Hot First Aid How-Tos
How To: Perform CPR on an adult, child or infant
C.P.R stand for cardio pulmonary resuscitation, but do you know how to perform it on someone? If not, then watch this how to video to learn this basic life saving skill. Our host shows you how to perform CPR on an adult, baby, and child.
How To: Perform the Heimlich maneuver
Want to know how to possible save someone's life? Then watch this video to learn the proper way to execute the Heimlich maneuver. The Heimlich maneuver could help someone who is choking before the paramedics arrive.
How To: Perform CPR on a baby
Learn live saving techniques by watching this how to video. This video teaches you how to use a pocket mask and perform CPR on a baby. Because babies are much smaller than adults it is important to follow specific guidelines to save their lives.
How To: Perform the Heimlich maneuver on a choking person
Save someone's life by watching this how to video. Martin and Jayanti demonstrate how to safely deal with a choking casualty in case of an emergency. Learn great first aid tips and how to perform the Heimlich maneuver on someone who is choking. Perform the Heimlich maneuver on a choking person.
How To: Perform CPR on a breathing casualty
Martin reminds you all how to deal with a breathing casualty and place them into the recovery position. Watch and learn how to possibly save someone's life in case of an emergency. Perform CPR on a breathing casualty.
How To: Treat first, second and third degree burns
Burns come in different types (thermal, chemical, electrical and radiation), levels (partial and full) and degrees of severity (first, second and third). Watch this U.S. Navy video to learn how to manage and initially treat burn casualties.
How To: Apply a tourniquet to stop bleeding
For some wounds, applying direct pressure does not stop the bleeding. Watch this video to learn how to apply a tourniquet and prevent further blood loss while waiting for help to arrive on the battle field.
How To: Perform triage and treat trauma patients
This U.S. Navy video shows how to do triage on the battle field and treat trauma victims. Watch this video to learn how to deal with basic shock and perform effective resuscitation.
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: 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: 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: 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: Administer a subcutaneous injection
SubQ injections facilitate rapid distribution of medication. Watch this video to learn how to properly do one.
How To: Do an intravenous cutdown
This video shows how to get intravenous access by doing an IV cut down.
How To: Stop a child's bleeding nose
This video contains information on how to treat a child's bloody nose.
How To: Perform a midline episiotomy
Learn how to perform a midline episiotomy in order to prevent tearing and lacerations and speed delivery.
How To: Repair an episiotomy
Learn how to perform an episiotomy repair in the event of a laceration or tear during delivery.
How To: Use obstetrical forceps
Learn how to use an important obstetrical tool, forceps, to aid in delivery of an infant.
How To: Reduce a nuchal cord
Learn the procedure of reducing a nuchal chord and moving the umbilical cord to avoid strangulation of the infant.
How To: Treat Tachycardia
This video provides a tutorial on how to treat the medical condition Tachycardia.
How To: Perform a breast exam
Learn the anatomy of a breast and the procedure of how to perform a breast exam.
How To: Give an eye exam
Learn the procedure for giving a basic eye exam.
How To: Listen to a patient's lungs
Learn some of the most important things to remember when listening to a patient's lungs.
How To: Identify pelvic adhesions with endometriosis
This video is for medical students and residents-in-training who want to learn more about endometriosis.
How To: Extricate a patient from a vehicle
This video teaches a medic how to safely extricate a patient from a vehicle.
How To: Transmit a 9-line medical evacuation message
Being able to send a correct medical evacuation message can save the life of an injured soldier.
How To: Set a dislocated shoulder
This is a US Army training video that shows two methods of resetting a dislocated shoulder. Who better to to learn it from than Uncle Sam?
How To: Suture a wound
This is a US Army training video that shows you how to stitch a wound. It is a simple laceration, not a complicated gash.
How To: Help someone having a panic attack
Help Someone Having a Panic Attack. We show the best measures to take to relieve someone suffering a panic attack. Come to the support of friends, family, and other members of the community. Help someone having a panic attack.
How To: Treat burns and scalds (British Red Cross)
No one can escape the wrath of fire. Eery living person will experience some sort of burn during their lifespan, from scalds to third degree burns. Burns and scalds are among the most common injuries requiring emergency treatment in hospitals, but would you know what to do if a friend or family member, maybe even a stranger, burned themselves badly? Could you help?
How To: Stop severe bleeding (British Red Cross)
Everyone gets cut every once in a while, but sometimes those cuts can be more serious than expected. It could turn into severe bleeding, and there's a certain way to deal with this type of bleeding in a victim. How would you treat someone who was bleeding severely?
How To: Perform CPR on a baby (British Red Cross)
The most basic and most important aspect of first aid is CPR. It's the one thing that is most likely to save a life. It's stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which is the emergency medical procedure for restoring a person's normal heartbeat and breathing when experiencing heart failure or breathing impairment. But there's a different approach when dealing with and chest massages for babies under one year old.