Simultaneous Hot and Cold to Head
GKA
from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...
Depletion when cold placed over the reflex area or supplying artery.
- Ice Bag to neck and occiput and another to top of head - moisten hair
- Ice Bag or Cooling Compress over carotids
- Cover face with gauze and apply Fomentations covering ears and forehead - do not cover nose
- Finish with Alternate Douche (percussion) to feet with cold in place on head
Hydrotherapy Techniques:
Local Applications
Compresses and Packs
- Abdominal Heating Compress
- Alternate Compress
- Cold Compress
- Cooling Compress
- Cooling Coil
- Dry Abdominal Bandage
- Evaporating Compress
- Fomentations
- Graduated Compress
- Head Alternate Applications
- Head Pack
- Heating Compress
- Heating Trunk Pack
- Hot Coil
- Hot Compress
- Hot Water Bottle
- Ice Bag
- Ice Cap
- Ice Collar
- Ice Compress
- Irrigated Compress
- Mustard Fomentation
- Neutral Compress
- Proximal Compress
- Revulsive Compress
- Scotch Compress
- Simultaneous Hot and Cold to Head
- Spinal Alternate Applications
- Spinal Pack
- Thermophore
- Wet Girdle