. The operating room, a primer for pupil nurses. Fig. 48.—Saw for plaster-of-Paris cast. (5) Stockinet, shirt, drawers, or stockings of cotton orBalbriggan to protect the body (the pupils should save alltheir cast-off white hose for this purpose, especially forarm cases); bandages of stockinet are good for any por-tions of the body not ordinarily clothed with knittedgoods, PREPARATIONS BY NURSE IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 259 (6) Mangle felt in strips or squares, to pad or giveelasticity with compression. (7) Sheet-wadding, glazed, preferable to cotton, inmany rolled strips, 4 inches by 1 yard. (8)
. The operating room, a primer for pupil nurses. Fig. 48.—Saw for plaster-of-Paris cast. (5) Stockinet, shirt, drawers, or stockings of cotton orBalbriggan to protect the body (the pupils should save alltheir cast-off white hose for this purpose, especially forarm cases); bandages of stockinet are good for any por-tions of the body not ordinarily clothed with knittedgoods, PREPARATIONS BY NURSE IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY 259 (6) Mangle felt in strips or squares, to pad or giveelasticity with compression. (7) Sheet-wadding, glazed, preferable to cotton, inmany rolled strips, 4 inches by 1 yard. (8) Cotton, alcohol, and powder to rub and pad allhumps or edges, even after everting the stockinet Fig. 49.—Plaster-of-Paris shears. (9) Oiled silk, to form, at the edges near the genitalsa surface impervious to urine or stool. (10) Hip rest of metal or wood (also convenient for thespica in hernia) if no orthopedic table is to be had. (11) A large enamel basin, 8 inches deep, in which toset the bandages on end, with plenty of space for thewater to submerge them plus the nurses hands, withoutoverflow. 260 OPERATING ROOM (12) Water at the temperature of 100° F., kept so byadding hotter from time to time from a pitcher nearby;a bath thermometer. (13) A solid table protected with rubber sheeting andan old cotton blanket. (14) Old soft blankets on the patient; warm-waterbottles, each with two covers not warmer than 110° F.;a burn through a cast, not being easily discovered, is aptto be very deep and lasting. Special Instructions to the Nurse.—(1) Set the ban-dages on end, only one at a time, and hold them so withboth hands until they are wet through. Bubbles beginto rise continuou
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