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... Swabs : A small supply of gauze swabs . Tongue Forceps : These are standard equipment but rarely needed . All other means should be tried to maintain the airway before tongue forceps are applied . Moynihan type forceps ( see fig . 18 ...
... Swabs : A small supply of gauze swabs . Tongue Forceps : These are standard equipment but rarely needed . All other means should be tried to maintain the airway before tongue forceps are applied . Moynihan type forceps ( see fig . 18 ...
Page 108
... Swab Weighing . The usual way of carrying this out is to first find the dry weight of the swabs used . The wet swabs are then weighed , before they have had time to dry , and by subtraction of the dry weight from the wet weight the ...
... Swab Weighing . The usual way of carrying this out is to first find the dry weight of the swabs used . The wet swabs are then weighed , before they have had time to dry , and by subtraction of the dry weight from the wet weight the ...
Page 109
... swabs dry before weighing , if the surgeon's gown is soaked or if blood is spilt on the floor . The loss can be too ... swabs and towels are put in the washing machine . The blood is rinsed out of the swabs and towels and the water of ...
... swabs dry before weighing , if the surgeon's gown is soaked or if blood is spilt on the floor . The loss can be too ... swabs and towels are put in the washing machine . The blood is rinsed out of the swabs and towels and the water of ...
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During an Anaesthetic | 7 |
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action adrenaline Alphaprodine ampoules containing anaesthesia anaesthetic machine anaesthetic room anaesthetist analgesia analgesic analgesic drugs artificial ventilation barbiturates block blood loss blood pressure bottle brain breathing tubes carbon dioxide cardiac arrest cardio-vascular system catheter Chloroform commonly cuff cuffed Curare Cyclopropane cylinder depression Dose endotracheal tube ether example expiration Expiratory valve external cardiac massage extradural face mask fluid forceps gallamine gases given grain haemorrhage halothane head heart induction injection intravenous lateral position leak Lignocaine limb LOCAL ANALGESIA lungs Magill metabolism minutes mouth muscle relaxants nausea needle neostigmine nerve nitrous oxide normal nose nurse obstruction operating table operating theatre oxygen Papaveretum patient Pethidine pint post-operative premedication pulmonary pulse pump recovery ward respiration respiratory arrest rubber skin soda-lime solution spinal sterilised strapping suction surgery Suxamethonium swabs syringe temperature Thiopentone tissues tongue trachea tracheostomy tube Trilene trolley usually vein vessels Volatile agents volume vomiting