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How To: Beat insomnia by resetting your bedtime routine
When sleep problems becomes chronic, it can morph into psychophysiological insomnia: As you prepare for bed, you begin to get nervous about sleeping. In this video, David Schulman, MD, director of the Emory Sleep Disorders Laboratory in Atlanta, explains how the body reacts to the expectation of insomnia. He offers simple changes you can make to help break the cycle.
How To: Control your pain by controlling your thoughts
Dr. Beverly Thorn explains how controlling your thoughts can help to control your chronic pain.
How To: Protect yourself from west nile virus
West Nile virus is rare but can be deadly. To avoid getting it, you’ve got to avoid mosquito bites.
How To: Say "I love you" by giving a massage
There’s never been a better way to say, “I love you,” than by giving a massage. Follow these instructions to become an instant hit.
How To: Give a back massage on a chair
Chair massages are not limited to the typical massage and karate techniques. Watch this four-part video to learn more techniques that you can use to relieve those back knots!
How To: Treat dry chemical burns
This U.S. Army video gives instructions on how to treat dry chemical burns on the battle field. Treat dry chemical burns.
How To: Relieve pain in the battle field with morphine
Morphine is not administered to every injured soldier. Watch this U.S. Army video on when and how to use morphine to avoid shock and relieve pain and pain-associated fear.
How To: Use field equipments for ear, nose and throat injuries
This U.S. Army video shows how to use field expedient ENT equipment.
How To: Massage your loved one's arm
Want to learn some love moves for your loved one's arms? Watch this video... Massage your loved one's arm.
How To: Massage your loved one's head and neck
Want to learn love moves for your loved one's neck and head? Watch this... Massage your loved one's head and neck.
How To: Get rid of toothache with garlic, lemon and salt
Is that toothache bothering you? Watch this video on how to reduce the pain using common household products.
How To: Reduce common cold symptoms with sugar and an onion
Do you keep on sneezing and your nose won't stop dripping? Watch this video on how to reduce the annoying cold symptoms with sugar and an onion.
How To: Massage your loved one's back
Want to learn some love moves for your loved one? Watch this video on how to do a back rub for beginners. Massage your loved one's back.
How To: Apply the pneumatic anti-shock garment
This video shows how to use a PASG, a.k.a military anti-shock trousers. This should only be done by qualified personnel.
How To: Initiate intravenous infusion in a field environment
This U.S. Army video demonstrates how to administer an IV infusion outside of a medical facility.
How To: Measure blood pressure using a sphygmomanometer
This video gives a step-by-step instruction on how to measure the systolic and diastolic pressure using s sphygmomanometer and stethoscope.
How To: Treat a sucking chest wound
This video demonstrates how to treat a chest wound outside of a medical facility using the plastic wrapper of a battle dressing and bandage.
How To: Apply plaster casts
This video shows how a plastic cast is applied by a surgeon or a trained specialist.
How To: Do a retrograde tracheal intubation
This video demonstrates how to insert an RTI to establish an emergency endotracheal airway. This procedure is done if intubation is necessary and one of the following is true: failure of conventional intubation, vocal cords are not visible, existence of upper airway pathology or the patient has severe kyphosis or cervical spondylosis.
How To: Insert an oropharyngeal airway in emergency situations
This video demonstrates how to insert a J tube on an unconscious person using either the jaw thrust or head tilt/chin lift method.
How To: Do basic suturing in the emergency room
This video instructs nurses how to do minor sutures on deep and large lacerations which can not be drawn together by butterfly strips.
How To: Treat eyes with irrigation, drops and ointments
Having good vision is important especially for soldiers on the battle field. Watch this video on how to treat eye injuries with irrigation, drops and ointments.
How To: Insert a chest tube
This video demonstrates how to insert a chest tube through the seventh intercostal space in the mid-axillary line.
How To: Insert a nasogastric feeding tube
This video demonstrates how to insert an NG tube. An NG tube is a plastic tube inserted to the nose, through the pharynx and into the stomach.
How To: Perform a pericardiocentesis
This video shows how to aspirate fluid from the pericardial sac with a needle using a procedure called pericardiocentesis.
How To: Perform a peritoneal lavage
This video gives a step-by-step instruction on how to do a peritoneal lavage that can be used to diagnose and/or treat abdominal trauma and inflammation.
How To: Tell a fracture from a soft tissue injury
M.R.Patel M.D. discusses how you can tell whether or not child has a fracture or just a soft tissue injury.
How To: Administer a subcutaneous injection
SubQ injections facilitate rapid distribution of medication. Watch this video to learn how to properly do one.
How To: Prevent urinary infections
Steven Friedman MD discusses proper ways to prevent children from getting urinary infections.
How To: Potty train a mentally handicapped child
Frank R. Cicero,M.S. discusses how to toilet train an autistic or mentally handicapped child.
How To: Handle a sprained ankle
David Godfried MD discusses methods for dealing with a sprained ankle.
How To: Do an intravenous cutdown
This video shows how to get intravenous access by doing an IV cut down.
How To: Administer spinal anesthesia
This video shows how to properly inject anesthesia into the subarachnoid space of the spinal cord.
How To: Make adaptive clothing loops for weak hand grip
Learn how to sew loops onto jackets so you can close zippers if you have weak hand grip strength.
How To: Draw blood from a vein in the antecubital fossa
This video shows how to aseptically draw blood from a major vein in the arm with the help of a tourniquet.
How To: Understand and recognize autism in children
Dr. Joanne E. Gerenser discusses signs of autism that should be of concern to parents.
How To: Test urine for protein and glucose
Urine does not normally contain glucose and protein. Testing urine for the presence of protein and glucose gives your doctor an insight to your kidney function and overall health.
How To: Test stool for occult blood
This video shows how stool is tested for the presence of occult blood.
How To: Perform a urine screening using a urine test strip
A lot of information on a person's health can be deduced based on the quality of one's urine. Watch this video to learn how to perform a urine screening using a urine test strip.
How To: Treat swimmer's ear infection
Dr. Ari Goldsmith discusses the diagnosis of swimmers ear and a few common treatments.