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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 9

Treatment after Natural Breathing has been Restored. — To promote Warmth and Circulation

Treatment after Natural Breathing has been Restored.

To promote Warmth and Circulation.

1. Commence rubbing the limbs upwards, with firm, grasping pressure and energy, using handkerchiefs, flannels, &c., (by this measure the blood is propelled along the veins towards the heart.)

[The friction must be continued under the blanket, or over dry clothing.]

2. Promote the warmth of the body by the application of hot flannels, bottles, or bladders of hot water, heated bricks, &c. to the pit of the stomach, the armpits, between the thighs, and to the soles of the feet.

3. If the patient has been carried to a house after respiration has been restored, be careful to let the air play freely about the rcom.

4. On the restoration of life, a teaspoonful of warm water should be given; and then, if the power of swallowing have re- page 16 turned, small quantities of wine, warm brandy and water, or coffee, should be administered. The patient should be kept in bed, and a disposition to sleep encouraged.