How To...............

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how to use a stethoscope

 

http://www.icu-usa.com/tour/equipment/stethoscope.htm

 

http://www.studentbmj.com/back_issues/0996/st09ed2.htm

 

http://www.ahc.umn.edu/rar/MNAALAS/Steth.html

 

http://www.drgascoigne.com/pacsteth.html

 

http://www.reddingmedical.com/articles/ste...tube-length.cfm

 

Using your stethoscope

 

http://scienceu.fsu.edu/guidebook/fl/pdf/module3.pd

 

get familiar with this instrument. If you are lucky enough to have one, learn how a healthy heart and lungs sounds. By learning to listen to healthy sounds now, it will assist you in knowing when something is wrong.

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How to give an enema

 

http://www.howtogiveanenema.org/

 

http://www.lifeknox.com/sample.html

 

how to give one to yourself

 

http://www.geocities.com/valerie_cct/enemas.html

 

why an enema?

 

if you can't take it orally then consider rectal

 

sugestion 5 - Use rectal injection (enemas) to administer herbs children wont swallow. It is often difficult to get children to take herbs because they do not like the taste. Even glycerine preparations, herbs mixed with honey, and other similar preparations are often too disagreeable for young taste buds. A simple solution to this problem is to make the herbs into a strong tea and inject some of the tea into the rectum using a bulb syringe. Many of the herbal constituents can be absorbed via the bowel.

http://www.webnat.com/hi/HerbsforChildren.asp

 

Enema: This is a way to administer copious amounts of liquid into the bowel itself, including infusions or decoctions, having a laxative or peristaltic action upon the bowels. It is also used as a means of conveying nutritive fluids into the system. There are anti-putrefaction enemas, diuretic enemas, emollient enemas, laxative enemas. If a hot or warm enema is given, then the anus will relax, causing the rectal area to discharge immediately, so a cool preparation is preferred as it will soak through the waste concentrations. Prepare an infusion or decoction with 1 1/2 teaspoons of herb to each cup of water. Use 1 1/2 cups to 1 pint solution for children. Use 1 to 3 quarts for adults.

http://www.healthythoughts.com/ht17/herbal.htm

 

offended by enemas?

 

how to use Suppositories

 

http://rx-pharmacy.vianet.ca/compounding_suppositories.html

 

http://www.regaininghealthnaturally.com/He...ositories.shtml

 

scroll down to almost the end;

http://earthnotes.tripod.com/basics.htm

 

Usually a person is so sick they won't resist to these two methods for administering medicines.

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How to give a Subcutaneous injection (also referred to as a Sub Q)

 

http://infertility.about.com/cs/medications/ht/SQHowTo.htm

 

http://www.hopkins-arthritis.som.jhmi.edu/...owtoinject.html

 

http://www.healthtouch.com/bin/EContent_...;amp;cid=HTHLTH

 

 

 

How to give an Intermuscular injection (also referred to as an IM)

 

http://www.medformation.com/ac/mm_qdis.nsf/qd/nd7090g.htm

 

http://nursing.about.com/od/education/ht/IMinjection.htm

 

Not that anyone will ever need to give a person an injection.. but it is nice to understand what the doctor is doing.

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how to give an IV

 

http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/pdfs/PatientE...pr/intra-ve.pdf

 

I bet you are wondering why I am posting links to IV's.. cause I have livestock and often times they need an IV!

http://www.palmervet.com/milk_fever.htm

 

http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health.../Meded/5med.htm

 

well... it is easy to gain more knowledge by using your favorite search engine.. I used yahoo.. searching for 'how to give an IV Intravenous'

[gardnmom]

These are all good thing for us to learn, I have just one comment at this point, untill I read all this info, if you think giving an enema is distastful, consider that it may save the life of a loved one. It is also a way to treat dehydration. Just use the same solution you would use to rehydrate by mouth, it is similar to pedialite.

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I so agree Lois! if someone can't keep anything down and you have to administer it.. while an IV is considered the norm.. most of us don't have the training or equipment to do an IV. An enema or suppositories is the alternative.

 

I have NO medical background.. I am just sharing the links to what I am finding in my search to create a how to manual for my family. I mean what if I am the one that gets the flu?

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prepare for the flu manual

 

http://www.fluwikie.com/index.php?n=Conseq...parednessGuides

 

 

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home alone?

 

http://www.fluwikie.com/index.php?n=Consequences.HomeAlone

 

 

[Lois]

Thanks Westbrook

[Jewlzm]

Interesting information. Thanks!

[mrsroyer]

I have a question.....if it says a post is by anonymous, how do you know it is westbrook? Thanks!

[PoGo]

If you'll notice, those were old posts (the date is at the top of the post, right hand side). At the time they were posted the poster's name was displayed. That's why members knew who to comment to.

In a past upgrade, some of the members posts were either assigned to someone else or marked anonymous.

This last upgrade went very smoothly, and names weren't messed up.

[mrsroyer]

OIC, thanks!

[PoGo]

You're welcome!

[westbrook]

It is me! we lost a lot of the posts in the upgrade before this one. just gone. Now they are back with out the posters names.

 

I posted the above links... I felt it was important for us non-mnedical people to be able to provide care that we could do that may be life saving.

 

I don't think we can put our names back.. would make things less confussing.

 

SO when you see Anonymous and then someone responding with a name.. that is what happened.