What is the pulmotor?

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The Pulmotor

Q. What is the pulmotor?

A. The most successful method of applying artificial respiration is by means of the pul­motor, a new invention by means of which oxygen is forced into the lungs, making the chest act as in ordinary respiration. This method has been successful in reviving persons who have apparently been dead for some minutes. It should always be used in cases of suspended re­spiration from whatever cause. It has been especially successful in cases of apparent death from electrical shock.

In choking, strangling, hanging, and when­ever respiration is suspended by any cause what­ever, the methods of artificial respiration de­scribed should be employed. In cases of suspended respiration from the use of chloroform or any anesthetic, the head should be placed lower than other parts of the body. In case of heart failure, sharp percussion over the heart should be tried and repeated many times. Rhythmical traction of the tongue is a method for restoring respiration, which should never be neglected.

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