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Tepid sponging is used to help reduce fever by cooling the body. The water should be lukewarm to prevent shivering, which can actually increase body temperature. It can also help improve comfort and reduce symptoms such as headache or muscle aches associated with fever.

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How does tepid sponging reduce body temperature?

Evaporation of the water film left on the surface of the skin by the tepid sponging cools the skin, and thus the body.


What are the equipment used for tepid sponging?

Water washcloth thermometer basin towel alcohol


What is tepid sponging?

Tepid means lukewarm, or room temperature not hot but not cold. This is likely talking about a sponge moistened with water at this temperature.


When your 8 month old baby temperature is 38.4 is this dangerous?

ring your nursecall number or local health care number. its getting a little high, tepid sponging, remove clothing etc.


What is tepid sponging definition?

The definition of a tepid sponge bath is just washing up with a wash cloth and a certain temperature of water. It means not getting into the tub or shower at all. Tepid means to use water that is not hot and not cold, mix hot and cold water together with more cold than hot to achieve a tepid temperature.


Tepid used in a sentence?

the water in the bathtub was tepid.


What is another word for tepid?

Tepid.


What is a sentence using tepid?

The Water was tepid.


What is warmer tepid water or water?

Tepid


When sponging the resident what item do you need to prepare?

when sponging the resident what item do you need to prepare?


Which man introduced sponging to The Bahamas?

Sponging in the was introduced by a frenchman by the name of Gustav Renouard.


Would you be able to swim in a tepid pool?

It does make sense and there is no reason why you could not swim in a pool full of tepid water. But the word 'tepid' can also mean unenthusiastic as in "...the applause was tepid" so you may decide not to. 'Tepid' is used mostly in cooking '...mix the yeast with tepid water.'