Ambulance Handbook for Volunteers and Others (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1884 Excerpt: ... Arteries of the foot, wounds of, 42 of the forearm, wounds of, 39 of the hand, wounds of, 39 of the scalp, to compress, 29 coagulation of the blood in, 58 contraction of, 58 elasticity of, 58 torn across, 59 retraction of, 58 sheaths of, 58 uses of, 19 Artificial respiration, 101 Ascending a hill with stretchers, 112 Auricles of the heart, 17 Axillary artery, 34, 37 Bandages, lengths for, 115 Bandage, Esmarch's, 118 elastic, 124 for the foot, 117 fingers, 116 forearm, 117 groin, 117 hand, 116 head, 118 leg, 117 the figure of 8, 116 handkerchief, 118 reverse-spiral, 116 roller, 116 spica, 117 spiral, 116 tailed, 118 triangular, 118 Bandaging, 115--118 Barrel filters, 120 Bearers, position to be assumed by, when carrying stretchers, 111 Biceps muscle, 38 Bicipital fascia, 38 Bile, 52, 55 Bites of venomous animals, 82 snake, 82, 83 Bleeding, 57 arterial, 57 to recognize, 57, 58 to stop, 60 capillary, 59 to recognize, 59 causes of, 57 digital-pressure to stanch (see also under name of each artery), 60, 63 Esmarch's bandage, to apply in cases of, 61 general, to stanch, 65 from the arm, to apply tourni-quet to stanch, 65 from the elbow, to apply tourniquet to stanch, 65 from the leg, to apply tourni-quet to stanch, 65 from the thigh, to apply tourniquet to stanch, 65 if stopped, clot must not be dis-turbed to wash wound, 64 mode of applying acupressure for, 61, 62 nature's process of stanching, 58 pressure, to stop, 60 removal of persons suffering from, 66 to apply "Bull-dog" or "Nunneley's" forceps for, 65 to apply " serrefines" for, 63 to make a temporary tourni-quet to stanch, 61 to plug wound to stanch, 64 spurting from one or more spots in wound, to stop, 64 Bleeding, to stop, by application of cold, 63 to stop, by application of tincture of steel, 63 to sto...