Handling and care of the patient (part two). No. 11.

Continued from 4212D. Intertitle Return to bed 1. Leaving the theatre. A patient is shown vomiting saliva (reflex vomiting). Warm blankets are shown being placed on the patient and his airways are checked. He is stretchered onto a trolley. A porter and nurse return the patient to the ward. A female patient with shallow breathing is shown; the porter panics and goes to fetch help; the anaesthetist arrives with oxygen, although the narrator notes that correctly positioning the patient s jaw would have been helpful. 2. In the ward. The patient s bed is ready, the hospital staff move the patient onto the hospital bed, moving the hot water bottles as necessary. Medical instruments are at the ready at the head of the bed. The nurse and sister observe the patient. Depending on the nature of the operation, the patient may arrive sideways. The patient is shown being positioned in the bed. How to handle patients arriving with a mouth tube and a restless patient having been anaesthetised with barbiturates is shown. CIC The End.