Body Wipe, reduce fever in patients with Tepid Sponge - 354 words

Body Wipe, reduce fever in patients with Tepid Sponge - 354 words

 

       Bathing to reduce fever in children is a very common procedure, especially in between the ages of 6 months and 6 years who are prone to seizures from high fever. Drying your child will help lower his body temperature by using water as a conductor of heat from the body.

Indicators

1. Patients’ temperature > 38.2 degree Celsius

2. Children with a history of seizures > 38.0 degree Celsius

 

equipment

     1. 1 – 2 Bath basins, add warm water, about 1/2 of the basin.

     2. 2-4 small towels

     3. A large towel

 

Procedure

1. Prepare a place to wipe the child and the air conditioner should be turned off.

2. Take off the patient's clothes.

3. Lay a towel over the wiped area to prevent water from wetting the mattress.

4. Use a towel, moistened with warm water, and wring out enough water to dampen it, start wiping the face, and rest it on the forehead, neck, and repeat 3-4 times.

5. Wipe the chest and body area.

6. wipe the far arm from the forearm towards the upper arm and armpits are wiped in a reverse pore manner to cool down, repeat 3-4 times and rest the cloth around the crook of the arm and armpit.

7. Wipe the arm near the body by repeat the above step

8. Wipe the leg from the tip of the leg towards the thigh and groin 3-4 times and rest the cloth below the knee, groin area.

9. Wipe the legs near the body. by repeat the above step

10. Lie on your side and wipe your back. Starting from the coccyx to the neck, repeat 3-4 times.

11. Dry yourself. and put on the patient's clothes.

 

Remarks:

     - Patients with fever means the pediatric patient has a body temperature greater than 37.8 C.

     - wiping to reduce fever should be done for about 10-20 minutes or as appropriate. The water in the bath should be changed frequently to maintain the temperature of the water to be warm and constant all the time approximately 15 minutes after wiping the fever reducer, the patient's temperature is measured again.