Guest guest Posted February 21, 1999 Report Share Posted February 21, 1999 Maybe Flush is a California term. It is used to relieve a person of gas. Fill up an emema bucket with warm water, no soap. Allow about 200 cc of water to go in, raising the bucket, then put the bucket on the floor. What you will see (and hear) are bubbles of air. When the bubbling stops, repeat the procedure. Maybe 4-5 times. As long as you are getting bubbles, it's working. What comes out is the gas that was causing the cramping. This can be repeated prn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 1999 Report Share Posted February 21, 1999 That's a return-flow enema in Ohio! Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 1999 Report Share Posted February 21, 1999 same thing as a soap suds enema......except without the castile soap.........harris flush is a term im not familiar with..............sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 1999 Report Share Posted February 21, 1999 We used to this technique or somehting very similar, we used a very thick tube appropriately called a flatus tube, but I haven't heard of it being used in the last 10 years at least. It was supposed to be effective problem was the wind was back in about an hour or less as the problem was higher up than the tube reached, Diane [OBnurses] Re: rectal wash >From: Basinbaby@... > >Maybe Flush is a California term. It is used to relieve a person of >gas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 1999 Report Share Posted February 21, 1999 Maybe it is a CA term. I too am from CA and know it as a Flush. It is done exactly how you describe it. It works well. Sylvia Basinbaby@... wrote: > From: Basinbaby@... > > Maybe Flush is a California term. It is used to relieve a person of > gas. Fill up an emema bucket with warm water, no soap. Allow about 200 cc of > water to go in, raising the bucket, then put the bucket on the floor. What > you will see (and hear) are bubbles of air. When the bubbling stops, repeat > the procedure. Maybe 4-5 times. As long as you are getting bubbles, it's > working. What comes out is the gas that was causing the cramping. This can be > repeated prn. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 1999 Report Share Posted February 21, 1999 > > >Maybe it is a CA term. I too am from CA and know it as a Flush. It is done >exactly how you describe it. It works well. > >Sylvia > >Basinbaby@... wrote: > >> From: Basinbaby@... >> >> Maybe Flush is a California term. It is used to relieve a person of >> gas. Fill up an emema bucket with warm water, no soap. Allow about 200 cc of >> water to go in, raising the bucket, then put the bucket on the floor. What >> you will see (and hear) are bubbles of air. When the bubbling stops, repeat >> the procedure. Maybe 4-5 times. As long as you are getting bubbles, it's >> working. What comes out is the gas that was causing the cramping. This can be >> repeated prn. >> Yep, I think it's a CA term too. Have worked in IL, MO and OH and CA is the only place I know of that uses that term. I've always found it interesting how different regions have different terms for things. Right now, besides Flush, the only one I can think of is C & A (Clinitest and Acetest) was in the midwest and S & A (sugar and acetone) is from the CA. (I might have turned this around since I'm not working on pt care units anymore). Having trained in IL, graduated and moved to CA immediately, I remember there were a lot of things I had to relearn bec of the regional dialects! Even some meds had different terms! We live in a funny world, don't we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 1999 Report Share Posted February 22, 1999 Can you do this at home? HEEHEE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 1999 Report Share Posted February 22, 1999 Well, I never thought about doing it at home, but I am sure there are no contraindications. I explained the flush. But what is a rectal wash? Please help me understand. Betsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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