First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . u may be ableto describe them for the physician. For convulsions in a baby, put the child, clothingand all, quickly into a warm bath. The child may beundressed while in the bath. Epileptic Fits.—-These may be confused with convul-sions. The patient is unconscious, twitching, frothingat the mouth, or may cry out. The attack may befollowed by a short period of delirium. No specialtreatment can be given. The nurse should remain with 304 FIRST YEAR NURSING the patient, keep him from incurring any injury, andnote
First-year nursing : a text-book for pupils during their first year of hospital work . u may be ableto describe them for the physician. For convulsions in a baby, put the child, clothingand all, quickly into a warm bath. The child may beundressed while in the bath. Epileptic Fits.—-These may be confused with convul-sions. The patient is unconscious, twitching, frothingat the mouth, or may cry out. The attack may befollowed by a short period of delirium. No specialtreatment can be given. The nurse should remain with 304 FIRST YEAR NURSING the patient, keep him from incurring any injury, andnote the length of the attack. Fainting.—This is due to a deficiency of blood in thebrain. Nature suggests the treatment by causing theperson to fall. He should be laid flat with the head low—no pillow or even with the head hanging over theedge of the bed—the clothing about the neck and chestloosened, the face bathed with cold water, the windowsopened to admit fresh air, ammonia or smelling saltsheld to the nose, etc. Note the length of time that thepatient remains Fig. 75.—Sylvesters method of performing artificial respiration (inspiration). Artificial Respiration.—If a patient, from any cause,suddenly ceases to breathe, the nurse should send forhelp and meantime attempt artificial respiration. Foran adult, Sylvesters method is probably the mostsatisfactory. Place the patient flat on his back, removethe pillow, stand at his head, and grasping his elbows,press them close to his sides, striving to push in theribs and expel the air from the chest. Then pull the EMERGENCIES 305 arms slowly up over the head, permitting the chest toexpand to its fullest capacity. Lower the arms andrepeat the pressure upon the chest. Continue, alter-nately raising and lowering the arms. Be careful not tomake the movements more rapid than a person ordi-narily breathes, 18 to 20 times a minute. Artificialrespiration is often rendered ineffective by being donetoo rapidly to give th
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