A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . Fig. 78.—Tucker-McLane Fig. 79.—Tarnier axis-traction forceps. 184 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. ment, and a very dangerous one in the hands of an operatorunaccustomed to its use. Forceps, like other instruments, should be boiled before use,and the nurse should have ready sterile vaseline or other suita-ble lubricant for anointing them and the hands of the operator. The indications for the performance of version or the useof forceps do not especially concern the nurse, but in generalit may be said that external and co
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . Fig. 78.—Tucker-McLane Fig. 79.—Tarnier axis-traction forceps. 184 A NURSES HANDBOOK OF OBSTETRICS. ment, and a very dangerous one in the hands of an operatorunaccustomed to its use. Forceps, like other instruments, should be boiled before use,and the nurse should have ready sterile vaseline or other suita-ble lubricant for anointing them and the hands of the operator. The indications for the performance of version or the useof forceps do not especially concern the nurse, but in generalit may be said that external and combined version are performedas prophylactic measures to correct a malposition before orearly in labor; internal version is done when, for any reason,speedy delivery is necessary, as in cases of eclampsia or ofhemorrhage; low and medium forceps are chiefly indicated incases of uterine inertia, when the patient is exhausted after pro-longed expulsive efforts; and high forceps are used usually onaccount of pelvic contraction or overgrowth of the foetus. Thesestatements are, of course, made in
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