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A water birth means at least part of your labor, delivery, or both happen while you’re in a birth pool filled with warm water. It can take place in a hospital, a birthing center, or at home. A doctor, nurse-midwife, or midwife helps you through it. In the U.S., some birthing centers and hospitals offer water births. Birthing centers are medical facilities that offer a more homelike setting than a hospital and more natural options for women having babies. The use of a birthing pool during the first stage of labor might: Help ease pain Keep you from needing anesthesia Speed up your labor The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), which sets guidelines for pregnancy and childbirth care in the U.S., says a water birth during the first stage of labor may have some benefits but delivering your baby underwater should be considered an experimental procedure with risks. The first stage is from when contractions start until your cervix is fully dilated.
In this commentary video, the presenter introduces hydatid cysts and their surgical removal. He explains echinococcosis, the tapeworm-larva infection that forms cysts in organs such as the liver and brain, and introduces footage of large cysts being removed. It is presented for education in parasitic disease.
This video records a real vaginal birth of triplets in a hospital delivery room, filmed as it happens. There is no narration; the audio is the natural sound of the room, with the care team coaching the mother through each baby in turn, including one breech baby. It is shared as a documentary record of a multiple birth.
Tracheostomy, the creation of an opening into the windpipe, is shown in this clinical skills video. The recording presents the procedure used to establish an airway through the neck. It is a training resource for clinicians and students learning airway management. It is part of the site's library of recorded clinical and educational material.
Men and women have anatomical differences when it comes to genitals, but orgasms are fundamentally very similar. The female orgasm lasts longer than the male, ranging about 20 seconds compared to 3 to 10 seconds, but men do experience more orgasms.
This childbirth video shows a water birth, in which labor and delivery take place in a tub of warm water. The recording presents the delivery as an educational record of this method of giving birth, which some mothers choose for comfort and relaxation during labor. Water birth is offered in many midwifery-led units.
A c-section, or cesarean section, is the delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the mother's abdomen and uterus. In some circumstances, a c-section is scheduled in advance. In others, the surgery is needed due to an unforeseen complication. If you or your baby is in imminent danger, you'll have an emergency c-section. Otherwise, it's called an unplanned section. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, about 32 percent of American women who gave birth in 2015 had a cesarean delivery.
A cardiovascular examination in a child patient is demonstrated in this pediatrics video, covering pulse, blood pressure, and capillary refill time. These bedside checks are core parts of the pediatric physical assessment. A clinical-skills resource for medical students. Educational only — not medical advice.
Leopold's maneuvers are demonstrated in this short obstetric examination video. The examiner palpates the uterus to determine the baby's orientation, locate the back and limbs, and identify the presenting part. It is a study aid for prenatal examination skills. The demonstration runs under a minute and focuses on the hands-on technique.
RegisteredNurseRN's positioning reference: supine, prone, dorsal recumbent, lateral, Sims' and the Fowler's positions, with the indications and pressure-injury cautions for each. The Key Steps checklist on this page summarises how each position is set up. Procedure education only — not personal medical advice.
This narrated microsurgery video demonstrates a vasovasostomy, the reversal of a vasectomy. Through a small scrotal incision, the surgeon removes the scarred section of the vas, checks the fluid from the testicular end, and joins the two ends under the microscope with sutures finer than a human hair. It is presented for education in urology microsurgery.
A ventouse delivery — vacuum-assisted birth using a suction cup applied to the baby's head — is shown in this childbirth video. The method is used to assist delivery during the second stage of labor when progress slows or the baby needs help arriving. For obstetric learning. For learning purposes only — not medical advice.
Documentary footage follows a young boy being prepared for cleft lip surgery. The recording shows antiseptic skin preparation before the operation, with light-hearted commentary from the film crew. It offers a brief look at the setting of pediatric plastic surgery. It can support teaching about the preparation phase of pediatric surgery.
Operative footage presents a prostatectomy without spoken narration. Running about five minutes, the recording follows the prostate operation in Surgery Videos as a visual record. It is shared for education in urological surgery and prostatectomy procedures for students and clinicians.
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