Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

I. V. STAND

Date Range From

1949

Date Range To

1969

Materials

METAL,

No. Pieces

5

Height

210

Width

25

Diameter

4

Description

1: THE METAL STANDING BASE OF THE I.V. STAND. PAINTED WHITE. THE HOLLOW STAND IS CYLINDRICAL AND SITS ON FOUR LEGS THAT END IN SMALL BLACK WHEELS. AT THE TOP OF THE STAND A HANDWRITTEN NOTE READING “PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE UNTIL SCHOOL IS CLOSED. THANK YOU. – N. JENNANT B.SKINNER” TAPED TO THE POLE ON TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES. A SILVER STICKER HALFWAY UP THE POLE READS “LETHBRIDGE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL”. THE PAINT IS SCRATCHED AND WORN, PARTICULARLY ON THE LEGS. THE POLE IS STAINED AND COVERED IN SCRAPS OF TAPE AND HARDENED ADHESIVE FROM REMOVED PIECES OF TAPE. THE NOTE AND ITS TAPE HAVE AGED YELLOW, WITH THE SIDE EDGES WORN AND RIPPING SLIGHTLY. DIMENSIONS: H: 136.5 CM; L: 25 CM; W: 25 CM; D: 4 CM. 2: THE STEEL POLE INSERTED INTO THE I.V. STAND BASE. PRIMARILY A LONG STRAIGHT POLE WITH A RIVET TO SIT AT MINIMUM HEIGHT IN THE STAND AND THREE RIVETED PIECES AT THE TOP TO CREATE A T-BAR AT THE TOP OF THE POLE, WITH TWO HOOKS UNDERNEATH. PAINT IS SCRATCHED AND BLACKENED WHERE IT MOVES UP AND DOWN IN THE BASE. HARDENED ADHESIVE FROM A REMOVED PIECE OF TAPE IS STUCK ON THE POLE ABOVE THE RIVET. DIMENSIONS: H: 210 CM (FROM FLOOR); L: 29.5 CM; D: 2 CM. 3: A BLACK SCREW-IN KNOB MEANT TO DETERMINE THE HEIGHT OF THE POLE BY PINNING THE STEEL POLE AT A CERTAIN HEIGHT. KNOB PLASTIC, 6 CM IN DIAMETER AND 2 CM THICK. THE SCREW IS 5.2 CM LONG AND 1 CM DIAMETER. DIMENSIONS: L: 7 CM; D: 6 CM. 4. A SMALL PLATFORM MEANT TO ATTACH TO THE LARGER I.V. POLE, AND HOLD A BOTTLE. FOUR SMALL PRONGS JUT FROM THE EDGE OF THE CIRCULAR PLATFORM. THERE IS HARDENED ADHESIVE AND BIT OF THE REMOVED TAPE LEFT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE TABLE. ON THE SURFACE AND WITHIN THE CLAMP THE WHITE PAINT IS FLACKED AWAY AND THE METAL IS RUSTING. H: 10.5 CM, L: 26.5 CM, W: 13.5 CM. 5: A BLACK SCREW-IN KNOB, MEANT TO CLAMP THE FOOT TO THE I.V. POLE. PLASTIC 6 CM IN DIAMETER AND 2 CM THICK. THE SCREW IS 5.2 CM LONG AND 1 CM DIAMETER.

Subjects

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

ASSOCIATIONS

History

UPON DONATION TO THE MUSEUM, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN ASKED MEMBERS OF THE GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING (GSN) ALUMNAE TO PROVIDE WRITTEN ANSWERS ON QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO EACH ARTIFACT DONATED IN THE COLLECTION. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS COME FROM THOSE RESPONSES CORRESPONDING TO EACH INDIVIDUAL ARTIFACT. THIS INTRAVENOUS (I.V.) POLE HAS A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS, INCLUDING THE POLE THAT WAS USED TO SUPPORT A GLASS BOTTLE. THAT GLASS BOTTLE WAS FIT INSIDE AN INSTRUMENT THAT WAS HOOKED TO THE POLE AND WHEN IN PLACE IT ALLOWED FOR SUCTION AND IRRIGATION (THE PRACTICE OF WASHING OR FLUSHING OUT A WOUND WITH WATER OR ANOTHER LIQUID). THE I.V. POLE WOULD HAVE BEEN USED AT THE PATIENT’S BEDSIDE AND IT WAS MOST LIKELY THE NURSES WHO HOOKED UP THE APPARATUS WHEN NEEDED. THE WRITTEN HISTORY FROM THE ALUMNI SPECULATES THAT THIS I.V. POLE WAS MOST LIKELY USED AFTER 1949. IT WOULD HAVE CONTINUED USE UNTIL 1969 WHEN DISPOSABLE PLASTIC, SELF-CONTAINED UNITS WERE USED. THIS ARTIFACT IS AMONG A COLLECTION DONATED NEAR THE END OF 2014, BEING THE SECOND WAVE OF GSN ARTIFACTS ACQUIRED THAT YEAR. WITH THE FIRST WAVE OF GSN ARTIFACTS COLLECTED IN SUMMER 2014, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED THE PAST ARCHIVISTS OF THE GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING COLLECTION, SHIRLEY HIGA, ELAINE HAMILTON, AND SUE KYLLO, ABOUT THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE GSN ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION AND THE HISTORY OF ARTIFACTS DONATED. FOR THAT INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO P20140006001. PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Catalogue Number

P20140049025

Acquisition Date

2014-11

Collection

Museum

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