Schafer method

Schafer method
Scha·fer method or Schae·fer method also Scha·fer's method 'shā-fər(z)- n PRONE PRESSURE METHOD
Shar·pey-Scha·fer .shär-pē-'shā-fər Sir Edward Albert (1850-1935)
British physiologist. Schafer held positions as professor of physiology at several British universities, his longest 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 reviving apparent drowning victims.

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a nonmechanical method of emergency artificial respiration: patient is prone with forehead on one arm; rescuer's knees are on either side of patient's hips; pressure is exerted on patient's back using two hands over the lower ribs; rescuer rises up slowly and simultaneously relaxes the pressure on patient's back; procedure is repeated every 5 seconds.

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  • Schafer method — /shay feuhr/. See prone pressure method. Also, Schafer s Method. [named after Sir Edward A. Sharpey Schafer (1850 1935), English physiologist] * * * …   Universalium

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  • Schafer's method — /shāˈfərz methˈəd/ noun A method of artificial respiration in which pressure is exerted on the prone patient s lower back at intervals of several seconds (cf ↑kiss of life) ORIGIN: Sir Edward Sharpey Schafer (1850–1935), English physiologist …   Useful english dictionary

  • method — The mode or manner or orderly sequence of events of a process or procedure. SEE ALSO: fixative, operation, procedure, stain, technique. [G. methodos; fr. meta, after, + hodos, way] Abell Kendall m. a …   Medical dictionary

  • Schäfer — Sir Edward A. Sharpey , English physiologist and histologist, 1850–1935. See S. method …   Medical dictionary

  • Sharpey-Schafer, Sir Edward Albert — ▪ British physiologist and inventor original name  Edward Albert Schäfer   born June 2, 1850, Hornsey, near London, Eng. died March 29, 1935, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scot.       English physiologist and inventor of the prone pressure method… …   Universalium

  • prone pressure method — noun : a method of artificial respiration consisting essentially of alternate pressure and release of pressure on the back of the thorax of the prone patient by means of which water if present is expelled from the lungs and air is allowed to… …   Useful english dictionary

  • prone pressure method — 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. * * * …   Universalium

  • prone pressure method — n a method of artificial respiration consisting essentially of alternate pressure and release of pressure on the back of the thorax of the prone patient by means of which water if present is expelled from the lungs and air is allowed to enter… …   Medical dictionary

  • schaefer method — noun see schafer method …   Useful english dictionary

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