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4 blankets. Foot-tub for hot water.
1 rubber and towel for head. Basin and ice.
1 long rubber sheet. 2 compresses for head.
Place under patient: First, blanket, then rubber sheet, covered with
second blanket. Place small rubber piece, covered with the towel, under
patient’s head. Third blanket put over patient. Leave patient on side
while woolen blanket is wrung out of hot water. Place this blanket
quickly under and about the patient, removing lower dry one at the
same time. Leave feet out of wet blanket, wrapping them up dry, and
use hot-water bottle if necessary. Cold compresses to head. Leave in
pack 45 minutes. Wipe dry; give alcohol rub. Take temperature and pulse
every half-hour after removing from pack.