Show c t Diet and Health I I Hunt P eter MD M.D. I 1 lorie I I ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION Do you know how to revUe revl a drowning person or r one suffering from electric shock or gas poison poison- in gor from other accidents which suspend the breathing You should Even children should know U this s 's first aid ald It is especially valuable during vacation time Today I am going to give you what is considered the best method of ot giving artificial respiration n Dont Don't depend upon your memory without practicing it Practice it after reading this It will be time well spent You never can tell when you might be able to save a alife alife life for in such accidents as I have hav mentioned every moment of del delay y Is serious and white while waiting w lUng for a doctor or someone who knows the method the victim may die PRONE PRESSURE OF R RESUSCITATION SC ITATI 0 N. N 1 Quickly examine the mouth and remove anything that Is re removable re- re movable false movable false t teeth eth tobacco chewing gum etc 2 Lay the patient on his stomach stomach atom atom- ach with both his arms extended over his head Turn his face toone to one side so that his nose nose and mouth are free tree for breathing 3 Kneel astride me toe patient over his hips One knee on one side o of or him and the other on the other 4 Place the pal your hands handson on the small of his back so that the tips of your fingers are Just out ou of sight around his side with the little tittle finger Just touching the last rib db Hold your arms tight 6 S. Swing the weight of your our body forward on the patient keeping your arms stiff while you jou OU count one one two two about about the time of ot a se second see sec ond a count 6 6 While counting threE return return to the upright position removing removing- your weight and pressure from the patient but do not remove your hands Rest long enough to count four four five I Rep Repeat at these procedures the swinging fOrward and back twelve I tb fifteen times a minute making a complete respiration in fn four our to five seconds You can can- time this thisby thisby thisby by your own breathing While you are coming back count three four five and breathe out In any for artificial respiration a point to remember JS Is to make the movements move mover ments to restore the breathing no nomore nomore nomore more rapidly than the normal br breathing which Is from twelve e to fifteen times a minute In the zeal to revive there may be the impulse im pulse to make the movements too rapidly As soon as you ou begin the artificial artificial arti arti- tidal respiration and while you are doing it if others are present let them loosen any ny tight clothing about the patients patient's neck chest or waist and then keep the patient v warm by covering his limbs with blankets or by rubbing them Keep up the artificial respiration without interruption until the p patient patient pa pa- tient begins to breathe or until the physician states that rigor mortis stiffening of the has set In which will denote death Do not give up hope until this stiffening does take place People have hav been resuscitated after being worked on for eight or nine hours or even longer The patient should be watched very carefully after breathing begins and I if it stops stop the resuscitation should be again repeated ted Your assistant If It you have one may do as os t 1 Place a cloth saturated with ammonia or smelling salts near the patients patient's nose first trying it out outon outon outon on himself to determine the distance at which It will not strangle strange 2 2 Hit the patients patient's shoe heels a afew afew afew few times with a stick and rep repeat t this operation every five minutes until breathing commences 3 3 Keep the patient warm Do not move move more the patient until breathing normally assist assist- ance If absolutely ne' ne nen to move him he should be placed on ona ona ona a hard surface such xi aa as a o doo door or r floor of a Po conveyance But Dut you jou must not stop or int the tte resuscitation for tor an This prone pressure method is much superior to the one called th thi the i Sylv Sylvester ster method in which the patient patient patient pa pa- tient is placed upon his back and his ills arms swung alternately above hIs Ills head and down across across his chest because this m method thod quickly tires the person person applying it and is also unsuccessful in filling the patients patient's IU lungs gs w oV Tomorrow Tomorrow Answers Answers to dents Copyright 1925 by the George Matthew Adams Service |