The thirty basic healthcare procedures listed below are explained and illustrated in a detailed, step-by-step manner in this text. All procedures should be practiced in a simulated laboratory setting under your instructor’s supervision. The procedures should be performed with patients only after you have been observed performing the procedures by your instructor, and he or she has determined that your performance is competent. Procedure 4.1 Hand Washing ............................................................................................. 116 Procedure 4.2 PPE: Putting on and Removing Disposable Gloves .....................................122 Procedure 4.3 PPE: Putting on and Removing Gowns .......................................................124 Procedure 11.1 Oral Temperature—Digital ..........................................................................323 Procedure 11.2 Rectal Temperature—Digital .......................................................................324 Procedure 11.3 Axillary Temperature—Digital .....................................................................325 Procedure 11.4 Tympanic Temperature—Digital ..................................................................326 Procedure 11.5 Temporal Artery Thermometer ...................................................................328 Procedure 11.6 Counting and Recording a Radial Pulse .....................................................332 Procedure 11.7 Counting and Recording an Apical Pulse ...................................................333 Procedure 11.8 Counting and Recording Respirations ........................................................336 Procedure 11.9 Taking a Patient’s Blood Pressure—Manual and Electronic .......................340 Procedure 12.1 Responding to and Controlling Bleeding ...................................................362 Procedure 12.2 Responding to Choking Using the Heimlich Maneuver .............................364 Procedure 12.3 Responding to Fainting ..............................................................................368 Procedure 12.4 Responding to Seizures .............................................................................369 Procedure 13.1 Assisting with Ambulation ..........................................................................379 Procedure 13.2 Assisting with Ambulation Using a Cane ...................................................382 Procedure 13.3 Assisting with Ambulation Using Crutches ................................................387 Procedure 13.4 Assisting with Ambulation Using a Walker .................................................390 Procedure 13.5 Positioning a Patient in Bed .......................................................................398 Procedure 13.6 Turning a Patient in Bed ............................................................................399 Procedure 13.7 Range-of-Motion Exercises .......................................................................406 Procedure 14.1 Admission to a Healthcare Facility .............................................................420 Procedure 14.2 Transfer within a Healthcare Facility or to Another Facility.........................422 Procedure 14.3 Discharge from a Healthcare Facility .........................................................423 Procedure 14.4 Preparing for a Physical Examination ........................................................429 Procedure 14.5 Providing Oral Care ...................................................................................432 Procedure 14.6 Filling a Prescription ..................................................................................436 Procedure 14.7 Positioning an Unconscious Person ..........................................................440 Health Science: Concepts and Applications 1 Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. Procedures