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... vein or by milking the limb towards the tourniquet . In the case of cubital veins this means massaging the lower arm from the hand upwards to the elbow . The sites commonly chosen are : ( 1 ) The lateral half of the cubital fossa ...
... vein or by milking the limb towards the tourniquet . In the case of cubital veins this means massaging the lower arm from the hand upwards to the elbow . The sites commonly chosen are : ( 1 ) The lateral half of the cubital fossa ...
Page 76
... vein . Irritant to the vein and may lead to thrombosis in the limb . Very irritant to an artery and therefore injections of thiopen- tone are only given into a vessel known to be a vein . Concentrations employed : 5 % 21 % 20 ml ...
... vein . Irritant to the vein and may lead to thrombosis in the limb . Very irritant to an artery and therefore injections of thiopen- tone are only given into a vessel known to be a vein . Concentrations employed : 5 % 21 % 20 ml ...
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... vein to give the infusion , but there is a preference to use a cannula or plastic catheter which is less traumatic to the vein wall and consequently allows a longer period of infusion before the particular vein becomes thrombosed ...
... vein to give the infusion , but there is a preference to use a cannula or plastic catheter which is less traumatic to the vein wall and consequently allows a longer period of infusion before the particular vein becomes thrombosed ...
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During an Anaesthetic | 7 |
After an Anaesthetic | 36 |
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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