Tracheotomy and Mechanical Ventilation
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
4 Hours
Patients with respiratory failure and distress are now surviving with the help of medical advances including tracheostomy tubes and mechanical ventilation. At the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital in Lincoln, Neb., we accept patients with tracheostomy tubes; in this 185-bed inpatient hospital, the number of patients who require a....
Stretch Away Low Back Pain
Mrs Mary Hutto MS,PT,AT,
This online seminar presents Mary Hutto's concepts and utilization of Stretch Away Muscle Pains Stretching System for the Low Back. This course is designed for health care professionals (PT, PTA, ATC) as well as professional trainers, who wish to broaden their existing therapy skills to help people get out of muscle pain. This....
Smoking Cessation: Snuffing Out the Habit
Donn Kropp, RN, BSN
2 Hours
Isn’t it interesting how, within the span of forty years, cigarettes have gone from being considered a fairly harmless habit to having a reputation as being one of the most harmful things a person can inflict on their body? By now almost every American has heard the message through a megaphone that smoking is unequivocally bad a....
Tracheostomy and Cricothyrotomy Tubes
Richard Templeton and Brendan McGrath
0.5 Hours
This session provides an overview of the various types of tracheostomy tube and the appropriate clinical uses for each. The session also includes an overview of the equipment available for performing emergency cricothyrotomy.
Statistics: Confidence
Sue Hill
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the use of confidence intervals to give a measure of the uncertainty surrounding point estimation of population parameters from sample statistics, with particular reference to the mean.
Wrights Respirometer, Pneumotachograph and Ventilator Alarms
Baha Al-Shaikh and Rajesh Pattanayak
0.5 Hours
Anaesthetists measure the patient’s tidal volume during anaesthesia, in ICU and during transport. In addition, over- and under-pressure alarms are used during controlled ventilation. This session will provide an overview of Wright’s respirometer, the pneumotachograph, and the ventilator alarms and their functionality.
Spinal Needles
André van Zundert and Baha Al Shaikh
0.5 Hours
Spinal anaesthesia is a very popular technique used worldwide. Needles of various designs are used with different lengths and sizes. This session explores the history of development of spinal needles, an overview of basic design of a spinal needle and its effect on the incidence of post dural puncture headache (PDPH). Equipment....
Statistics: Samples of Unknown Mean and Variance
Sue Hill
0.5 Hours
This session explores how samples taken from different normally distributed populations may be compared, even though the population means and variances are unknown. The two-sample (unpaired) t-test is introduced for the comparison of sample means, and the F-test is introduced for the comparison of sample variances.
Substance Abuse Counselor Competencies (TAP 21 Updated)
Elliott Vanskike, Ph.D., et al.
6 Hours
Addiction professionals work in a broad variety of disciplines but share an understanding of the addictive process that goes beyond the narrow confines of any one specialty. This CEU course addresses clincial evaluation, treatment planning, referrals, service coordination, counseling, documentation and professional and ethical....
Virtual Patient: Young Girl with Peanut Allergy
Anna H. Wegrzyn (MD FAAAAI) and Mike Tankersley (MD FAAAAI)
0.25 Hours
This patient simulation involves a young girl with severe peanut allergy whose parents are interested in a desensitization treatment, like oral immunotherapy (OIT). During the consultation, her parents ask several questions about the administration, safety, efficacy, and effects of peanut/food oral immunotherapy. The findings fr....
Strategic Portfolio Management: Governing the Ungoverned
Effie Economopoulos
1 Hours
As demand continues to increase across the enterprise, the importance of project evaluation and prioritization becomes mandatory across the organization. We have worked with executive leadership to build an enterprise foundation that encompasses project appraisal and prioritization along with strategic portfolio management.
Tobacco, Nicotine, and E-Cigarettes
Industry Specialist
2 Hours
As tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of mortality in the United States, differential rates of smoking and use of other tobacco products is a significant contributor to health disparities among some of the most vulnerable people in our society. This CEU course examines the demographics of those who use nicotine produc....
Team Based Care for Licensed Clinical Staff
Sheila Richmeier, MS, RN, FACMPE
1 Hours
The focus of this course is to provide education on the elements of team functioning including complimentary staff roles, and identifying the data and process needs in a practice. You will be introduced to information on how to define communication, goals, and leadership needs within the medical office.
Trisomy 21
Susan Riordan, RN, RDMS & Jonathan Weeks, M.D.
1 Hours
Trisomy 21 (which is also known as Down Syndrome or mongolism) is the most common chromosomal abnormality of the autosomes identified at birth. The incidence is approximately 1 in every 800 live births. To help explain this better, it is important to discuss normal genetics. Chromosomes (which are long strands of deoxyribonuclei....
The Aging Process and Impact on the Swallow
Denise Dougherty, SLP
5 Hours
Aging impacts all the systems in the body including the respiratory system, sensory system, gastrointestinal system, endocrine system and muscular system. This course will discuss the physiological changes that occur in the body with aging and how these changes impact our swallow, nutrition and diet selection and create challeng....
The Generalist's Guide: Approaches to the Care of the Adolescent Patient
Nirupama K. DeSilva (MD), Elizabeth Miller (MD, PhD), and Nichole Tyson (MD)
7 Hours
The Generalist’s Guide: Approaches to the Care of the Adolescent Patient eModule, developed in collaboration with the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, reviews techniques to promote an optimal adolescent–provider visit, and effective techniques to obtain a confidential reproductive health history....
Tackling Obesity in Patients
Myriam Ferzli (MD), Ellen Landsberger (MD, MS), Juliet Mushi (MD), and Karin Ofir (MS, RD, CDN)
7 Hours
By the end of this lesson, the learner should be able to: Define obesity, summarize the diagnosis and treatment, explain professional primary care best practice recommendations, and identify accurate clinician reimbursement for obesity codes at his or her practice. The Generalist's Guide: Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecologic Eme....
Treating and Managing Dysphagia with Dementia I
Peter Johnson
0.25 Hours
Treating and Managing Dysphagia with Dementia is a two part series for physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language pathologists. Each part may be taken independently. This series focuses on the variables associated with cognitively impaired patients, dysphagia instruction and memory functions necessary for l....
Shockingly Simple: Electrotherapy for Pain Control
Industry Specialists
1.5 Hours
This introductory level course offers clinicians utilizing electrotherapy with knowledge to maximize treatment outcomes from the use of electrotherapy in the rehabilitation of patients with pain. Various neurophysiological mechanisms of pain and pain management will be discussed, including the gate control theory, the release of....
X-Ray - Chest Interpretation
Dr Drew McMenamin MBBS FRANZCR
A comprehensive review of the fundamental principles in chest X-Ray interpretation and reporting. Despite the technological advancements in medical imaging, the chest X-Ray remains the most frequently requested radiological investigation, and one of, if not the most difficult to interpret correctly. This course provides a comp....
Shaping National Pharmacy Policies: An open forum with your Texas delegates-TECHNICIAN
ASHP Texas Delegates
Delegates will review ASHP policies that are being debated nationally.
2020 ATPE Summit: Bringing Clarity to the President and Vice President Roles: A Roadmap for Newbies
ATPE Regional Membership Specialists Roger Gutierrez and Jeff Vega
Are you a newly elected president or vice president? Have you been in this role for less than five years? ATPE Regional Membership Specialists Roger Gutierrez and Jeff Vega present this session, geared toward newbie officers, bringing clarity to these roles by providing a roadmap for the membership year ahead. You will learn mor....
Situational Awareness, Crisis Management and Patient Safety in Anesthesia Practice (2017 Refresher Courses in Anesthesiology)
Amanda R. Burden, M.D.
1.00 Hours
Despite ongoing attempts to improve patient safety, medical errors continue to occur. In 1999, the Institute of Medicine estimated that between 44,000 and 98,000 people in the United States die each year as a result of medical errors. Recent studies have indicated that the true number of premature deaths associated with preventa....
The History of and Rationale for Electronic Fetal Monitoring
David James and Hatem Mousa
0.50 Hours
This session describes the history of and rationale for fetal heart rate monitoring.
Ultrasound Evaluation of the Renal Transplant
Matthew T. Heller, MD
1.00 Hours
Renal transplantation has become a common surgical procedure for patients with end-stage kidney disease. The increased frequency of transplantation coupled with increased patient survival have made it necessary for radiologists in all practice settings to be familiar with the normal ultrasound appearance and the imaging findings....