Hygiene, or, The principles of health : adapted to the requirements of the Science and art department, South Kensington / by John J. Pilley.

  • Pilley, John J.
Date:
1888
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    enable you at any moment to soothe the suffering, alleviate the pain, expedite the cure, or even to save the life of a fellow-creature. It is necessary in aU cases of accidents to pay particular attention to the following points, in order that you may be of real service, and that your treatment may be attended with the greatest success :— 1. Try to be collected, calm, and decided; and before adopting any mode of treatment make up your mind definitely as to what you intend to do. Having decided upon a certain course, carry out your intentions calmly and firmly, paying no attention to modifica- tions suggested by bystanders, which may cause delay and increase the sufferings of the injured one. 2. Lay the patient in a position which is the most comfortable— usually on the back, and so in a horizontal position ; but if a diffi- culty is experienced in breathing by the patient when so placed, then slightly raise the upper part of the body. 3. Loosen the clothes, especially those about the neck, chest, and waist. 4. If the body of the patient feels cold, cover it with blankets; restore warmth by friction or other artificial means, unless the coldness is attended by copious bleeding, 5. Do not administer stimulants unless the patient is completely exhausted, or remains in a fainting condition for more than twenty minutes, and even then only give small quantities. Small cuts or wounds are often produced, which are not of sufficient importance to need the advice of a surgeon, yet such are often rendered very troublesome or even dangerous by unskilful treatment. Great care should always be exercised, therefore, even in the treatment of cuts and simple wounds. The wound should be washed with a little warm water if at hand, if not with cold ; or cold water may be allowed freely to flow over it, the wounded place being afterwards wiped with clean linen. Such a mode of treat- ment secures the removal of dirt or foreign matter. The cut edges should then be pressed together, and held in their places by strips Hygiene.] 1^