“Avoid the immediate removal of the patient, as it involves a dangerous loss of time; also, the use of bellows, or any forcing instrument; also, the warm bath and all rough treatment.”
Describe the first step recommended by Marshall Hall in the case of asphyxia from drowning, chloroform, coal-gas, etc.
How would you clear the throat?
How is respiration or breathing excited?
What should be done to the face?
If not successful in reviving the patient, what should be done to excite respiration?
How often should this movement be repeated?
Explain how respiration is produced by this proceeding.
What is the next step? Explain its meaning.