Silvester’s Method of Providing Artificial Respiration
Q. Explain silvester’s method of providing artificial respiration.
silvester’s method (Arm-lift-chest-pressure method)
- This method is illustrated in above Figure The patient is laid on his back.
- His arms are grasped above the wrists and drawn first upward and then above the head until they touch the floor.
- Then they are brought back to the chest and pressure is exerted in a downward direction.
- The main defect of this method is that the tongue which is boneless mass of muscle, having lost its tone due to lack of respiration, tend to fall back and block the wind pipe in about 50 percent of the cases, causing a choke. So a second operator has to pull out the tongue and hold it so.
- But, sometimes no second man may be available. If however, a large thick pad is placed behind the shoulders, so that the head lies dangling downwards the tongue does not seem to obstruct.