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schafer's method

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prone pressure method

 
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–noun
a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
Also called Schafer method, Schafer's method.

Schafer method

  [shey-fer] .
–noun
prone pressure method.
Also, Schafer's Method.

Origin:
named after Sir Edward A. Sharpey-Schafer (1850–1935), English physiologist
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Main Entry: prone pressure method
Function: noun
: a method of artificial respiration consisting essentially of alternate pressure and release of pressure on the back ofthe thorax of the prone patient by means of which water if present is expelled from the lungs and air is allowed to enter called also Schafer method

Main Entry: Scha·fer method
Variants: or Schae·fer method also Scha·fer's method /'shA-f&r(z)-/
Function:noun
: PRONE PRESSURE METHOD
Sharápey–Schaáfer /"shär-pE-'shA-f&r,/ Sir Edward Albert (1850–1935), British physiologist. Schafer held positions as professor of physiology at several British universities, hislongest tenure being at the university in Edinburgh. He introduced the Schafer method of artificial respiration in a paper published in 1903. His method came into wide use as a means of revivingapparent drowning victims.
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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