How to care for the eyes and the nose

Transcript

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[Text on screen] How to care for the eyes and the nose. caring@home.

[Text on screen] How to care for the eyes. caring@home.

>>Narrator (female voice over): In this video you will be shown how to care for the eyes and the nose.

>>Narrator (female voice over): How to care for the eyes. In this video you will be shown how to clean a person’s eyes using a step-by-step process. Get the things you need :

• Clean water
• A towel
• The tip sheet
• Cotton pads or a clean washcloth
• A rubbish bag

[Text on screen] 1.You need :

• Clean water
• Towel
• Tip sheet
• Cotton pads / washcloth
• Rubbish bag

>>Narrator (female voice over): Wash your hands

[Text on screen] 2.Wash your hands.

>>Narrator (female voice over): Wet the cotton pad or washcloth with some clean water.

[Text on screen] 3.Wet the cotton pad / washcloth.

>>Narrator (female voice over): Wipe gently from the inside of the person’s eye to the outside of the eye.

[Text on screen] 4. Wipe gently from inside to outside of eye.

>>Narrator (female voice over): Repeat this step with both eyes until they are clean. To avoid infection, use a clean cotton pad or section of the washcloth for each wipe.

[Text on screen] 5. Repeat until eyes are clean. Use a clean pad/washcloth for each wipe.

>>Narrator (female voice over): Put the used cotton pads in the rubbish bag.

[Text on screen] 6. Place used cotton pads in rubbish bag.

>>Narrator (female voice over): Wash your hands.

[Text on screen] 7. Wash your hands.

[Text on screen] How to care for the nose. caring@home.

>>Narrator (female voice over): How to care for the nose. In this video you will be shown how to clean a person’s nose using a step-by-step process. Get the things you need :

• Clean water
• The tip sheet
• A Washcloth
• Cotton tips
• A Rubbish bag

[Text on screen] 1.You need :

• Clean water
• Tip sheet
• Washcloth
• Cotton tips
• Rubbish bag

>>Narrator (female voice over): Wash your hands

[Text on screen] 2.Wash your hands.

>>Narrator (female voice over): Wet the washcloth and squeeze out excess water.

[Text on screen] 3. Wet the washcloth, squeeze out excess water.

>>Narrator (female voice over): Wipe gently around the entrance to the nose with the wet washcloth.

[Text on screen] 4. Wipe gently around nose with washcloth.

>>Narrator (female voice over): If there is dry mucous around the entrance to the nose, use a wet tip to remove it. Make sure you don’t push the cotton tip too far up the nose.

[Text on screen] 5. Use wet cotton tip to remove dry mucous. Don’t push cotton tip too far up the nose.

>>Narrator (female voice over): Put the used cotton pads in the rubbish bag.

[Text on screen] 6. Place used cotton pads in rubbish bag.

>>Narrator (female voice over): Wash your hands.

[Text on screen] 7. Wash your hands.

[Text on screen] caring@home. caringathomeproject.com.au

caring@home is funded by the Australian Government and led by Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative

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