A reference hand-book for nursesBeck, Amanda K. (Amanda Kathryn)
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A reference hand-book for nurses
Beck, Amanda K. (Amanda Kathryn)
Nursing
=Ammonia.=—Vinegar with lemon-juice to neutralize the
poison; white of egg or oil to allay irritation.
=Anilin Dyes.=—Give plenty of warm water to induce
emesis; place patient in recumbent position; loosen
clothing and permit free circulation of fresh air.
=Antimony (Tartar Emetic).=—Tannic acid as an
antidote; use stomach-pump; external heat; stimulants.
=Antipyrin.=—Same as Acetanilid.
=Arsenic.=—Stomach-pump or an emetic; freshly
precipitated ferric hydrate (tablespoonful every ten
minutes) made by adding magnesia to any iron solution;
demulcents—oil or egg-albumin.
=Atropin.=—Same as Belladonna.
=Belladonna.=—Emetic or stomach-pump; tannic acid as
an antidote; cold to head; enema of warm black coffee.
=Camphor.=—Empty the stomach; apply a hot-water bag to
the abdomen, and stimulate the patient if necessary.
=Cantharides.=—Emetic or stomach-pump; egg-white;
mucilaginous drinks in abundance; _avoid all oily
substances_.
=Chloroform.=—Withdrawal of drug; lowering of head;
pulling tongue forward; artificial respiration;
stimulants—strychnin, digitalis, ammonia.
=Cocain.=—Empty the stomach by means of the
stomach-pump or an emetic. Stimulate patient and
administer artificial respiration.
=Colchicum.=—Stomach-pump or emetic; external heat;
white of egg; stimulants; opium for pain.
=Copper Sulphate.=—Yellow prussiate of potassium,
soap, or magnesia; milk and albumin freely; opium for
pain.
=Corrosive Sublimate.=—White of egg freely; milk;
emetic or stomach-pump; opium for pain.
=Creosote.=—Same as Carbolic acid.
=Croton Oil.=—Emetic; mucilaginous drinks; opium.
=Cyanide of Potassium.=—Same as Hydrocyanic acid.
=Digitalis.=—Recumbent position; stomach-pump with
patient recumbent; external heat; tannic acid.
=Elaterium.=—Emetic; external heat; demulcents; opium.
=Ergot.=—Empty stomach; copious drafts of warm water,
coffee, or tea; quick purgative (croton oil); place
patient in recumbent position; give hot sponge-bath and
apply friction to the body.
=Gas, Illuminating.=—Fresh air; artificial
respiration; oxygen inhalations; injections of ammonia
and strychnin.
=Iodin.=—Starch-paste as an antidote; emetic; external
heat; demulcents; opium.
=Lead Salts.=—Epsom salt as antidote; emetic; milk or
egg-white.
=Lobelia.=—External heat; tannic acid; stomach-pump;
stimulants.
=Matches.=—Same as Phosphorus.
=Morphin.=—Same as Opium.
=Mushroom, poisonous (Toad-stools).=—Emetics; atropin
(¹/₁₀₀ gr.) hypodermically; castor oil; stimulants.
=Nux Vomica.=—Same as Strychnin.
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