Acute Coronary Syndrome
John Paguntalan PhD APRN-BC CCRN-K
This program will review Coronary Heart Disease, looking at prevalence, risk factors, signs and symptoms, prevention and physical activity. A review of the anatomical structures associated with CHD will be reviewed as well. A differentiation of the various types of Acute Coronary Syndrome will be discussed, including: STEMI, NST....
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This is the first course that you will undertake on this system. The purpose of this course is to guide you and to give you a full understanding of how the Council’s system enables you to study and record CPD activity on this platform.
Pod Cast - Is sleep apnoea associated with sleep disturbance in haemodialysis patients
Ms Ginger Chu
To review the affect that sleep apnoea has on the sleep quality of HD patients
Core Competencies in Disaster Nursing V.20
Many authors
Nurses, as the largest group of committed health per- sonnel, often working in difficult situations with limited resources, play vital roles when disasters strike, serving as first responders, triage officers and care providers, coordinators of care and services, providers of information or education, and counsellors
Mental Health Handbook for the Public During the Coronavirus Disease Outbreak
Bureau of Disease Prevention and Control of National Health Commission
Psychological intervention has always been part of our efforts to save lives.
How to Measure a Baby's Heart Rate
Sue Macdonald
The Royal College of Midwives The heart rate of the fetus and the neonate can be used, in part, as a measure of fetal/neonatal wellbeing as part of an overall assessment. When listening to the heart rate the practitioner needs to consider the rate, rhythm and regularity. The content includes heart sounds by courtesy of Dr R....
Substance Abuse During COVID 19 Pandemic
Mr WCEA Administrator
The Kenya Medical Association, the Kenya Psychiatric Association and the Clinical Psychologist Association of Kenya have come together to form the following panel of specialists in order to address mental health wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID 19 Series: A view from inside an Intensive Care Unit
Professor Hugh Montgomery
Discussion regarding the reality of dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in these unprecedented times. The RSM COVID-19 Series is for health professionals, by health professionals; a series of talks dedicated to give healthcare workers on the frontline, regular and easy-to-access updates from healthcare leaders....
COVID-19 Series: Policymaking on masks for the general public: evidence-based or eminence-based medicine?
Professor Trisha Greenhalgh and Professor Sir Simon Wessely
Discuss the evidence surrounding face masks, policy, innovation and change in the response to COVID-19. Consider making a donation to the RSM: www.rsm.ac/donation All views expressed in this webinar are of the speakers themselves and not of the RSM
Precision medicine implementation and research-practice partnerships: implications of measurement scale differential item functioning
John J. O. Mogaka,Moses J. Chimbari
Recent advances in omics technologies offer greater understandings of how gene-environment interactions affect health and pathological processes. Omics-based biomarkers (OBMs) resulting from advances in biomedical technologies form the basis of precision medicine (PM), an approach to medicine that emphasizes predictive, preventi....
Effects of aflatoxin B1 on the submandibular salivary gland of albino rats and possible therapeutic potential of Rosmarinus officinalis: a light and electron microscopic study
Bassant Ashraf,Dahlia Ghazy,Mohamed Shamel
Aflatoxins are naturally-occurring mycotoxins produced by the fungi. t Of the 20 types, Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is considered to be the most toxic. AFB1 toxicity was reported to lead to severe health issues such as cancer, growth retardation, and immunosuppression. In this regard, the International Agency for Research on Cancer clas....
Malaria management in children with fever in rural Sierra Leone. Has anything changed after the Ebola outbreak?
Joseph Bangalie Sesay,Olga Denisiuk,Katrina Hann,Rony Zachariah,Francis Lionel Moses,Umaru Dumbuya
A cross-sectional study conducted in 2017. Although the post-Ebola period was included in this evaluation, it was for a relatively short period (six months) which was probably too soon to gauge health system recovery. At the primary healthcare level in the same district and among children under five, we thus performed a new anal....
Screening tuberculosis patients for diabetes mellitus in a routine program setting in Kampala, Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Joseph Nsonga,John Paul Dongo,Frank Mugabe,Gerald Mutungi,Richard Walyomo,Christopher Oundo,Sarah Zalwango,Daniel Okello,Simon Muchuro,Riitta A Dlodlo,Yan Lin
Although significant progress has been achieved in tuberculosis (TB) care and prevention during the past decades, TB remains a major public health problem and is responsible for more deaths than any other single infectious disease worldwide. Along with socio-economic development, urbanization, dietary and lifestyle changes, the....
HIV treatment and monitoring patterns in routine practice: a multi-country retrospective chart review of patient care
Baba M Musa,Everistus Ibekwe,Stanley Mwale,Daniel Eurien,Catherine Oldenburg,Gary Chung,Richard F Heller
In addition to choice of appropriate drugs, best practice management of patients with HIV requires monitoring response to treatment and disease progression. This includes tracking clinical immunological, and virological data on patients at diagnosis and on follow-up. There is a rich literature guiding HIV treatment, and guidelin....
Efficacy of the combination of crude extracts of Solanum nigrum and Plumbago capensis on Leishmania major
Christine N. Mutoro,Johnson Kinyua,Joseph Ng'ang'a,Daniel Kariuki,Johnson M. Ingonga,Christopher O. Anjili
Leishmaniases are diseases caused by. Studies conducted by. After increasing unresponsiveness to most of the monotherapeutic regimens, combination therapy has found new scope in the treatment of leishmaniasis. The findings of n
Pulmonary embolism presented by syncope in a low-risk patient: a case report
Amr A A Othman,Aly M Tohamy,Ayman K M Hassan
Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a medical emergency that can lead to sudden death. This condition is usually associated with factors that may increase the risk of its occurrence, such as age, high tendency for intravascular coagulation and the presence of certain concomitant conditions such as deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and maligna....
Case Report: Laparoscopic trocar management of a giant paraovarian cyst: a case report
Mohamed Kandil,Tarek Sayyed,Mohamed Zakaria
Paraovarian cysts occur in the broad ligament between the ovary and the tube, predominantly arising from mesothelium covering the peritoneum (mesothelial cyst) but also occasionally arise from the paramesonephric tissue (paramesonephric cysts or Mullerian cysts) and rarely from mesonephric remnants (mesonephric cysts or Wolffian....
Sirenomelia in a Cameroonian woman: a case report and review of the literature
Frederick LI Morfaw,Philip N Nana
Sirenomelia is an extremely rare congenital malformative disorder, which is often fatal. In the African context, such mermaid-like babies are referred to as ‘mammy-water babies’, and bear an evil connotation associated with witchcraft and sorcery.. The underlying visceral anomalies are usually such that the syndrome is incompati....
Nursing Ethics - Strategies to Resolve the Top Ethical Dilemmas Nurses Face
Lucia Wocial, PhD RN, FAAN
As health care becomes more complex, nurses and other health care providers face increasingly challenging situations. Join this webinar to explore the top ethical dilemmas nurses face. Discover practical solutions and learn how to advocate for yourself, your patients and families.
Lessons Learned From the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist
Rose L. Molina, MD, MPH
The WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist was developed using the principles of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist, which has been shown to reduce perioperative morbidity and mortality. The WHO publicly disseminated the Safe Childbirth Checklist in 2015 as a patient safety tool. From 2014-2017, Ariadne Labs and global partners led one of....
Patients Rights
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
All facilities accredited by TJC, AOA, CIHQ, and DNV Healthcare must adhere to the CMS CoPs. This 525-page manual contains interpretive guidelines, policies, procedures, and standards that must be followed for all providers treating patients hospitals or any hospital-owned departments.
Patient’s Bill of Rights CMS CoPs
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
Patient rights should be on the radar screen for every hospital in 2016. The patient rights section is historically the one with the highest number of deficiencies. During this program, our expert will explain in detail, and crosswalk to the TJC standard, the CMS patient rights requirements for: HIPAA, grievances, right to ge....
Pharmacy, Drug & Medication Standards in CAH
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
This program will cover CAH interpretive guidelines on drugs and biologicals, pharmacy, and dietary policies. In order to prevent medication errors, CMS requires pharmacists to develop, supervise, and coordinate all pharmacy activities. CMS also requires hospitals to monitor outdated drugs to ensure they are not available for pa....
Cracking the Code to Standing Orders, Order Sets, and Preprinted Orders
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
This program will outline the CMS and TJC regulations and standards related to order sets, protocols, preprinted orders, and standing orders. Our expert will discuss four sections in the Hospital CoP manual on standing orders and protocols. She will also review related tag changes – including Tag 457 – which is considered one of....
Overview of CAH Medical Records, Radiology, Surgical Services, Anesthesia Services & Swing Beds
Sue Dill Calloway, RN, MSN, JD
This program will discuss standards and procedures for medical records, including a list of procedures for consent, discharge summaries, and right to confidentiality. The presenter will define special requirements for long-term care providers like swing bed services. Finally, the speaker will explain CoPs changes to radiology, s....