A sterile douche bag hangs near the table. A bath tub of hot water must be provided and a tracheal catheter must be ready for the removal of mucus from the child’s windpipe. An abundance of hot and cold sterile water must not be overlooked. In the hospital the following synopsis for the placing of the linen may be found useful:
Sterile Linen for Operative Case.—
Bring patient to foot of bed.
Put in the stirrups. (For breech deliveries do not use stirrups.)
Same order as for normal case except that feet are put in stirrups instead of on bed.
Fig. 72.—Dorsal position when assistants are available. (Hammerschlag.)
Sterile sheet under patient extends now from basin under bed to buttocks.
Combination pad over field of operation.
Sterile sheet over abdomen.