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The Wet Sheet Pack
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THE WET-SHEET-PACK LETTER
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This letter was received by me some years ago. I have uploaded
it in case others find it as interesting as I do.
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Dear Rob:
Thank you for sending Nurse Harvey's description of her wet-pack.
<<<...... My favorite restraint is the wet-pack. As many as
30 wet cotton sheets are individually wrapped about the
limbs and body - as tightly as possible, so that only the
breathing tube from the inflatable gag remains exposed. The
sheets are then compacted and bound paralyzingly tight using
several long roller towels.
Once these have been wrapped and pulled very tightly round
the patient, mummy fashion from head to toe, it is quite
impossible to move - not even to blink or twitch a toe
(unless a foot has been left exposed so that it can be
tickled, or to have itching powder applied to it).
Often panic has already set in, but the worst has yet to
come.
Since the patient is now rigid he can be picked up in an
invalid hoist and lowered into a long water tank containing
water, crushed ice - just as cold as I can make it. You
probably cannot imagine the shock or agony as this ice-cold
water seeps through the bindings and numbs the skin.
It is of no consolation that I hoist him out and strap him
very tightly to a hospital type bed when he has been suffi-
ciently soaked. The muscle contractions due to struggling
can reduce the cold but this soon results in unbearable
heat, especially if the patient is further wrapped in heavy
rubber sheets. The patient can be reimmersed and the cycle
repeated whenever my assistant or I feel like it.
By the morning, after a sleepless night and only cramp and
the fear of reimmersion to break the monotony, the patient's
power to resist is often broken. .............>>>
The roller towels that you asked about are rarely seen in the
U.S., but are common in England. Essentially each towel is
several hundred feet long by about one foot wide. When utilized
for its intended purpose each towel is rolled up and sits in a
wall-mounted dispenser. The user pulls a fresh section from the
cabinet to dry his or her hands. The used portion rolls back up
into the cabinet. The towel is a strong cotton weave without any
nap - like heavy sheeting.
Fearsome as her pack sounds, one of the institutions that I
worked in often used much more stringent packs on its troublesome
patients. Instructions and observations follow:
PREPARE PATIENT
- shave all hair including legs, crotch and armpits. Do
not shave the head unless specifically ordered to do
so.
- cleanse with enema.
- wash body using strong detergent (degreasing body
minimizes insulation).
- depending upon orders, insert urethral catheter or put
on rubber pants, sealed at legs and waist with water-
proof tape.
- insert intravenous saline and nutrient drips as re-
quired.
- insert ear plugs.
- either: provide patient with mouth breathing tube
or insert gag, seal mouth with waterproof tape
and insert nostril tubes.
Strap the patient to the corners of the frame (a strong
rectangular metal frame approximately 10'6" x 2'6") using
waterproof cuffs at ankles and wrists. Pull the straps,
attaching the cuffs to the frame, as tight as possible.
THE TANK
Fill a hydro tank (approximately llft x 3ft x 3ft) with luke
warm water (about 70 degrees fahrenheit).
Hoist the frame and patient into the water filled tank.
Each end of the frame has one pivot at its center which fits
into a corresponding socket inside the tank. This arrange-
ment allows the frame and patient to be rotated about the
long axis like a barbecue spit. Disconnect the hoist. The
frame is now free to rotate beneath the surface of the
water. Ensure that the patient is breathing properly
through the tubes(s) provided and that the tubes remain
kink-free and open during the packing procedure.
PACKING - STAGE 1
Take each folded sheet from the soak-tub and refold it
appropriately for its purpose. Pass each sheet through the
soak-tub rollers to expel any trapped air. Quickly re-
immerse the sheet in the tub until needed.
The purpose of preparing the sheets in this way, and apply-
ing the pack with the patient underwater, is to ensure that
all air is excluded from the pack. Air acts as an insulator
and tends to diminish the effectiveness of the pack. In
addition, applying the pack in the tank is easier because
the patient is relatively buoyant.
Carefully wrap the sheets around each limb as tightly and
smoothly as possible. Use cloth tapes to tightly tie each
sheet in place prior to bandaging. After each sheet has
been tied in place, use 6" cotton bandages to bind it even
more tightly. Remove the tapes during the bandaging to
avoid localized pressure.
Bandaging the thickest part of the limb first tends to force
the flesh to the thinner parts and make the limb a more
uniform thickness and therefore easier to pack. Ensure that
each turn of the bandage overlaps considerably with the
last. It is important that the pressure be applied as
evenly as possible to reduce the probability of pressure-
sores.
Such extensive use of bandages may seem extravagant but it
is important to anchor each sheet individually to ensure
that no amount of prolonged wriggling can loosen the pack.
The bandages are relatively cheap and can often be reused.
It may seem like a lot of extra work but the patient isn't
going to be unpacked frequently. This method actually takes
less time overall than more frequent packing using less
rigorous methods.
To aid in the wrapping operation, rotate the frame and pa-
tient like a spit. This is a great improvement over manhan-
dling the enormous combined weight of patient and wet-pack
on a table. Include the hands and feet in the wrapping
process, removing and replacing the cuffs one at a time. To
help speed the process several hydro attendants should work
at the same time on different body areas. The supervising
nurse must ensure that all the bindings are tight enough and
that the pressure is uniform.
When binding the head, use pads over the eyes to minimize
any cavities in the packing.
After a couple of sheets have been wrapped around the torso
use a short corset to compress the waist and control respi-
ration if this is a level 4 pack or higher.
In the case of a male patient fold the penis back toward the
buttocks and hold it in position with pack sheets applied in
the style of a diaper. Hold the sheets in place with a
tightly strapped canvas waist belt and attached crotch strap
designed to prevent erection.
Once the limbs, trunk, crotch, neck and head are satisfacto-
rily wrapped then stage 2 begins.
PACKING - STAGE 2
Hoist the support-frame from the bottom of the tank so that
the patient is supported by it. Remove the ankle cuffs and
place sheets between the legs to fill any gaps. Securely
wrap additional sheets around the legs and the trunk and
fasten them in place again with bandages. At this stage
stronger bandages should be used, made out of cotton sheet-
ing. It is no longer necessary to bandage after every
sheet.
Splint the legs and body. The splint is a canvas corset-
like device, with metal rust-free stays, that laces up the
back and extends from ankles to beneath armpits with adjust-
able shoulder straps. Fittings are provided for the level 4
head-harness and shoulder brace to be attached. Lace up the
splint as tightly as possible, using heavy-duty buttonhook-
like devices and temporary straps. Once properly applied
the patient is held in absolute rigidity. If the feet are
not going to be held en-pointe (level 5 and above) then the
splint should be anchored by a strap across the soles of the
feet.
Release the wrist cuffs and remove the original frame alto-
gether, leaving the water-logged patient supported by the
"support-frame" - but still underwater.
Put each arm into a splint. Each splint has a mitt for the
hand. Tightly lace each arm splint from wrist to armpit.
Strap the arms securely to the side of the body using the
special canvas straps built into the side of the body-
splint, passing the straps through the loops in the arm
splints. A level 5 pack or above may specify different arm
positions.
Use extra-large sheets to wrap the entire body, from the
crown of the head to the tips of the toes, as a single unit.
As with any other wrapping operation, pass each sheet at
least 3 complete times around the patient (or limb) to
ensure that it cannot be unwrapped by the patient. After
the last sheets are added then again bandage the patient
from head to toe.
Overall a lot of sheets are used. They should be 100%
cotton in order to absorb and retain the maximum amount of
water and provide the minimum insulation. They are usually
made from an extra-heavy white sheeting in various sizes but
are generally larger than regular bed sheets. Although the
number of sheets may vary from patient to patient, the
following pack sheets might typically be used (not in the
order of application):
- left leg 4
- right leg 4
- left foot 1
- right foot 1
- left arm & hand 3
- right arm & hand 3
- neck 2
- head 3
- crotch 2
- trunk 6
- between legs 4
- legs together 4
- entire torso 11
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Total 48
SECURITY BAG
In a level 3 pack or above, canvas cinch straps should be
used and the patient put in a heavy canvas security-bag.
(Remember that the patient is still immersed in the tank and
that the staff should ensure that there is no air in the
security-bag before using it.)
Tightly lace and strap the security-bag and then perform a
final heavy bandaging to prevent any possibility of air
entering the security-bag when the patient is raised out of
the tank. The patient is then securely refastened to the
support-frame with a number of canvas straps. In a level 5
and above, force the feet into an exaggerated en-pointe
position using a ballet strap.
HOIST PATIENT
When the patient and frame are hoisted out of the tank,
excess body-heated water drains off. As the water drains
out of the pack no air can pass back through the pack-sheets
to fill the voids previously filled by the water. Thus the
patient not only feels the oppressive weight of the wet
sheets, but will also feel the pack draw tighter as the
sheets "shrink" to fill any gaps previously filled with
water. It is rather similar to being vacuum packed.
The canvas straps used to secure the patient to the frame
should be retightened as any excess water drains from the
pack.
IMMERSION IN COLD TANK
Move the hoisted frame and patient to the cold tank where
the water is kept refrigerated. Gradually lower the patient
into the tank. In order to ensure that all the warm water
is removed from the pack, hoist the patient out and allow
the pack to drain before reimmersion. Perform this process
several times in quick succession.
As the freezing water gradually passes through the pack you
may hear the patient desperately trying to inhale more air
through the breathing tubes as the cold water causes the
oxygen requirement to shoot up. The patient will try to
inhale all the air that it can as its metabolism increases
to combat the cold. In a level 5 pack, or higher, a nurse
may request that the air supply be reduced at such times.
After the initial immersion cycles the patient is left to
soak in the tank and the auto-immersion cycle is started.
This is essentially a timer that causes the patient to be
hoisted out of the tank and reimmersed automatically. The
timer has a random setting that is most often used to avoid
the patient being able to anticipate the next hoisting or
reimmersion. The period between immersions may be long
enough for the patient to become uncomfortably hot but maybe
not.
In this way the patient is left without any contact with the
outside world for as much as a week at a time. The hell
endured by such a patient is hard to imagine. Itching,
cramps and fear of reimmersion are the only companions.
The timer switch may also activate the white-noise speakers
in the hydro room, which effectively mask any outside noise
that the patient might otherwise hear. Since the white-
noise is very loud, staff should wear hearing protectors
while in the room. The patient is protected by the ear
plugs and layers of pack.
OBSERVATIONS
A wet-sheet-pack is clearly a fearsome method of discipline.
The patient is transformed into an absolutely helpless and
rigid mummy, without even the slightest hope of escape.
Even the fingers, toes, jaw and eyelids are immobilized.
Even shivering is reduced to a minimal level. The patient
is usually reduced to a state of blind panic, but is not be
able to communicate that panic to anyone or get any form of
comfort.
The patient is alone!
The patient is being crushed and needs to move to relieve
the screaming cramps in the limbs and body. The patient
cannot possibly lie still any longer - but will!
The patient has no idea when he or she will be released or
how much time has passed. The patient knows beyond doubt
that it has entered a living hell - if this can be called
living.
If the patient is not catheterized then the question of
eliminations will eventually arise:
"Can I hold back until I am released"
"How long will I have to wait - just a few minutes
more?"
Eventually the patient will succumb to the urge and be
forced to urinate. Later the issue becomes defecation
and again the patient is eventually forced to succumb.
In addition to the shame of fouling themselves and
lying in their own waste they are concerned about what
"treatment" may be meted out to them if they foul
themselves and the tank so horribly.
"When is this going to end?"
"I must have been here for hours!"
"Is it night or is it day?"
"Have I been in here for 6 hours or 24 hours or 2 days or a
week?"
"Nobody told me how long this treatment would last - they
implied it would only be a couple of hours, but I know its
been longer than that!"
"Are they ever going to release me?"
"The cramps keep getting worse and my muscles feel as if
they are being torn apart."
"Are my arms turning blue?"
"If only I could die."
"Oh god, please let me out."
But the patient is not released - the treatment continues.
"Life" remains a living hell of alternating heat, cold, re-
immersion, fear of drowning, claustrophobia, suffocation,
cramps and unimaginable boredom. Nothing to do but lie
there, nothing to hear, smell, control or feel except the
cold.
There is no way to know when the next immersion will come,
or if it will come, and no way to judge the passing of time.
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A note from the "editor"; I may be contacted at:
CompuServe # 72320,475 Rob H.
If you have any comments regarding this material please feel free
to contact me. I am always happy to talk to anyone about possi-
ble mutual interests.
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