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12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
Let’s go inside a time machine and travel back before to see the practices we don’t do (hopefully for good) anymore.
an advertisement for coca cola with a woman holding a tray
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
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Colloquially known as the “iron lung”, enables a person to breathe when normal muscle control has been lost. It consisted of a large airtight tank in which the patient laid in, with his or her head sticking out. Pressure Ulcer, Nursing Profession, Vintage Medical, Medical Device
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
Colloquially known as the “iron lung”, enables a person to breathe when normal muscle control has been lost. It consisted of a large airtight tank in which the patient laid in, with his or her head sticking out.
an old black and white photo of nurses in the operating room
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
Iron-Lung Machine
two hands in blue gloves holding a plastic container with yellow liquid and a toothbrush
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
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an assortment of medical equipment on a table with a ruler and measuring tape next to it
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
These were glass with a metal plunger. 10-20cc were used for blood taking, and 2 cc. For drug injection. They were heat sterilized and immersed in alcohol.the needles were not single use and were sharpened manually. Image via: http://samhs.org.au/
an old black and white photo with the words outdated nursing practices
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
12 Outdated Nursing Practices
several people are doing something on someone's leg that is being bandaged up
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
Leg wound treated with charcoal poultice.|charcoalremedies.com
a dummy is hooked up to an oxygen tube
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
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three bottles of dakin's solution on a white background
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
Dakin's Solution|healthykin.com
an info sheet showing different types of boats
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
Cutting-Edge Nursing: Nursing Infographic about Technology
an old black and white photo of various tools
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
Tourniquet invented by Morell. Image via: commons.wikimedia.org
an analogizer tube sitting on top of a white table next to a yellow box
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!
Analgizer. Image via: anaesthesiaheritagecentre
an advertisement for nursing practice with two women in the kitchen
12 Outdated Nursing Practices – That Are Gone For Good!