Overview
Collection of specimens from the surface of the respiratory mucosa with nasopharyngeal swabs is a procedure used for the diagnosis of Covid-19 in adults and children. The procedure is also commonly used to evaluate patients with suspected respiratory infection caused by other viruses and some bacteria. This video describes the collection of nasopharyngeal specimens for detection of Covid-19, the illness caused by infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS...

This video covers how to assess body temperature focusing on Oral, Rectal, Axilliary, Tympanic and Temporal artery temperature procedures. It also takes into account special populations such as the infants and the elderlies. 

Osmosis provides some tips and explanations related to the diagnosis of COVID-19 by imaging. 

This video-tutorial shows basis about Pulmonary CT- angiogram.

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Endotracheal suctioning technique videotutorial to learn how to collect a speciment from the lower respiratory tract for COVID-19 testing.
CDC Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Procedure in which the patient has to collect a sputum sample for COVID-19 testing.
CDC Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Videotutorial about how to collect a lower respiratory tract specimen by bronchoalveolar lavage in the ICU for COVID-19 testing. 
CDC Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

This videotutorial is a demonstration of the nasal aspirate procedure. This procedure can be used to collect a specimen of the upper respiratory tract for COVID-19 testing.
CDC Guidelines for Collecting, Handling, and Testing Clinical Specimens from Persons for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Learn the right way to swab your throat. Puritan's products are perfect for sample collection when you use the proper throat swab technique. Puritan Opti-Swab® Liquid Amies Collection & Transport Systems allow for the collection and transport of clinically significant bacteria used here in the collection of a throat swab specimen. Learn more: http://bit.ly/1qqxAwh Each of Puritan's liquid amies systems includes a patented HydraFlock® swab with a soft tip for patient comfort and are manuf...

The Joint Commission and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would like to thank Copan Diagnostics for their contribution in producing these instructional videos.This acknowledgement is not an endorsement or recommendation of any specific commercial product by The Joint Commission or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Take advantage of two FREE online courses developed by The Joint Commission in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Strateg...

Understand the basics of how chest films are attained, the appearance of a normal chest Xray, visible anatomy on a chest x-ray, a systematic approach to reading chest X-Rays, and several examples of abnormal chest X-Ray findings including: pneumonia, atelectasis, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, heart failure, and pulmonary edema.
This is video 1 of 3 on chest X-Ray analysis, which includes the appearance of a normal CXR as well as background on how the chest Xray is attained. Videos 2 and...