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• It may either be hot, cold, or moist.
• a bruise is an injury usually caused by a fall or a blow.
• a bruise first looks red and swollen and then turns black and blue.
• cold compress is also applied in cases of heat or sun stroke and nose bleeding.
• ice bags and hot water bottles are used for cold and hot compresses, respectively.
• Hot water temperature should be tested before placing near the patient's body.
• Wring the cloth out by the end of the strip to avoid warming up the center.
• Apply the cloth to the patient's forehead, and leave a second piece soaking in the bowl. Renew as necessary.
• Pour in two cups of water from a pitcher; then expel air, as shown, before screwing in the stopper. Full hot water bags are too bulky and heavy.
• Check to make sure that compress is not too hot, before applying. Cover with binder, and pin in place. Keep heating device over compress. Change compress often.
• A urinal is used by male patients for urinating.
• A bedpan is a shallow pan placed under the patient's buttocks by raising his hips.
• Bandages are strips of cloth used to secure dressings.
• A dressing is the protective covering applied to a lesion or wound.
• Wounds - need to be covered to avoid infections.
• Triangular bandage - a large piece of cloth folded diagonally in half.
• Figure eight is used for bandaging an arm or a leg.
• wound - is a break in the skin that allows pathogens to enter the body.
• Fever - is a reaction of the body to an infection.
• Triangular bandage

  1. Put the triangular bandage between the chest and the forearm, with its center placed at the bottom of the elbow.
  2. Put the bandage over the arm and tie it with a reef knot at the hollow of the collarbone on the injured side.
  3. Pin the unused portion of the bandage on the side of the patient's body. Secure it with a safety pin, which must be pinned vertically.
• Procedure in Placing and Removing the Bedpan

  1. Be sure the bedpan is clean and sanitary.
  2. Prop up his/her body with pillows by turning him on his side and place a pillow to support his body.
  3. Slip the bedpan under his/her buttocks. Cover his/her waist down to make him eliminate comfortably.
  4. Clean the patient after.
  5. Turn him to remove the pan and cover.
  6. Remove the support and place him/her on his back.
  7. Clean and disinfect bedpan.
  8. Note the color and appearance of the stool/urine.
• handrail or bath - seat may make it possible for a trail or elderly person to bathe alone.
• lifting and moving the patient is necessary if he is unable to move on his own.
• WAYS OF KEEPING THE PATIENT COMFORTABLE

  • get help, if the patient is too heavy.
  • move furniture/other obstacles out of the way, to give yourself room.
  • for you own well being, bend with you knees, not your back.
  • when lifting, hold the person close to your body and straighten your knees.
  • sliding the person is easier than lifting, but take care not to scrape delicate skin.
• GIVING A BED BATH

  • a bowl of hot water
  • soap
  • two towels
  • a facecloth
  • a body washcloth
  • talcum powder
  • a deodorant
  • a change of clothing
  • a brush and comb