A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . Fig. 89.—Intestinal pad of folded gauze. Usual size about eight by ten inches. Thetape extends out of the wound during the operation to avoid the possibility of leaving apad behind when the abdomen is closed. The anaesthetist is to be provided with a small table for hishypodermic syringe, tongue-forceps, throat-swabs, and stimu-lants, and the surgeons instruments are laid out (usually byhimself in definite arrangement) on a table close by his side. Fig. 90.—Gauze packing. where he can reach them easily. Some surgeons prefer a fift
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . Fig. 89.—Intestinal pad of folded gauze. Usual size about eight by ten inches. Thetape extends out of the wound during the operation to avoid the possibility of leaving apad behind when the abdomen is closed. The anaesthetist is to be provided with a small table for hishypodermic syringe, tongue-forceps, throat-swabs, and stimu-lants, and the surgeons instruments are laid out (usually byhimself in definite arrangement) on a table close by his side. Fig. 90.—Gauze packing. where he can reach them easily. Some surgeons prefer a fifthassistant to pass instruments, but as this plan increases the dan-ger of infection by bringing another (and unnecessary) pair ofhands into the case, it is gradually being abandoned. The essential things for the nurse to have ready in privatepractice are: CESAREAN SECTION. 191 Protection for the carpet, unless it is removed altogether,for blood and solutions readily escape to the floor. A firm table for operating, narrow and long. Usually twokitchen tables, placed end to end, answer perfectly. Theseshould be covered with a clean blanket, rubber sheeting, andsterile white sheet, all pinned securely in place. A table for instruments at the right side of the patient, withspace between it and the operating-table for the surgeon tostand. This, of course, is to be covered with sterile towels orsheet. A table for dressings, packing, solutions, etc., on the leftside of the patient, about four feet away, also
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