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How To: Complete a bedside assessment in nursing
Going to be a nurse? Then one very important part of your daily routine will involve doing bedside clinical assessments. This how-to video shows you the the technique for completing a bedside assessment. Follow along as Loretta Thrape, NP,MSN, BSN, shows you the proper guidelines for doing this bedside assessment of your patients.
How To: Perform a Swedish massage on the chest
This video massage tutorial shows how to perform a Swedish massage on the chest. Proper draping technique is covered as well specific massage routines for the chest area. Watch this instructional video and learn how to do the strokes necessary to give a Swedish style massage on the chest.
How To: Smoke marijuana oil
Different ways to smoke marijuana oil.
How To: Get rid of stomach bloating on a raw food diet
In this video from RawRadiantHealth she answers a question about how to avoid bloating on a raw food diet. Vegetables sometimes make people bloated and retain water. This might be that your colon is too clogged up. It's an issue of the condition of your intestines that needs to be dealt with. Over time you have to clean out your diet to clean out the bad stuff coating the inside of your intestinal tract. Fruits and vegetables are cleansing and help to pull out the bad stuff in our intestinal ...
How To: Get rid of hiccups using question method
Are the hiccups killing you? Have you tried everything and still can't get rid of the dreaded hiccups? Well, here's a new method of getting rid of the hiccups and it's called the "question method". Learn how to get rid of those hiccups everytime by using this questions & answer interview that correlates with a breathing technique.
How To: Irrigate your nasal passages with a neti pot
A neti pot is supposed to help balance your energy or something, but mostly it shoots liquid up in your nasal passages and sucks. It sucks like hell. If anyone tells you to use one, don't. The bit at the beginning is kosher salt and warm water, which is what you're supposed to use in a neti pot.
How To: Do a Self Breast Exam (For Men and Women)
Today we show you how do a Self Breast Exam. Doing a Self Breast Exam is So Easy a Guy Can Do It!
News: Hangover Cures—What the Scientists Say
Your roommate swears by 'hair of the dog' or chugging raw eggs and tomato juice, but do these hangover cures actually work? What do the scientists say?
How To: Understand the Way Our Immune System Fights Enemies Like a Modern Army
The immune system is not as simple as you might think. Simply, it's formed of two main groups of cells:
How To: Perform a phlebotomy with a butterfly needle
I want to draw your blood! Well, if you want to draw someone's blood (also known as phlebotomy) this video will show you how to do it. This is a very common thing, especially if you're working as a nurse, nurse's aid, a doctor or even a vet. You'll want to do it right to ensure safety and comfort to your patient. Watch the video and see what it takes to find the vein, insert the needle and get that blood out and into your tube.
How To: Roll Your Own Cigars at Home
Cigar Rolling Instructions: Separate Leaves
How To: Perform fundoscopy or opthalmoscopy on a patient
The opthalmoscope is one of most basic tools of the modern opthamologist, and is essential to the diagnosis of the eyes. This five-part video, performed by a medical student, will walk you through the necessary steps in performing fundoscopy or opthamalscopy on a patient, covering talking to the patient, an overview of the equipment, and all of the rest of the information that you will need.
How To: Draw venous blood samples from the antecubital veins
This step-by-step video will show the proper technique of phlebotomy, which means drawing a sample of venous blood. Everyday, nurses take blood cultures from hospitalized patients, so standard tests can be run for diagnosing conditions and diseases. Venipuncture is necessary for obtaining the blood sample.
How To: Make a bong out of a water bottle
Did you loose your bong? No sweat if you have an extra water bottle hanging around. In this demonstration video, watch how with four simple materials (an aluminum can, some scissors, duct tape, and a water bottle) become your next smoking utensil.
How To: Make a water bong with a water bottle
Tutorial on how to make a water bottle bong. This time I show you how to make a water bong the fast and easy way with materials you can find around the house.
How To: Roll a joint (as instructed by some little LEGO men)
Learn how to to roll a joint, instructed by a group of cute little LEGO men. Cute brickmation aside, this tutorial gives the necessary step by step instructions on rolling the perfect joint. All you need is a little weed, some rolling papers, and the LEGO men are optional.
How To: Roll the perfect joint with help from an expert
You know that old story when you're out somewhere and someone needs to roll a joint, and you know you suck at it and then some other jerk does a brilliant job and gets all the accolades... Those days are over. Watch this how to video on how to roll a flawless joint. Learn from an expert - a finalist from the Cannibis Cup of 1997. Who better to learn from? You will never roll a less than perfect joint again.
How To: Open bottles with one arm without prosthetics
A below elbow arm amputee shows how to open bottles one handed, without a prosthetic device. This technique is also great for people with arthritis pain, cerebral palsy, weak joints, stroke, and people who want to be ready for the worst-case-scenario that they suddenly have only one free hand and have to dismantle a bomb that is hidden inside a bottle! This is a great tutorial for handicapped, disabled or individuals that have lost a limb to amputation.
How To: Catheterize a female and male with a Foley catheter
This medical how-to video demonstrates how to catheterize males and females with a Foley catheter. Follow along and learn how insert the catheter into a bladder using mannequins. The first part of the video shows a female Foley catheterization and the second half shows the male version of this medical procedure.
How To: Identify symptoms of recent HIV contraction
It's sometimes possible to recognize when you've recently contracted HIV from signs and symptoms such as fever, rash, or swollen lymph nodes. This video will teach you how to recognize signs and symptoms of primary HIV infection that are experienced by between 40 and 90% of individuals after they are first infected with HIV. Primary HIV infection occurs during the first few weeks or months after a person first becomes infected with HIV. Symptoms include rash and/or fevers, possibly in combina...
How To: Make Aspirin from a Willow Tree
In this article, I will be showing you how to make a crude form of aspirin from the bark of a willow tree. It is a great remedy for headaches, hangovers, and other minor pain. The use of the willow tree as a mild pain reliever goes back to the Native Americans, who used it in much the same way that I do.
How To: Use a condom external catheter
When a man is unable to control his urine for long periods of time he is said to be incontinent.
How To: 10 Stories of Crazy Self-Surgeries + How to Perform Them Yourself
Do you have what it takes to save your own life, or perhaps even your sanity? Maybe save a buck or two in the process? If you think you do, read on, but I warn you—if you're prone to vasovagal syncope, i.e. fainting at the sight of blood, maybe you better skip this one. But if you can stand a little pain and control your heart rate Hannibal Lector-style, then you might just be able to perform a few life-saving, cost-effective self-surgeries. It almost sounds like a Chuck Palahniuk novel, wher...
How To: Put in temporary tooth cavity fillings yourself at home
Cavities are an unfortunate sideeffect of our sugar-infused society, and getting them filled is time-consuming, expensive, and requires a trip to the dentist. Do you have some serious courage and want your dental work done on the cheap? Watch this video for an amazing guide to filling your own tooth cavity at home using simple and cheap ingredients. It's amazing what you can do with a little DIY know-how.
How To: Draw blood with the butterfly method
If you are having a difficult time drawing a patients blood, you might want to considering doing the butterfly procedure. Watch this instructional medical how-to video to learn the proper way of drawing in blood with this method. The butterfly procedure involves drawing blood from the back of the hand. Start by placing a band around the wrist, palpating the back of the hand and identifying the direction of the veins.
How To: Tape an ankle to prevent an injury in basketball
This video demonstrates how to tape an ankle in order to prevent an injury in basketball. To do this, first it is necessary to start off with some ace pads. The foot should be in a neutral position at a 90 degree angle. The ankle must be pre-wrapped with tape high toward the shin. Anchors must be applied around the top up by the leg and then another anchor with tape around the foot. Then there must be stirrups applied from the medial to the lateral. 3 stirrups are applied. Then they are ancho...
How To: Massage your boyfriend's upper back
How to massage your man's upper back.
How To: Perform First Aid on 1st, 2nd and 3rd Degree Burns
What is a burn? It's a form of injury to body tissues which is caused by heat, corrosive substances or friction. There is another form of burn, which is known as scald; it results from exposure to hot water or steam.
How To: Give a bimanual pelvic exam
Learn the procedure for performing a bimanual pelvic exam of a female.
How To: Get Rid of Razor Burn Fast (& Prevent It from Happening)
No matter how fresh, sharp, or clean a razor is, it can still create an itchy, inflamed trail of razor burn bumps. When razor burn appears, it's unpleasant, and can even affect your next shave.
How To: The Top 5 Home Remedies for Treating Poison Ivy & Poison Oak Rashes
Summer is the best friend of poison ivy, oak, and sumac. When the weather is hot outside, people spend more time in the great outdoors, which means more people accidentally running face first into some poisonous shrubs, leaves, and vines. If that sounds like you, instead of suffering through the itch or spending money on expensive pharmaceutical solutions, try some of these home remedies out.
How To: Make your own tobacco dip pouch with a teabag
In this how-to video we are shown a unique way to make a dip pouch for tobacco. We're shown to to make a dip pouch out of a teabag! This video is brought to us by Avyrus666's YouTube channel. What you'll need is 1 red rose teabag and some fine-cut dip of your choice (he hasn't tried long-cut yet). This technique will help you fully enjoy fine-cut. What you want to do first is remove the string from the teabag. Just tear it off; you don't need it. Then find the little flap as demonstrated, and...
How To: Roll a basic cigarette
Rolled cigarettes are a healthier, cheaper and more hip alternative to your typical pack. In this tutorial, learn how to roll a basic cigarette. You will learn how to use rolling papers, basic filters and loose tobacco to make a proper cig. Loose tobacco is much less expensive to buy and lasts quite a bit longer. Have a look at this video the next time you are considering shelling out 10 bucks for a pack, think twice and reach for the rolling papers.
How To: Get rid of hiccups by drinking water upside down
There are a million suggestions for how to get rid of your hiccups but the most effective seem to involve drinking water. You don’t have to do a headstand or hang from the rafters. All you have to do is lean over to simulate being upside down and drinking some water. This video will demonstrate very clearly how to drink water upside down to get rid of your hiccups and this one really does work.
How To: Insert a Foley catheter in a male
This how to video demonstrates how to do a male Foley catheter insertion. Before beginning any catheterization procedure make sure to properly identify the patient, wash your hands, and that all the supplies are handy. Watch and learn how to properly insert a Foley catheter in a man. This medical how-to video is intended for medical students and professionals.
How To: Roll a marijuana joint with a cigarette
This how to video shows you how to roll a marijuana joint. It is a great beginners guide if you don't already know how to roll up your weed. You can even use a separate tobacco cigarette to pack your weed nice and tight into the blunt.
How To: Roll a cigarette using one hand
You’ve mastered rolling your own cigarettes and ready for life’s next great challenge? Try doing like the person in this video and rolling a cigarette with one hand. He makes it a look a whole lot easier than it really is but get your rolling paper and tobacco out and start practicing.
How To: Make a bong from soda cans
Have you ever been in need of a bong or pipe? Do you have only have coke cans and a few home supplies? Well you are in luck; this video offers its viewers a comprehensive step by step guide on how to make a bong out of coke cans. The process is very quick and easy to learn. The end product is adjustable and can be easily disposed. All you need is a few coke cans and home materials that everyone should have. The instructions are clear and viewers should be making their own bongs in no time at ...
How To: Wake your hand up when it falls asleep
We've all had it happen before. You fall asleep drooling in class, resting your head on your hands. Or you use your hand to lean on as you browse websites on the computer. Once you move out of your position, all you feel is an unsettling, nervous numbness and tingling. Rather than freak out, check out this video to learn what you can do to relieve this numbness.
How To: Make a true marijuana cigarette (aka joint)
Here is a tutorial on making a Marijuana or Tobacco Cigarette from standard packs of cigarettes, great if you don't have any blunts lying around or any other types of pieces.