Acupressure involves applying pressure to certain acupoints throughout the body. Applying pressure to these points can help relieve different types of pain. Acupressure is an ancient healing technique ...

Linda Beaver, RN, MSN, MHA, administrator at Gateway Endoscopy Center in St. Louis, shares a best practice on how ASCs can achieve more effective and successful colonoscopy screenings with patients.

Applying a tourniquet can help slow or limit excessive bleeding in an emergency. It typically involves wrapping material around the source of bleeding and applying pressure to stop or slow bleeding.

Tourniquets are bands that you tie tightly around a bleeding wound on an arm or leg to apply pressure and slow down blood loss. Here are the steps for correctly applying one. You may need a tourniquet ...