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Febimary, 1960 The Health Bulletin 11 er field method of emergency aritificial respiration and should be tried first in all cases, they said. Nasal inflation is preferred, they said, since it prevents air from getting into the victim's stomach. It also is best suited for the victim whose jaws are too tightly clenched to be opened. By tilting back the victim's head, his air passages are opened, they pointed out. Another advantage of the new method is that it prevents air leakage between the rescuer and victim, according to the nine physicians. Using the old method, the rescuer held the victim's mouth open with his thumb and this allowed some air to escape. Under the new method, the rescuer holds the victim's mouth closed during mouth-to-nose breathing and presses his cheek against the victim's nostrils, if necessary, to prevent leakage during mouth-to-mouth breathing. The revised technique also is more easily taught and remembered, the article said. "Experience has shown that it can be taught and practiced in a few minutes, with minimal discussion of the anatomy of the air passages." At the same time, the physicians said they felt oral airways for resuscitation, such as tubes and masks, which have been placed on the market, should not be used by untrained laymen. They said such devices have been promoted and sold without official medical approval or the approval of organizations traditionally responsible for endorsement of methods of artificial respiration. Instructions for the head-tilt method are: —Lift the neck of the victim. —Tilt the head as far back as possible by holding the crown of the head with one hand. Sufficient tilting usually opens the victim's mouth. —Pull the chin upward. —Inflate the lungs through the nose or mouth or, in an infant, through the nose and mouth. —Remove your mouth to let the victim exhale passively. In babies and children, care must be taken to pull the chin upward, without exerting pressure on soft tissues, which could encroach on the air passages. If desired, the victim's shoulder may rest continuously on the rescuer's knee during resuscitation. Small victims, particularly after submersion in water or obstruction by a foreign body in the upper airway, should be inverted and, if necessary, sharp blows applied between the shoulder blades to help dislodge the offending material. NON-POLIO VIRUSES CONTRIBUTED TO DETROIT POLIO EPIDEMIC Non-polio viruses played an important role in causing the 1958 Detroit polio epidemic, three Michigan researchers said recently. Gordon C. Brown, Sc.D., Ann Arbor; Willard R. Lenz, M.D., Detroit, and George H. Agate, M.D., Lansing, made a comprehensive report on the epidemic in the Journal of the American Medical Association, based on laboratory tests on 1,060 of the 1,200 cases. The study involved "probably the greatest percentage of victims of a large epidemic of poliomyelitis ever to be subjected to laboratory investigation," the researchers said. They found that two viruses, other than the polio virus, caused more cases of nonparalytic disease than the polio virus. They were the ECHO and Cox-sackie viruses, of which there are many types. This pointed up the need for a new vaccine. "Since these viruses can apparently cause a paralytic type of disease in an occasional person, consideration should be given to the development of preventive vaccines for certain of these agents," they said. "This is especially important for pregnant women, in view of the increasing recognition of neonatal [newborn] deaths caused by Cox-sackie B viruses . . . ." The symptoms associated with ECHO and Coxsackie virus infections were virtually indistinguishable from those of nonparalytic polio, they reported.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1960 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-075 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 75 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 7 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1960 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-075-0037 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 75 |
Issue Number | 3 |
Page Number | 7 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | Febimary, 1960 The Health Bulletin 11 er field method of emergency aritificial respiration and should be tried first in all cases, they said. Nasal inflation is preferred, they said, since it prevents air from getting into the victim's stomach. It also is best suited for the victim whose jaws are too tightly clenched to be opened. By tilting back the victim's head, his air passages are opened, they pointed out. Another advantage of the new method is that it prevents air leakage between the rescuer and victim, according to the nine physicians. Using the old method, the rescuer held the victim's mouth open with his thumb and this allowed some air to escape. Under the new method, the rescuer holds the victim's mouth closed during mouth-to-nose breathing and presses his cheek against the victim's nostrils, if necessary, to prevent leakage during mouth-to-mouth breathing. The revised technique also is more easily taught and remembered, the article said. "Experience has shown that it can be taught and practiced in a few minutes, with minimal discussion of the anatomy of the air passages." At the same time, the physicians said they felt oral airways for resuscitation, such as tubes and masks, which have been placed on the market, should not be used by untrained laymen. They said such devices have been promoted and sold without official medical approval or the approval of organizations traditionally responsible for endorsement of methods of artificial respiration. Instructions for the head-tilt method are: —Lift the neck of the victim. —Tilt the head as far back as possible by holding the crown of the head with one hand. Sufficient tilting usually opens the victim's mouth. —Pull the chin upward. —Inflate the lungs through the nose or mouth or, in an infant, through the nose and mouth. —Remove your mouth to let the victim exhale passively. In babies and children, care must be taken to pull the chin upward, without exerting pressure on soft tissues, which could encroach on the air passages. If desired, the victim's shoulder may rest continuously on the rescuer's knee during resuscitation. Small victims, particularly after submersion in water or obstruction by a foreign body in the upper airway, should be inverted and, if necessary, sharp blows applied between the shoulder blades to help dislodge the offending material. NON-POLIO VIRUSES CONTRIBUTED TO DETROIT POLIO EPIDEMIC Non-polio viruses played an important role in causing the 1958 Detroit polio epidemic, three Michigan researchers said recently. Gordon C. Brown, Sc.D., Ann Arbor; Willard R. Lenz, M.D., Detroit, and George H. Agate, M.D., Lansing, made a comprehensive report on the epidemic in the Journal of the American Medical Association, based on laboratory tests on 1,060 of the 1,200 cases. The study involved "probably the greatest percentage of victims of a large epidemic of poliomyelitis ever to be subjected to laboratory investigation" the researchers said. They found that two viruses, other than the polio virus, caused more cases of nonparalytic disease than the polio virus. They were the ECHO and Cox-sackie viruses, of which there are many types. This pointed up the need for a new vaccine. "Since these viruses can apparently cause a paralytic type of disease in an occasional person, consideration should be given to the development of preventive vaccines for certain of these agents" they said. "This is especially important for pregnant women, in view of the increasing recognition of neonatal [newborn] deaths caused by Cox-sackie B viruses . . . ." The symptoms associated with ECHO and Coxsackie virus infections were virtually indistinguishable from those of nonparalytic polio, they reported. |
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