Training notes for dental operating room assistants of the Royal Army Dental Corps / the War Office.

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[1950]
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Credit: Training notes for dental operating room assistants of the Royal Army Dental Corps / the War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (c) The anaesthetic apparatus should be spotlessly clean, and tested to ensure it is in working order. Test cylinders for ample are F mark them respectively IN USE and FULL. 2. Preparation of the Patient for General Anaesthesia (a) . The patient should previously have been instructed to avoid any meal for at least 3 hours prior to his | appointment. (b) Tell the patient to use the latrine before entering the surgery. (c) Spectacles, dentures and wristwatch are removed; battle dress blouse removed; tie, collar and waist- band of trousers loosened, Female patients are instructed to loosen tight clothing at the time of going to the latrine. (d) Seat the patient comfortably in the chair, with the body upright and hands clasped across the stomach, fingers being interlocked. Feet must be placed on the floor on either side of the foot rest or alter= natively on the foot board from which the actual foot rest has been removed. The headrest should be firmly secured. (e) Adjust the rubber apron. (f) During the induction of anaesthesia there must be no conversation, rattling of instruments or obvious pre- parations for the operation. The last sense to be lost during induction is that of hearing; it is also the first to return during recovery. Therefore | unguarded remarks must not be made during induction or as the patient returns to consciousness. (g) If the patient struggles during induction the only form of restraint required is to keep his hands still so that he cannot reach up and pull the apparatus off his face.
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