How to Get a Home Care Agency License
Receiving your home care agency license can start you on the path toward a rewarding and satisfying career in the home care industry. Many people across the country are in need of home care, including...
View ArticleHow to Insert a Huber Needle
Huber needles are needles used to administer long-term chemotherapy in cancer patients. They are inserted into a port surgically installed under the skin so that the patient need only be injected once,...
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What Are the Causes of Neck Pain at Base of Skull?
Neck pain at the base of the skull is common among humans. The exact cause of the pain varies, as do preventative measures and pain relief treatments.
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Cell Tech Side Effects
Cell Tech is a brand of bodybuilding supplements sold in the U.S. It should only be used by professional atheletes and serious bodybuilders. Cell Tech is the result of years of scientific experiments...
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How to Rent a Hospital Bed
Renting a hospital bed is a cost-effective way for individuals to obtain medical beds for the home when the bed is only necessary for a short time. Hospital beds are rented through medical supply...
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Certified Nursing Assistant Practice Tests
Practice tests are useful for prospective nursing assistants in preparing for the National Nurse Aid Assessment Program (NNAAP) written examination, which qualifies them for state and federal...
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How to Become a Medicare Certified Home Health Agency
Home health care agencies employ nurses, certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and home health aides, who take care of the elderly in their homes. If you are compassionate, hardworking and have business...
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What is the Cost for Home Health Care?
Home health care costs vary greatly and are determined by clinical need, location and the number of hours a patient requires assistance. Generally, the less clinical assistance that is required, the...
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How to Calculate the Pump Rate for an IV Pump
The pump rate for any pump is calculated in units of volume per time. For an IV pump, these rates are easiest to calculate in milliliters per minute or per hour. This figure becomes important when...
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How to Start a Personal Care Home in Georgia
In Georgia, a personal care home (PCH) is defined as a facility that provides assistance with the activities of daily living to at least two unrelated residents. Georgia requires that every...
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How do I Install Bedrails on Hospital Bed?
Bed rails on a hospital bed are a necessity in order to prevent a patient from falling out of bed. Most hospital bed frames are only the width of a Twin frame, so there is little room for movement....
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How to Take Apart a Hospital Bed
Taking apart a hospital bed can be done, but it does require some strength and knowledge of mechanical parts. This article will explain how to disassemble an Invacare Full-Automatic home style hospital...
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How to Care for DonJoy Braces
DonJoy is a company that makes primarily leg braces. Different types of leg braces that are available through DonJoy include knee alignment, post-operative, ankle, osteoarthritis, patellofemoral, and...
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How do I Assemble an Invacare Hospital Bed?
Invacare Corp., based in Elyria, Ohio, is one of the largest distributors of durable medical equipment in the United States. Invacare produces products for both commercial and home use such as hoyer...
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How to Start a Home Healthcare Agency in Pennsylvania
Home healthcare agencies in Pennsylvania make it possible for frail and elderly people to remain in their own homes for as long as possible. The need for home care is increasing as people are living...
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How to Use a Sphygmomanometer
Sphygmomanometers and stethoscopes are available for purchase by the general public and you can quickly to learn to use them properly. Carrying out your own blood-pressure readings should never be...
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How to Move a Manual Wheelchair Upstairs
Wheelchairs allow users with limited abilities more access to the world around them; however, they still have to overcome the problem of getting up and down the stairs. Not all places wheelchair users...
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How to Read an Oxygen Flow Meter
Oxygen tanks are used in hospitals, scuba gear, firefighter support systems and for home health care. A flow meter is attached to almost all oxygen tanks. Flow meters usually come in a circular design,...
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Biomedical Waste Disposal Methods
Discharging untreated biomedical waste into the environment is a prohibited practice, according to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. It defines biomedical wastes as all material that...
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How to Use a TENS 7000
Current Solutions produces and distributes the TENS 7000 electrotherapy device. This is a Class II medical unit that the federal government restricts to sale by licensed health care professionals, or...
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How to Dismantle Invacare Semi Hospital Beds
Dismantling an Invacare Semi-Electric Hospital Bed requires some strength and dexterity. However, if you have prior experience and know which parts to take off and which buttons to press, you can...
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How to Lift a Handicapped Person From the Floor
Lifting a handicapped person from the floor requires care and attention. The situation is not easy for either the person lifting or the person who requires help. At all times it is important to...
View ArticleWristech Instructions
Wristech manufactures a line of small blood pressure monitors designed for convenience and portability. Because these monitors attach to your wrist with a Velcro strap, you can take them anywhere and...
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How to Refill Oxygen Tanks
Home oxygen therapy is an attractive option for patients who need oxygen assistance but aren't ill enough to stay in the hospital. Patients with asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, lung cancer or...
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How to Irrigate or Flush a Catheter
If you are caring for an individual with a catheter, you will likely need to irrigate, or flush it at some point. Catheters are used to drain the bladder when other means are not possible due to...
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How do I Make 70 Percent Isopropyl Alcohol?
Creating dilutions reduces the concentration of one liquid with the addition of another. In order to create 70 percent isopropyl alcohol, a solution of isopropyl alcohol with a concentration greater...
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How to Help Someone After Bypass Surgery at Home
Bypass surgery is a major operation, requiring many weeks of proper postoperative care. The more you can help your loved one through the lengthy recovery process, the quicker and more able he or she...
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How to Use a Cane
Using a cane can be beneficial to anyone that finds their mobility or stability limited. Canes allow senior citizens and individuals recovering from leg and foot injuries or surgeries to move with the...
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About PICC Lines
A PICC line, or Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter, has become a valuable medical tool for several reasons--primarily convenience and comfort. A PICC line is an alternative to repeated IV punctures...
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Sciatic Pain Relief Exercises
The sciatic nerve runs along the body from the rear hip area all the way down the legs. Sciatica is a term that refers to pain along this nerve area. Several conditions can cause sciatic pain,...
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Parts of an Oxygen Tank
Portable oxygen tanks enable patients with breathing disorders to live beyond hospitals and sanitariums. Oxygen tanks are also used industrially, such as in welding. When using an oxygen tank, it is...
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How to Calibrate a Blood Pressure Monitor
Checking your blood pressure regularly is an important component in an overall program to reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. Since you can have high blood pressure without any symptoms,...
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What Does Extended Release Mean in Medications?
Over-the-counter pills come in many formulas, such as time release, controlled release, extended release, delayed release or sustained release. How does time release work, and what are the advantages...
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How to Unclog a G-Tube Feeding Tube
Gastrostomy tubes (G-tubes) can get clogged, making feeding impossible. Regular preventive care of a G-tube reduces the likelihood of clogs, but it does not eliminate clogs 100 percent of the time....
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How to Care For A Person After Having A Grand Mal Seizure
Dealing with a person who has seizures can be very scary and challenging for the person who is helping. But when you have the knowledge and wisdom of the proper way to take care of the person it helps...
View ArticleHow to Give a Sponge Bath to a Recuperating Adult
Adults who are recuperating from an illness or surgery may be unable to take showers or baths due to lack of physical energy, immobilization due to casting, or surgical wounds and sutures that cannot...
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How to Buy Canadian Drugs Online
Buying prescription drugs from Canada is reasonably easy and can save a great deal of money as opposed to buying the same items in the United States. The drugs are mailed right to your door, saving you...
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