Pretended paralysis requiring artificial respiration.

Pretended paralysis requiring artificial ventilation.

A 19 year old nurse with a 12 hour history of shaking and weakness of the right hand presented to the accident and emergency department one morning. Flaccid paralysis of the right arm and hand was found. There was no sensory abnormality, but the reflexes were thought to be generally depressed. A history oftwo neurological episodes was obtained: she reported that at the age of 7 she had had a ri...

Artificial Respiration

lowering the arms gave still less favourable results. Howard's direct method of alternately compressing the lower chest wall by the spread hands and letting go sharply was found to cause a much larger air entry, but still below the normal; but it is conducted in the supine attitude which, in many cases, as in drowning, prevent other useful indications from being fulfilled and is sometimes subje...

Artificial Respiration Explained

Experimental Researches in Artificial Respiration

A New Method of Artificial Respiration

The two main recognized methods of artificial respiration, namely, Schafer's and Silvester's, depend for their efficacy on the elastic recoil of the chest wall and diaphragm, which can happen only when the integrity and tonicity of the muscles of the respiration are maintained. Schafer's (1907-8) method consists in Maying the subject prone, and pressing gradually for three seconds with both han...