should beremoved on account of nausea, a towel being pinnedin their place across the top of the mattress, so thatthe head may be low; two other towels should be hungover the head of the bed in case of vomiting after theanesthetic, and a small basin placed on the bedsidetable. Instead of being tucked in all around the bed-covering on one side should be folded back to the edgeof the mattress, so that the bed may readily be thrownopen the instant the patient appears. Three large hot-water cans should be filled, encased in their flannelbags, placed in the bed, and left there until the patientis put to bed after the operation. The nurse shouldbe particular to see that these cans are really hot andthat they do their work well, for by the time the pa-. FRAC^^URE BEDS I09 tient is ready to be put in bed it should feel comfortablywarm throughout. This heat assists the patient in re-acting from whatever shock may have been sustainedfrom the injury or from the anaesthetic and before the patient is put to bed the cans shouldbe removed, otherwise there is constant danger ofburning him; for during unconsciousness a leg or anarm or the trunk may be tossed about so that it is al-lowed to rest on a hot can and a severe burn mayresult. This point is worthy of particular emphasis,for in spite of constant warnings and lessons, unfortun-ate patients are still often burned through the care-lessness of nurses in forgetting this rule. Of course,when there is much shock after an injury or opera-tion and all the warmth and stimulus possible arenecessary to enable the patient to react, the hot cans orbags must be employed, but they should be carefullyplaced at a safe d
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