Insufflation Anaesthesia and the Shipway Apparatus

Westhorpe, Rod; Ball, Christine

doi:10.1177/0310057x1304100301

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“…A hand bellows was used to pump air to a control tap, which diverted the gas stream to either an ether or chloroform bottle and then to a 'U-tube' immersed in a thermos flask with water at 116˚ Fahrenheit. The warmed air and vapour was then delivered to the patient 36 . Marshall commented:…”

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Anaesthesia on the Western Front-Perspectives a Century Later

2016

Anaesth Intensive Care

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This year, 2016, marks the centenary of some of the worst battles of World War I. It is timely to reflect on the experiences of those who lived through those events, and the significant effects on the development of anaesthesia that occurred as a result. War has been a catalyst that has accelerated the development of medicine and surgery throughout history. The challenges of the Western Front, with its massive numbers of injured, saw progress in the understanding and management of trauma and shock, and significant improvement in the provision of anaesthesia and the training of anaesthesia providers. The result was increased anaesthetic safety for the civilian population after the war and further development of anaesthesia and resuscitation as a specialised area of medicine.

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Section: Evolution Of Techniques and Equipmentmentioning

confidence: 99%