Andrew Reinert – Page 19

How to Prepare a Diet for Your Patient

For a number of conditions the doctor will order a specific diet, which must, of course, be followed carefully. In many other cases, the doctor will simply indicate the type…

Andrew Reinert April 7, 2010

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How to Prevent Infection While Dealing with Wounds

The area must be cleaned so that any dirt is washed away and the wound must be covered with a dressing. A satisfactory dressing prevents micro-organisms from entering the wound…

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How to Re-Learn after an Illness or an Accident

More than half of adults don’t have a Will. If this includes you – it is most likely the expensive solicitors fees that are putting you o?. Or it could be…

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How to Secure a Dressing While Dealing with Wounds

It is essential for dressings to remain in place, so they must be carefully secured. The way to secure a particular dressing depends on what type it is. Adhesive dressings…

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How to Take a Patient’s Pulse

Each time the heart beats it pumps blood into the circulation, and a wave courses along the walls of the arteries. This wave is the pulse, which can be felt…

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How to Take a Patient’s Temperature

To confirm your general impression of the patient's condition you may find it useful to take the patient's temperature, pulse and respiratory rate. Do not, however, write on the community…

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How to Treat a Wound

In modern hospitals a room is set aside for the treatment of wounds, but in older hospitals and in the home this is not possible. However, according to a wound…

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How to Treat Hypothermia Effectively

The basic cause of hypothermia is a lack of external heat combined with an inability to maintain sufficient insulation. The heat loss from the body is greater than the heat…

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How to Understand Incontinence

Difficulty in the control of the bladder or bowel can occur at any age if there has been damage to the area or to the brain. The involuntary escape of…

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How to Use Incontinent Aids

Any aid recommended should be chosen with the individual needs of the patient in mind. These will vary depending on whether the patient is incontinent only at night or in…

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Family & Relationships

How to Wean a Baby

The addition of solids to a baby's diet is called weaning and is usually begun at about four months and completed by nine months. Only very small amounts are given…

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How to Use Yoga as a Treatment Method

Yoga is all the rage nowadays, emerging as a widespread method to keep fit and as an effective form of meditation. Get all the equipment you will need for yoga…

Andrew Reinert April 1, 2010

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How to Treat Vaccination in Children

For some parents, the question of whether or not to give their child the government-recommended vaccinations is a sensitive one. Most children suffer no side-effects after their vaccinations. But there…

Andrew Reinert April 1, 2010

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How to Treat Vomiting in Children

There can be many reasons for your baby or child to be sick, or vomit, when the contents of the stomach are forcibly brought up through the mouth. It is…

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How to Treat Warts in Children

There are many different types of warts, which are caused by a contagious virus, but are usually pretty harmless. They are small lumps with a rough surface of dead cells…

Andrew Reinert April 1, 2010

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How to Treat Whooping Cough in Children

Whooping cough, or pertussis, mainly affects children and is particularly serious in babies under a year old. Symptoms include long bouts of coughing, when the child expels air from the…

Andrew Reinert April 1, 2010

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How to Use Acupressure

Anyone who has ever suffered a headache or sinus trouble and has found some relief by putting gentle pressure on the area that is causing pain has tried acupressure in…

Andrew Reinert March 31, 2010

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How to Use Acupuncture to Treat Various Illnesses

Acupuncture has been in use by the Chinese for around 3500 years and has also been extensively developed in Japan and Korea for many centuries. Its exact origins are not…

Andrew Reinert March 31, 2010

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How to Use Aromatherapy for Relaxation

The use of essential oils derived from plants to help heal the mind and body is many centuries old. The Egyptians pressed flowers to make medicine around 600 BC. The…

Andrew Reinert March 31, 2010

Food & Cooking

How to Use Cayenne

The name cayenne or capsicum comes from a Greek word meaning to bite because of the hot pungent taste and properties of cayenne pepper. It is indigenous to Zanzibar, Mexico…

Andrew Reinert March 31, 2010