Mercury medical thermometer, in contrast to electronic, belongs to the class of so-called maximum. It has a restriction in the capillary, due to which after cooling is no reduction of indication. Therefore, before each measurement it is necessary to shake things up.
Check whether the thermometer needs shaking. If he so indicates the temperature is below thirty-five degrees, to carry out this procedure to anything. If a mercury thermometer is divided into several, shake it no matter what temperature it shows.
Before you shake the thermometer, make sure it does not touch any objects, regardless of their hardness. If you are sure not to drop the thermometer, entrust this transaction to someone from home. Measuring the temperature of the child, do not allow him to shake the thermometer itself.
Stand face to the soft couch, on which nothing rests. Take the thermometer in your right hand so that the bulb of mercury was directed forward. Clamp it not too hard, not to crush, but not too loosely, so as not to drop. If you are afraid to crush the measuring device ring, clear latest at the time of shaking.
Very shaken make. Take the thermometer in your right hand as described above. Extend your arm and raise up, then sharply down. Shaking the thermometer this a few times, look at his scale. If the readings still exceed thirty-five degrees, repeat the procedure.
Put the thermometer under his arm. Hold it there for ten minutes, sitting still. Then remove and read the testimony. Hold the thermometer in such a position that the light is well reflected from the mercury column, otherwise you will not see anything.
After use be sure to put the thermometer in the box and hide in a place inaccessible to children and Pets. If you measure the temperature of children or animals you often, or you are not sure that they are in the measurement will not break the thermometer accidentally or on purpose, get an electronic thermometer and mercury hand over in point of reception of mercury-containing wastes.
It so happens that vitally necessary to raise the temperature. The reasons are different, but it is often a desire to either skip school or not go to work. With the advent of electronic thermometers, temperature with hot tea, batteries or light bulbs was impossible. Other ways to raise the temperature dangerous for health, so before to try it out for yourself, it is worth considering, is the game worth the candle.
Take a pencil and gently withdraw stylus. To eat it. The temperature in most cases rises, but it could be poisonous.
Take a teaspoon of sugar and drip 8-10 drops of iodine. Eat sugar with iodine. The body temperature will rise, but not more than 37.7 degree.
Take a little red pepper and RUB underarms. In a few minutes the temperature rises to 38 degrees, but only in the area in which you handled the pepper.
Take garlic or onion and cut in half. To hold under his arm. Works the same with the peppers, noticed the local temperature increasing.
If you have a mercury thermometer, you can hold it in hot tea, near the battery or the bulb, RUB against the fabric. If the thermometer temperature is too large, it is necessary to slightly shake him.
The main thing - do not try all these methods at the same time.
In many families, to measure the temperature of still using a mercury thermometer, the electronic versions have not moved everything. But before you start measuring temperature it must be well shaken.
What you need to knock down the mercury, isn't she slide down on their own? No, this is not observed, therefore, need to shake off that the column fell down. When the thermometer is bad strahnet, the temperature will show he is wrong. But this does not mean that the device is bad, just need to learn how to use it.
The ambient temperature is lower than body temperature, and the mercury itself should fall down. However, this does not happen because of a particular design. The tube through which the mercury creeping up, on the border with the bulb has curvature and narrowing. This is done to ensure that mercury remained in place, and the result was available to all.
You need to consider that the cost of mercury thermometer is much lower than electronic.
Otherwise, if the column is dropped, the exact temperature could not be seen, because once the column started to fall down. Under this option, the indicators will stray. And return the thermometer to a working state is possible only with sharp and repeated shaking. If on the scale of the mercury is 35 degrees and above, the device must be operational with shaking.
Before you shake the thermometer, you need to make sure that he won't be able to touch any objects. Otherwise, the device is broken, have to call the service demercurization, because mercury is a poisonous element, or rather its vapors. If you want to measure the temperature of the child, in any case we cannot afford to shake the thermometer yourself.
Children better thermometer to give, since they often break, and then played with balls of mercury.
To properly bring down the mercury column, you need to stand in front of the sofa face, hold the thermometer in his right hand, sending the mercury flask forward. The thermometer too much should not take, as it is likely to squash it. But mild to take is not recommended, it can pop out of hands. No rings at this time on hand should not be. The hand must be raised, then very sharply cut. To make some such movements, and test the column. If he is not cleared to shake again.
Ready device to put the armpit, hold for at least 10 minutes, otherwise the value will not be accurate. Remove the watch indication. Keep a thermometer is necessary so that the mercury reflected the light. Otherwise will consider anything. After the measurement, the thermometer is removed in the case of the reach of children place.