A manual of ambulance / by J. Scott Riddell.

  • Riddell, J. Scott (John Scott), 1864-1929.
Date:
1899
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Credit: A manual of ambulance / by J. Scott Riddell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Lecture IV. Details of Nursing {continued).—Observation of the sick—Rigors — Sleep—Pain—Posture—Skin—Appetite — Vomiting — Cough — Expectora- tion —EHects of remedies, &c.—Temperature taking—Baths—Bed-sores— Delirium—Nursing sick children—What to prepare for physician’s and surgeon’s visits. The roller bandage, and its ajjplication. Lecture V. Application of Local Remedies.—Poultices—Fomentations—Blisters —Ointment—Leeches —Padding splints—Bandaging—Personal and family hygiene, including house drainage—Management of convalescents. N.B.—Except under special circumstances no person is allowed to enter for examination in these subjects, without having obtained the certificate of “ first aid to the injured.” The pupil must also have attended cit least four out of the five lectures. 'I'he nursing course can be commenced as soon as the result of the first aid examination is published, and those pupils who pass the examination can count the same as equivalent to the first re-examination towards the medallion. SYLLABUS OF INSTRUCTION FOR JUNIOR CLASSES. A short description of the bones, muscles, and airteries. Uses of the circulation and respiration. Ditl'erence between arterial, venous, and capillary bleeding, and methods for stopping each. Position of main arteries. Signs of a broken bone, and methods of treatment. Making teni[)orary splints. How to treat persons in fits, fainting, scalded or burned, or whose clothes are on fire. How to treat the apiiarently drowned or suffocated. Ways of carrying an injured person. Mode of using the triangular bandage. For Females only. How to prepare a ruom for a sick person, and to ventilate it and heat it. How to prepare the bed for a sick person, and to change the sheets. Washing and dressing a sick person. Dressing wounds - making and applying poultices and ointments. The proper way of feeding sick persons and children. Hints on giving medicines to patients. Applying the roller bandage to leg and arm. Note 1. —The number of lectures info which this syllabus may be divided, and the method of sub-division, are left to the discretion of the lecturer, but he must not give less than six lectures. Note ll.—The a]»plication of bainlages should be ])iactised at the end of ^^ich lecture. At the end of the course an examination will be held, which