Essential Oils for Health
Jill Ohara
1.00 Hours
Essential oils are nature's medicine. They have been used for over 3,500 years worldwide for their therapeutic and healing properties. Once these oils and the plants they come from were standard tools physicians used to treat their patients prior to the institution of the pharmaceutical industry. Natural remedies have been us....
Renal Brain Does Exist - Webinar
Kelly Lambert
Understanding what renal disease does to the brain and ways to manage patients with cognitive impariment
Renal Palliative Care - Podcast
Richard Corkill, Robyn Brogan
What is renal palliative care and what is best practice?
Renal Patient Engagement - Webinar
Debbie Fortnum
How do we engage renal consumers in the planning and design of their own care
Depression - Mod B: Pathophysiology of Depression
Betsy B. Waterman, PhD, CAS, MS, BS & Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP
0.25 Hours
Depression is a difficult illness to diagnose, given that its symptoms can be well hidden or even confused with other illnesses. This module begins by looking at some common triggers and signs of depression, and explores the ways that early detection can be accomplished through a variety of screenings or even lab workups. Finall....
Depression - Mod C: Non-Pharmacologic Treatment of Depression
Betsy B. Waterman, PhD, CAS, MS, BS & Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CRP
1.50 Hours
Even though the use of medication as a treatment for depression has been on the rise for many years, patients can still find great (and often longer-term) success with non-pharmacological treatments, if they can find the one appropriate for their needs. This module details the variety of settings for such care, and outlines the....
Diabetes - Module A: Prevalence and Pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus
Arlene J. Chabanuk, MSN, RN, CDE, HCS-D
1.25 Hours
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease that affects nearly 26 million Americans—and could affect many more in the years to come. This module covers the four different types of diabetes—the most common types being type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM)—along with their particular risk factors, symptoms and pathophysiologi....
Breathing Attacks
Allison Brown
2.00 Hours
Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD) is an inappropriate closure of the vocal cords during respiration, creating an airway obstruction that most significantly affects athletes during activity. VCD is often misdiagnosed as asthma, often leading to ineffective treatment. The speech pathologist plays a vital role working within a multidisc....
Reducing Stress and Preventing Burnout
Jeanne Demory Post MSW, LCSW
0.25 Hours
The long term care setting has its own set of unique challenges in rehab, both for the patients and for the therapists. Feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, detachment, and cynicism; physical symptoms including increased blood pressure, headaches, and stomach upset; diminished productivity and lack of concentration are signs....
Behavioural Management Techniques In The Anxious Patient
Kathy Wilson
This session describes what is meant by the term ‘behavioural management’ and identifies some behavioural management techniques used for the dental patient. The advantages and disadvantages of specific behavioural management techniques will be presented.
Periodontal Pathogenesis
Mike Milward and John Matthews
This session will provide key information on periodontal disease pathogenesis, including the bacteria involved, host/bacterial interactions and the role of host response, with particular emphasis on hyper-responsive neutrophils and the role of antioxidants.
Assessment of Benign Soft Tissue Lesions of the Oral Cavity
Maria Devine, Tara Renton
0.50 Hours
The aim of this session is to enable the practitioner to assess and diagnose benign soft tissue lesions of the oral cavity.
Cancer in Women
Suzanne Mahon, RN, DNSc, AOCN, AGN-BC
30.00 Hours
The experience of a woman diagnosed with cancer can be distinctive. Many cancers affect both males and females, but some are unique to women and impact women during childbearing years. The impact of a cancer diagnosis for either a man or a woman can be devastating and have a cascading impact on the immediate and extended family.....
Personal Assistant Services in General Population Shelters
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
1.00 Hours
Personal Assistance Services (PAS) are services that enable children and adults to maintain their usual level of independence in a general population shelter. This CEU course provides guidance to emergency and shelter planners for the development of PAS for children and adults with and without disabilities who have access and f....
Pre-pregnancy Counselling
Melissa Sayer
0.50 Hours
This session looks at the importance of pre-conception care and advice. It highlights the importance of maternal health and well-being prior to pregnancy. At the end of the session you should be confident to advise women about health issues relevant to conception and pregnancy.
Childhood Sepsis
James Larcombe
0.50 Hours
This session covers children aged 11 years and under. For children aged 12 years and over refer to the adult session. The session is aimed at all out of hospital clinicians, GPs, Nurses, Paramedics, Community Midwives and those providing urgent or unscheduled care. It will provide an introduction to key facts about childho....
Cardiovascular Physiology - The Cardiovascular System (anaesthesia)
Fred Roberts FRCA
0.50 Hours
This session outlines the essential features and physiological principles of the cardiovascular system that are relevant to anaesthesia.
Respiratory Physiology (anaesthesia)
Fred Roberts FRCA
0.50 Hours
This session outlines the essential features and physiological principles of the respiratory system, as relevant to anaesthesia.
Checking the anaesthetic machine
Tom Clutton-Brock
0.50 Hours
The session covers the essential checks that should be undertaken before using an anaesthetic machine, guidelines for using each type of machine and how to use emergency gas supplies.
Checking Other Anaesthetic Equipment
Vennila Rajagopal
0.50 Hours
The session covers the essentials of checking the breathing systems and additional equipment required to administer a safe anaesthetic.
Common Equipment Problems (anaesthesia)
Rich Kaye
This session highlights some common equipment problems and ways to prevent and deal with them.
Analgesia and Antiemetics
Jeremy Nightingale
0.50 Hours
This session will cover the assessment and treatment of post-operative pain and management of early post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV).
Anaphylaxis
Ross McDowell and Dr Euan Mackay
This session covers the pathophysiology of anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions, their presentation, intraoperative and subsequent management and the follow-up required.
Predictors of Critical Illness and Scoring Systems
John Griffiths and Joy Halliday
0.50 Hours
This session defines the mortality rate for patients admitted to ICUs in the UK and discusses important aspects of severity of illness scoring systems that are applied to this population. This session also looks at the longer-term non-mortality outcomes experienced by ICU survivors such as overall health-related quality of life,....