Show You Y yo u rid and Your I MORRIS FISHBEIN By Editor Journal of ih the Ih American Medical Association nd Id nd of f Hy Hygeia Hygia i the lii IP It i I. I Health Hulth Magazine nin I 1 In addition to resuscitation by what Is known as the Schaefer prone pressure method the one described in a previous article in Sn inthis inthis this series much can be accomplished accomplished pushed by use of special apparatus apparatus tue designed to improve breathIng breathIng breathing breath breath- ing of those who are suffocating S Supplying oxygen and carbon dioxide gas gas' from a tank is exceedingly exceedingly ex ex- helpful These gases are administered by means of an inhalator A rubber-edged rubber mask is put over the face of the tho unconscious unconscious person as he lies on his stomach during prone pressure artificial breathing procedure As air is sucked into the lungs by the recoil of the chest the oxygen and the carbon carbo dioxide contained in the mask covering the face also will pass into the lungs This apparatus is used to start a continuous flow of gas and deliver it from the receptacle to the patient but does not exert any positive pressure There is also apparatus which will blow up the lungs and then suck out the thc air This however is difficult to control and should never be used except by a trained worker Another device Is one in which the entire body of the patient is placed d and In which he is then thEm made to breathe by alternating the pressure on on the outside of the body This apparatus us is used particularly par in cases of paralysis of ot breathing due to infantile paralysis sis or similar diseases and is also most us useful ful for gas poisoning In such cases the patient is put In the machine and while his breathing Is stimulated by the action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion of the machine he is also permitted to Inhale regularly mixtures mixtures mixtures mix mix- tures of oxygen and carbon di dioxide di- di oxide Remember ln In In gases cases of oC suffocation suffocation suffocation tion do n not t wait for or the coming of a or a or any other artificial device Start artificial by the prone pressure method imm immediately Get the unco unconscious sl i us person out I into the l AS' AS pos sible Immediate action is necessary necessary sary saty to save life |