How to perform first aid

How to perform an amniocentesis.

Amniocentesis is a technique for withdrawing amniotic fluid from the uterine cavity using a needle, via a transabdominal approach and under continuous ultrasound guidance, in order to obtain a sample of fetal exfoliated cells, transudates, urine or secretions. It can be performed from 16 weeks of pregnancy onwards, with various chromosomal, biochemical, molecular and microbial studies being per...

Primary school children are able to perform basic life-saving first aid measures.

INTRODUCTION First aid measures can be life-saving. Starting first aid education early may strengthen interest, motivation and ability to provide first aid. OBJECTIVE To determine if a first aid teaching program including 5 lessons (45 min each) of theoretical and practical training for 6-7-year-old children can influence their performance in a first aid scenario. METHODS 228 primary school...

How to perform picture-perfect respiratory assessment.

How to perform pulmonary vein isolation.

The advent of technology for the delivery of radiofrequency energy via electrode catheters, in the late 1980s, led to the perfection of techniques for the ablation of accessory pathways and classical flutter [1e4]. This has been so successful that these substrates for arrhythmia are rarely seen in the Western world. Two major arrhythmias, however, still remain to be conquereddatrial fibrillatio...

Ontology Integration: How to perform the Process

Although ontology reuse is an important research issue only one of its subprocesses (merge) is fairly well understood. The time has come to change the current state of affairs with the other reuse subprocess: integration. In this paper we characterize the ontology integration process, we identify the activities that should be performed in this process and describe a methodology to perform the o...