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How To: Be prepared for the potential complications of heart surgery

If you or someone you love is undergoing heart surgery in the near future, it's important that you have a solid grasp of the potential complications such that you can do everything in your power to avoid them. In this brief medical-minded tutorial from ICYou, you'll learn about a few of the most common complications including bleeding, infection, damage to blood vessels, heart damage, heart attacks or strokes.

How To: Perform a horizontal mattress suture on a patient

The horizontal mattress suture allows the doctor or nurse performing them to minimize the tension being applied to a patient's wound by the stitch, which facilitates healing. This video features a doctor demonstrating how to perform such a suture on a pig's leg, teaching you one of the techniques that will help make you a more successful medical professional.

How To: Photograph the iris of an eye

Photographing an eye is now easy with digital cameras. Dr. Roberto Kaplan leads you through the simple steps of using a digital still camera or video. Then cropping and scaling the size in a photo program. Learn how to photograph the iris for medical purposes (records for examinations, or identification records for children).

How To: Insert and remove staples

An important part of surgery is knowing the various types of closures to perform. This medical how-to video is a demonstration of a staple insertion and removal technique. The use of staples is used for laceration repair or wound closure in the operating room. Follow along and learn how to insert and remove stables. This is a two person procedure.

How To: Choose and put on sterile gloves for nursing

Studying to be a nurse? Then here is a nursing how-to video that teaches you how to choose and put on sterile gloves. Every nurse should know the basics of this technique, follow along and see how easy it is to read the directions on the packaging for donning sterile gloves. These medical tips are sure to help you pass your nursing exam with flying colors.

How To: Treat a toe nail wound in nursing

Studying to be a podiatry nurse? Then here is a nursing how-to video that teaches you how to treat a wound that came as a result of toe nails being cut too short. Every nurse should know the basics of this technique, follow along and see how easy it is to care for a toe nail wound on a diabetic patient. These medical tips are sure to help you pass your nursing exam with flying colors.

How To: Measure blood pressure with automated cuffs in nursing

Studying to be a nurse? Then here is a nursing how-to video that teaches you how to measure blood pressure (BP) with an automated cuff. Every nurse should know the basics of this technique, follow along and see how easy it is to use an automated cuff for blood pressure readings, temperature and pulse oximetry. These medical tips on reading vital signs are sure to help you pass your nursing exam with flying colors.