NOSE AND SINUS CLINICAL PROCEDURES - PART I - SINUS IRRIGATION

Department of Defense - Description: THE PROETZ DISPLACEMENT PROCEDURE FOR IRRIGATING ETHMOID SINUSES TO RELIEVE CONGESTION AND POSTNASAL DRIP IS DEMONSTRATED IN THIS FILM. A CLINICAL TECHNICIAN EXPLAINS THE PROCEDURE TO THE PATIENT, PREPARES THE SOLUTION AND USES THE ASEPTO SYRINGE, PROETZ BOTTLE AND S.M.R. UNIT. THE ANTRAL LAVAGE TECHNIQUE FOR IRRIGATION OF THE MAXILLARY SINUSES, (RECOMMENDED FOR TREATMENT OF ACUTE INFECTION) IS ALSO SHOWN AS A PHYSICIAN ADMINISTERS AN ANESTHETIC AND PERFORMS THE IRRIGATION, ASSISTED BY A TECHNICIAN. - PIN 32617