| Show Hospital Equipment lJ tent Featured This Week r s sa a 4 ki 1 k r rb rt t b Beulah Willoughby of the Summit County Hospital demonstrates use of the lock air a very important part of the equipment at the hospital as a feature of Know Your County Government week The Summit County Hospital I la is owned and maintained by Summit Sum Sum- Summit mit County It is operated on a tax levy y which is raised and lowered Vered accordIng according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the amount of earnings earn earn- ings logs from the hospital For this reason we nee need I the support of all the people o of Summit County In a a. hospital there Is Ie a great lamount amount of overhead The hospital hRS has ins to be staffed started over a a. 24 U hour day whether her there is one p patient or ten There are drugs dressings I linen food and many other supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies which have to be purchased and in readiness at all times for whatever emergency or Illness may come to our doors We strive to maintain good service and care and invite everyone everyone everyone ev ev- to come and visit our facilities facUlties The Oxygen Air Pressure Lock The Oxygen-Air Oxygen Pressure Lock Locks Is s designed for the rapid resuscitation resua citation and oxygenation of the asphyxiated d new born infant At the present time there la is much to be desired in the resuscitation resuscitation re rea re- re i of the new born in In- f fant nt Many of ot the tho leading hospi hospi- tale now make a regular practice of routinely placing 1 every new newborn newborn b born rn infant within the Io lock k if only for a period of a few min utes I This mechanism provides the infant with heat humidity lack ot of handling and oxygen and carbon carboa car car- bon boa dioxide pressure gradients tor for the favorable handling of ot those gasses In III addition the expansion expansion ex ox- of gasses is utilized for forthe forthe I the tho expression of ot fluids and secretions BO- BO from the pulmonary tract Tho Thu Lock la is maintained at a temp temperature of 90 degrees F. F The oxygen inlet flow is set at six liters per minute Full term infants may usually be bi removed from the lock after 30 to 60 minutes Premature infants may require its use for tor many days or weeks They may be maintained under its Ita care without the necessity ot of fluids for Il many nany ny hours After th the t I breathing is stabilized the premature premature pre pre- mature infant may then be taken out for feeding and care and then put back iback Inside We have saved the lives of ot several full fuU term babies by establishing establishing es es- their breathing and two or three premature babies have been saved If but only one life Ufe had been saved it would have been well worth Its Ita cost |
