Critical Care Nursing Certificate

Critical Care Nursing

Objective to prepare registered nurses with the essential knowledge to enter the critical care environment, supporting the development of the student's critical thinking skills required to provide care to the adult critical care populations.

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Short Lectures • 6h 49m total length

1. Introduction
1. Types of Critical Care
2. Vital Signs
3. Level of Consciousness
4. Post Operative
5. Lab Work
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 1.1
1. Critical Care Nurse: Definition
2. Principles of a Critical Care Nurse
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 1.2
1. What Is a Critical Care Nurse?
2. Qualities of a Critical Care Nurse
3. Skills of a Critical Care Nurse
4. Roles of the Critical Care Nurse
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 1.3
1. What is an Organization?
2. What Does Organizational Structure Typically Look Like?
3. How Does This Apply to Nurses?
4. How We All Work Together
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 1.4
1. What Is the Synergy Model in Nursing?
2. Identifiers for Patients and Nurses
3. Patient Characteristics
4. Nurse Competencies
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 1.5
1. Patient Assessment and Vitals
2. Pain
3. Diagnostic Tests
4. Medication
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 1.6
1. What Is Critical Care Nursing?
2. Types of Critical Care
3. Nursing Care Plans
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 1.7
1. Critical Care Environment
2. Monitoring Patients for Changes
3. Information Sharing
4. Teamwork
5. Working With Family
6. Medications
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 1.8
1. A Day in the Life of a Cardiac Critical Care Nurse
2. Lesson Summary
3. Quiz 1.9
1. What Is a Critically Ill Patient?
2. Cardiac Case Study
3. Neurological Case Study
4. Surgical Case Study
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 1.10
1. Ethical Issues in Critical Care Nursing
2. Palliative Care & Withdrawing Care
3. Advance Directives
4. Living Will
5. Medical Power of Attorney
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 1.11
1. Trauma and Critical Incidents: Help Is Available!
2. What is a Critical Incident and What is Critical Incident Stress Debriefing?
3. What is Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD)?
4. The Seven Key Points of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
5. CISM Controversy
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 1.12
1. The Tender Aftermath
2. Elements and Goals of CISD
3. History and Development of CISD
4. Effectiveness of CISD
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 1.13
1. Introduction
1. What Is Evidence-Based Practice?
2. Why Is It Important?
3. Key Principles
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.1
1. Evidence-Based Practice
2. Healthcare Providers & EBP
3. EBP & Patient Care
4. Healthcare Without EBP
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 2.2
1. What is Evidence-Based Practice?
2. Nursing Education is Key!
3. Keeping up With Evidence-Based Practice
4. Published Literature is Essential
5. Changing Nursing Practice
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 2.3
1. Evidence-Based Practice in Critical Care Nursing
2. Nursing Education is Key!
3. Nursing Practice Matters Most
4. Published Literature is Essential
5. Changing Nursing Practice
6. Summary
7. Quiz 2.4
1. Evidence-Based Practice
2. Prevention of Skin Breakdown
3. Implementing Change
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.5
1. Evidence-Based Practice
2. A Spirit Of Inquiry
3. The Steps Of EBP
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.6
1. Moving Beyond Tradition
2. What Is Evidenced-Based Practice?
3. Why Evidence-Based Practice?
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.7
1. Evidence Based Practice
2. History & Models
3. Steps & Format
4. Evidence in EBP
5. Patient Outcomes in Detail
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 2.8
1. Evidence-Based Practice
2. Advantages
3. Disadvantages
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.9
1. Up A Creek!
2. What Is Evidence-Based Research
3. Implementation Of Evidence-Based Practice
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.10
1. What Is Evidence-Based Practice?
2. Ace Star Model
3. John Hopkins Nursing Model
4. Evidence-Based Practice Hierarchy
5. Quantitative & Qualitative
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 2.11
1. Evidence Based Medicine
2. What is Evidence Based Medicine?
3. Evidence Based Pain Management
4. Combination Therapy
5. Summary
6. Quiz 2.12
1. Prevention of Skin Breakdown
2. Assessment
3. Pressure Ulcers
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 2.13
1. What is Evidence-Based Practice?
2. The Process
3. Ask
4. Acquire
5. Appraise
6. Apply
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 2.14
1. Why Use Evidence-Based Practice?
2. Definitions
3. What is Psychiatric Nursing?
4. EBP in Psychiatric Nursing
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 2.15
1. Autism
2. Facts
3. Evidence-Based Practices
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.16
1. Strokes
2. Testing
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 12.17
1. Review of Evidence-Based Practice
2. Current Research
3. Provider Expertise
4. Patient Values
5. Example
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 2.18
1. What is Evidence-Based Healthcare?
2. Role of Midwives in Healthcare
3. Evidence-Based Practice in Midwifery
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.19
1. Understanding Evidence-Based Practice
2. Practice Guidelines
3. Specialized Topics
4. Keeping Up-to-Date
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 2.20
1. What is Evidence-Based Practice?
2. Emergence Into the Field of Social Work
3. How To Perform Evidence-Based Practice
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 2.21
1. Introduction
1. Pediatric Critical Care Nursing: How did it start?
2. Required Education for a Pediatric Critical Care Nurse
3. What makes PICU Nursing Unique?
4. Job Risks
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 3.1
1. Motor Vehicle Accident
2. Emergency Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Child
3. Nursing Assessment and Care
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 3.2
1. Critical Care On The Go
2. What is Pediatric Critical Care Transportation?
3. Critical Care Transportation Staff
4. Methods of Transportation
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 3.3
1. Excellence in Preparation
2. It's All About Teamwork
3. Heart of the Matter
4. Pediatric Needs to Consider
5. Safety First
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 3.4
1. Something is Wrong with my Child
2. What Causes Altered Mental Status in Children
3. Emergency Treatment for Children with Altered Mental Status
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 3.5
1. Pediatric Guidelines
2. Body Fluid
3. Causes of Loss of Fluid
4. Signs and Symptoms of Volume Loss
5. Fluid Resuscitation
6. Fluid Maintenance
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 3.6
1. Introduction
1. Types and Stages of Sleep
2. Sleep Pattern Disturbances and Symptoms
3. Diagnosing Sleep Pattern Disturbances
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 4.1
1. Disturbed Sleep Patterns
2. Impact of Disturbed Sleep Pattern
3. Possible Causes
4. Nursing Care Plans
5. Nursing Care Plan Format
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 4.2
1. What Is Moderate Sedation?
2. Medications and Complications
3. Policy and Guidelines
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 4.3
1. Sedation
2. Moderate Sedation Drugs
3. Moderate Sedation Drug Risks
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 4.4
1. Consciousness
2. Moderate Conscious Sedation
3. Why and How Is Moderate Sedation Used?
4. Risks
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 4.5
1. Introduction
1. What Is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
2. Causes
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 5.1
1. Blood Clots
2. Superficial Vein Thrombosis
3. Deep Vein Thrombosis
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 5.2
1. What Is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
2. Signs and Symptoms of Deep Vein Thrombosis
3. Symptoms After a Blood Clot
4. Signs and Symptoms of Pulmonary Embolism
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.3
1. What Is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
2. Risk Factors
3. Prevention
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 5.4
1. What Is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
2. Tests
3. D-dimer Test
4. Ultrasound
5. MRI Scan
6. Venography
7. CT Scan
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 5.5
1. What is DVT?
2. Prognosis
3. Treatment (Management)
4. Long-Term Follow-Up
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.6
1. Deep Vein Thrombosis
2. Acute DVT
3. Chronic DVT
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 5.7
1. What Happens During Deep Vein Thrombosis?
2. Treatments for Deep Vein Thrombosis
3. Recovery After Deep Vein Thrombosis
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 5.8
1. Medications Used to Treat DVT
2. Recovery and Complications
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 5.9
1. Aspirin for Everything
2. What is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
3. What is Aspirin?
4. Is Aspirin Useful For DVT?
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 5.10
1. What Is a Deep Vein Thrombosis?
2. Emergency
3. Who Is At Risk of Developing a DVT?
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 5.11
1. Introduction
1. Tradition Vs. Reality
2. Deep Vein Thrombosis
3. Deep in the Arm
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 6.1
1. Deep Vein Thrombosis
2. Upper Extremity
3. Lower Extremity
4. Treatments
5. Complications
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 6.2
1. Disorders of the Groin
2. Deep Vein Thrombosis
3. Signs, Symptoms, & Complications
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 6.3
1. Deep Vein Thrombosis Defined
2. Signs and Symptoms
3. Complications
4. Treatments
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 6.4
1. The Blood's Ability To Clot
2. What Is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
3. DVT & The Thigh
4. Signs, Symptoms, Diagnosis, & Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 6.5
1. DVT in the Knee
2. Why Might DVT Occur in the Knee?
3. Signs, Symptoms, & Consequences
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 6.6
1. The Calf and Veins
2. A Primer on Deep Vein Thrombosis
3. Deep Vein Thrombosis in a Calf
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 6.7
1. Our Feet
2. What Is Deep Vein Thrombosis
3. DVT In the Foot
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 6.8
1. How Does Deep Vein Thrombosis Develop?
2. Deep Vein Thrombosis and Air Travel
3. Causes
4. Risk Factors
5. Prevention and Treatment
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 6.9
1. The Breakdown of the Body
2. What is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
3. What is Cancer?
4. How are Cancer & DVT Linked?
5. Risk Factors
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 6.10
1. Exercise
2. Deep Vein Thrombosis
3. DVT & Exercise
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 6.11
1. Blood Clotting Factors
2. Causes of Deep Vein Thrombosis
3. Changes in Hormones
4. Increased Venous Pressure
5. Blood Vessel Damage During Birth
6. Safe Treatments During Pregnancy
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 6.12
1. Deep Veins
2. Deep Vein Thrombosis
3. Pulmonary embolism
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 6.13
1. What is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
2. Can DVT Lead to Stroke?
3. Exceptions
4. Can Stroke Lead to DVT?
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 6.14
1. What Is Deep Vein Thrombosis?
2. Postthrombotic Syndrome
3. Varicose Veins
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 6.15
1. Introduction
1. Skin Integrity
2. Stages of Skin Breakdown
3. Prevention
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 7.1
1. Skin Breakdown
2. Causes and Assessment
3. Symptoms and Identification
4. Diagnosis and Staging
5. Prevention
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 7.2
1. Skin Breakdown
2. Pressure Injury Stages
3. Treatment
4. Care Plan
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.3
1. Portland Cement
2. Symptoms of Cement Poisoning
3. Treatment for Cement Poisoning
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 7.4
1. Concrete Burns
2. First Aid
3. Advanced Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 7.5
1. Introduction to Cauliflower Ear
2. Cauliflower Ear Defined
3. Causes of Cauliflower Ear
4. Cauliflower Ear Symptoms
5. Cauliflower Ear Treatment
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 7.6
1. What Is the Vestibule?
2. Vestibulitis
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 7.7
1. Symptoms of Nasal Vestibulitis
2. Causes of Nasal Vestibulitis
3. Treatment of Acute Nasal Vestibulitis
4. Treatment of Chronic Nasal Vestibulitis
5. Complications of Nasal Vestibulitis
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 7.8
1. Oxygen to the Rescue
2. How HBOT Works
3. Risks of HBOT
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 7.9
1. What is MASD?
2. Causes of MASD
3. Treating MASD
4. Prevention
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.10
1. Pseudomonas Folliculitis
2. How Does This Happen?
3. Signs & Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.11
1. What is a Pilonidal Cyst?
2. What Causes a Pilonidal Cyst?
3. Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.12
1. What is a blood blister?
2. Examples of Blood Blisters
3. Causes of Blisters
4. Symptoms of Blood Blisters
5. Treatment of Blood Blisters
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 7.13
1. The Skin: An Amazing Organ
2. Symptomology
3. Causes
4. Treatments and Preventative Measures
5. Alternative Names
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 7.14
1. What is Eczema Herpeticum?
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 7.15
1. Skin Problems
2. A Red Face
3. History of Eczema
4. Another Common Disorder
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.16
1. Rosacea
2. Symptoms
3. Causes
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.17
1. Chemical Burns
2. Definition
3. Types of Burns
4. Symptoms
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.18
1. Chemical Burns
2. Immediate First Aid for Chemical Burns
3. Longer-term Care of Chemical Burns
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 7.19
1. What Are Chemical Burns?
2. Treatment for Acid & Alkali Burns
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 7.20
1. What's a Chemical Burn Scar?
2. Treatment
3. Antimicrobial Agents
4. Dressing
5. Dressing Changes
6. Itching Reduction
7. Massage, Sun, and Surgery
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 7.21
1. Second-Degree Burns
2. Burn Causes
3. Treatment
4. Healing
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.22
1. Where Do First Degree Burns Occur?
2. Causes and Symptoms of First Degree Burns
3. Burn Treatment and Recovery
4. Treating First Degree Burns
5. Warning: Damage Can Occur
6. First Degree Burn Recovery
7. Complications
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 7.23
1. Third-Degree Burns
2. Signs and Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Healing
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.24
1. Getting Burned
2. Basic First Aid
3. Medical Attention
4. Ongoing Care
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.25
1. Grease Burns
2. Immediate Treatment & First Aid
3. Long-Term Treatment & First Aid
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 7.26
1. Rope Burns
2. Short-Term Treatment
3. Long-Term Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 7.27
1. What Are Cryogenic Burns?
2. Pathophysiology
3. First Aid
4. Professional Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 7.28
1. What is Rhinophyma?
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 7.29
1. What are Plantar Warts?
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 7.30
1. Introduction
1. About Catheters
2. What is CRBSI?
3. Causes
4. Diagnostics and Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.1
1. Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Definition & Guidelines
2. What are the Guidelines with VAP?
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 8.2
1. Overview of VAP
2. How VAP is Treated
3. How VAP can be Prevented
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.3
1. Varicella Zoster Virus
2. VZV History
3. Varicella
4. Herpes Zoster
5. Congenital VZV Infection
6. Prevention and Treatment
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 8.4
1. Varicella-Zoster Virus
2. Varicella: Symptoms and Treatments
3. Treatments
4. Herpes-Zoster: Symptoms, Complications and Treatments
5. Symptoms
6. Complications
7. Treatment
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 8.5
1. Wound Botulism
2. Wound Botulism: Causes
3. Wound Botulism: Symptoms
4. Wound Botulism: Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.6
1. MRSA Infections
2. Symptoms
3. Infection on the Skin
4. Infection in the Respiratory Tract
5. Treatment
6. Prevention
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 8.7
1. An Infection Strikes
2. What is VRSA?
3. How Is VRSA Prevented?
4. Treatment Options
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.8
1. Neonatal Sepsis
2. Causes
3. Types of Neonatal Sepsis
4. Incidence
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.9
1. Neonatal Sepsis: Symptoms & Treatment
2. Neonatal Sepsis
3. Symptoms of Neonatal Sepsis
4. Treatment of Neonatal Sepsis
5. Update on Baby Girl Smith
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 8.10
1. Definition of Pneumonia
2. Definition of Sepsis
3. Symptoms of Pneumonia & Sepsis
4. Recovery from Pneumonia & Sepsis
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.11
1. SIRS and Sepsis Evolving
2. Sepsis Treatment & Diagnosis
3. Sepsis Treatment Goals
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.12
1. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
2. Could Be Infection, Maybe Not
3. Why SIRS?
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.13
1. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
2. What Is SIRS?
3. Diagnosing and Treating SIRS
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.14
1. What Is Urosepsis?
2. Symptoms of Urosepsis
3. Complications
4. Treating Urosepsis
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.15
1. Bacteremia & Sepsis
2. Definitions
3. Sepsis: Symptoms
4. Bacterial Sepsis
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.16
1. Post-Sepsis Syndrome
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.17
1. Defining Sepsis
2. Fluids, Fluids, and More Fluids
3. What Kind of Fluid?
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.18
1. Confusing Terminology
2. Sepsis
3. Septic Shock
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.19
1. Critically Sick
2. What is Sepsis?
3. Blood Tests for Sepsis
4. Procalcitonin use for Sepsis
5. Treatment of Sepsis
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 8.20
1. Why Is My Husband's Lactate Level Rising?
2. Understanding the Severity
3. With a Diagnosis of Sepsis, How Important Are Lactate Levels?
4. Will the Doctor Order More Than One Lactate Level?
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.21
1. A Serious Illness
2. What Is Sepsis?
3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Sepsis
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.22
1. Invasive Candidiasis
2. Invasive Candidiasis: Definition
3. Invasive Candidiasis: Symptoms
4. Invasive Candidiasis: Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.23
1. What Is Bacteremia?
2. Signs, Symptoms, & Complications
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.24
1. Pseudomonas Fluorescens Infections
2. Pseudomonas Fluorescens Infections: Symptoms
3. Pseudomonas Fluorescens Infections: Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.25
1. Pseudomonas oryzihabitans
2. Pseudomonas oryzihabitans:Symptoms
3. Pseudomonas oryzihabitans: Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.26
1. Burkholderia Cepacia
2. Burkholderia Cepacia: Symptoms
3. Burkholderia Cepacia: Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.27
1. Burkholderia Cepacia
2. Burkholderia Cepacia: Identification
3. Burkholderia Cepacia: Characteristics
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 8.28
1. Definition of Pseudomonas Luteola
2. Symptoms of Pseudomonas Luteola
3. Susceptibility of Pseudomonas Luteola
4. Pseudomonas Luteola Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.29
1. Infection
2. What is Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus?
3. Symptoms of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus
4. Treatment of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 8.30
1. Intoduction
1. What Is External Bleeding?
2. External Bleeding Types
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 9.1
1. External Bleeding
2. What is Internal Bleeding?
3. Causes of Internal Bleeding
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 9.2
1. What is Internal Bleeding?
2. Signs and Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 9.3
1. What is External Bleeding?
2. Most Common Causes of External Bleeding
3. Other Causes of External Bleeding
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 9.4
1. Blood Loss in the Body
2. Hemostasis
3. The Amount of Blood Matters
4. What the Body Does With Severe Blood Loss
5. Signs of Bleeding
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 9.5
1. What is Anemia?
2. Blood Loss Anemia
3. Anemia Symptoms
4. Summary
5. Quiz 9.6
1. What Causes Bleeding in the Stomach?
2. Symptoms of Internal Stomach Bleeding
3. Treatment for Internal Stomach Bleeding
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 9.7
1. Internal Bleeding in the Leg
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 9.8
1. Various Types of Brain Bleeds
2. A Specific Type of Stroke Can Cause Bleeding in the Brain
3. Symptoms of Sudden Bleeding
4. Others Symptoms of Brain Bleeding
5. Symptoms of Gradual, Slow Bleeding
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 9.9
1. What Is Brain Bleeding?
2. Causes of Brain Bleeding
3. Treatment
4. Long Term Management
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 9.10
1. Symptoms of Bleeding Out
2. Classifications of Blood Loss:
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 9.11
1. He's Throwing Up Blood!
2. Gastrointestinal System
3. Symptoms of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
4. Causes of Upper GI Bleeds
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 9.12
1. He's Throwing Up Blood!
2. What is an Upper Gastrointestinal Bleed?
3. Management and Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 9.13
1. Blood
2. What is Hemoperitoneum?
3. Causes
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 9.14
1. Hemoperitoneum
2. Hemoperitoneum: Definition
3. Hemoperitoneum: Signs and Symptoms
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 9.15
1. Hemoperitoneum
2. Diagnosis of Hemoperitoneum
3. Treatment of Hemoperitoneum
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 9.16
1. Homecoming Football Game
2. What is the Spleen?
3. Causes of a Ruptured Spleen
4. Symptoms of a Ruptured Spleen
5. Signs of a Ruptured Spleen
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 9.17
1. What is your Spleen?
2. What happens when your Rupture your Spleen?
3. Treatment for a Ruptured Spleen
4. Possible Complications
5. Recovery after a Ruptured Spleen
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 9.18
1. Introduction
1. Causes
2. Treatment
3. Infection
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 10.1
1. More Than an Inconvenience
2. Causes and Risk Factors for a Tunneling Wound
3. Normal Wound Healing
4. Disruptors of the Normal Healing Process
5. Treatment of Tunneling Wounds
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 10.2
1. Tunneling and Undermining Wounds: The Icebergs of Wounds
2. Tunneling Wounds
3. Undermining Wound
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 10.3
1. Undermining Wound
2. Tunneling Wound vs. Undermining Wound
3. Causes of Undermining Wounds
4. How to Measure Undermining Wounds
5. Undermining Wound Closure
6. Undermining Wound Treatment
7. Undermining Wound Care
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 10.4
1. Full Thickness Wounds
2. Examples of Full Thickness Wounds
3. Treatment of Full Thickness Wounds
4. Bandaging
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 10.5
1. Partial Thickness Wounds
2. Examples of Partial Thickness Wounds
3. Treatment of Partial Thickness Wounds
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 10.6
1. (Non)-Obvious Conditions
2. Pathophysiology, Signs & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 10.7
1. Case Example
2. Friction Wounds
3. Shearing Wounds
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 10.8
1. Surgical Wound Classifications
2. Surgical Wound: Class I
3. Surgical Wound: Class II
4. Surgical Wound: Class III
5. Surgical Wound: Class IV
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 10.9
1. Incised Wound
2. Types of Incised Wounds
3. Treatment of Incised Wounds
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 10.10
1. Two Types of Trauma
2. Blunt Trauma
3. Penetrating Trauma
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 10.11
1. Human Extremities
2. Upper Extremity Injuries
3. Lower Extremity Injuries
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 10.12
1. Degloving Injury
2. More on the Definition
3. Causes
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 10.13
1. Introduction
1. Since the Beginning of Time
2. What is Negative Pressure Wound Therapy?
3. The Wound Vac Setup
4. Maintenance and Precautions
5. Types of NPWT Devices
6. Who Benefits from NPWT
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 11.1
1. Improving Wound Healing One Vacuum at a Time
2. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Ancient Times
3. 19th Century Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
4. Modern Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 11.2
1. What Is Slough?
2. Slough Treatment
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 11.3
1. A Large Wound
2. Wound Packing
3. Materials
4. Removal of Packing
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 11.4
1. Wound Culture
2. Wound Culture: Collection
3. Wound Culture: Procedure
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 11.5
1. Cauterization
2. Stop Bleeding
3. Removal of Tissue
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 11.6
1. Wound Irrigation
2. Wound Irrigation: Definition
3. Wound Irrigation: Procedure
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 11.7
1. Wound Granulation
2. Definition
3. Stages
4. Care
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 11.8
1. What Are Matrix Metalloproteinases?
2. Stages of Wound Healing
3. Pathophysiology
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 11.9
1. A Look at Wound Healing
2. Factors that Hinder Wound Healing
3. Factors that Speed Up Wound Healing
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 11.10
1. Wound Blisters
2. Treatment of Wound Blisters
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 11.11
1. Breaking the Skin Barrier
2. Treating Minor Cuts and Lacerations
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 11.12
1. First Aid for Fractures
2. Fractured or Broken?
3. Rest
4. Ice
5. Compression
6. Elevation
7. Pain Relief
8. Lesson summary
9. Quiz 11.3
1. Reacting to a Situation
2. Compound Fractures
3. Control Bleeding
4. Cover the Wound
5. R.I.C.E.
6. Seek Further Treatment
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 11.14
1. Introduction
1. Sacral Decubitus Ulcer
2. Sacral Decubitus Ulcers: Staging
3. Sacral Decubitus Ulcers: Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 12.1
1. Spotting the Ulcer
2. What Causes a Kennedy Terminal Ulcer?
3. Common Symptoms and Features
4. Treating Kennedy Terminal Ulcers
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 12.2
1. Corneal Ulcer
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 12.3
1. Symptoms of Bleeding Ulcers
2. Causes
3. Tests
4. Complications of Bleeding Ulcers
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 12.4
1. Treatment Options
2. Treating Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)
3. Treating Gastric Irritants
4. Treatments Directed at the Ulcer
5. Surgical Treatment
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 12.5
1. What Is a Venous Ulcer?
2. The Cause of Venous Ulcer Development
3. Treating Venous Ulcers
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 12.6
1. Arterial vs. Venous Ulcers
2. Arterial Ulcers
3. Venous Ulcers
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 12.7
1. Curling's Ulcer
2. Symptoms of a Curling's Ulcer
3. Assessment and Treatment of Curling's Ulcer
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 12.8
1. Perforated Ulcer
2. Perforated Ulcers: Symptoms
3. Perforated Ulcers: Causes
4. Perforated Ulcers: Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 12.9
1. Marjolin's Ulcers
2. Marjolin's Ulcers: Definition & Causes
3. Marjolin's Ulcers: Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 12.10
1. Stercoral Ulcers
2. Symptoms
3. Perforation
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 12.11
1. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
2. Crohn's Disease
3. Ulcerative Colitis
4. What is the Difference Between Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis?
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 12.12
1. Concerns for Skin Integrity
2. Pressure Ulcers
3. Moisture Associated Skin Damage
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 12.13
1. Introduction
1. Necrosis vs Gangrene
2. Necrosis
3. Gangrene
4. A Quick Comparison
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 13.1
1. Acute Tubular Necrosis
2. Acute Tubular Necrosis: Causes
3. Acute Tubular Necrosis: Phases
4. Acute Tubular Necrosis: Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 13.2
1. Fat Necrosis
2. Fat Necrosis: Causes
3. Fat Necrosis: Treatments
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.3
1. Coagulative Necrosis
2. Coagulative Necrosis: Causes
3. Coagulative Necrosis: Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.4
1. What is Gangrenous Necrosis?
2. Causes and Types
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.5
1. Caseous Necrosis
2. Causes
3. Symptoms
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.6
1. Fibrinoid Necrosis
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.7
1. Renal Papillary Necrosis
2. Renal Papillary Necrosis: Causes
3. Renal Papillary Necrosis: Symptoms
4. Renal Papillary Necrosis: Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 13.8
1. Liquefactive Necrosis
2. Liquefactive Necrosis: Causes
3. Liquefactive Necrosis: Symptoms
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.9
1. Cell Death
2. Necrosis
3. Causes
4. Microscopic Changes
5. Macroscopic Changes
6. Sequela
7. Apoptosis
8. Causes
9. Micro- & Macroscopic Changes
10. Sequela
11. Quick Comparison
12. Lesson Summary
13. Quiz 13.10
1. Liver Necrosis
2. Focal Liver Necrosis
3. Piecemeal Liver Necrosis
4. Coagulative Liver Necrosis
5. Centrilobular Liver Necrosis
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 13.11
1. What Are Pro-Inflammatory Molecules?
2. Tumor Necrosis Factor
3. Applications
4. Lymphotoxin-Alpha
5. Applications
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 13.12
1. Anticoagulant-Induced Skin Necrosis
2. Definition
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.13
1. Cystic Medial Necrosis
2. Cystic Medial Necrosis: Causes
3. Cystic Medial Necrosis: Symptoms
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.14
1. What is Radiation Necrosis?
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.15
1. Acute Retinal Necrosis
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.16
1. The Retina
2. Acute Retinal Necrosis
3. Progressive Outer Retinal Necrosis
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.17
1. Cortical Laminar Necrosis
2. Cortical Laminar Necrosis
3. Cortical Laminar Necrosis: Causes
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.18
1. Death of Brain Cells
2. Laminar Necrosis
3. Petechial Hemorrhage
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.19
1. Myocardial Infarction Necrosis
2. Myocardial Infarction Necrosis: Causes
3. Myocardial Infarction Necrosis: Symptoms
4. Myocardial Infarction Necrosis: Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 13.20
1. A True Broken Heart
2. Causes of Contraction Band Necrosis
3. Pathology of Contraction Band Necrosis
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.21
1. Diabetic Necrosis
2. Treatment for Diabetic Necrosis to the Skin
3. Treatment for Diabetic Necrosis to the Fat and Muscle Tissue
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.22
1. Hemorrhagic Necrosis
2. From the Basics
3. The Pathology of Hemorrhagic Necrosis
4. What Hemorrhagic Necrosis Looks Like
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 13.23
1. Gummatous Necrosis
2. Gummatous Necrosis: Description
3. Gummatous Necrosis: Causes
4. Gummatous Necrosis: Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 13.24
1. Bad Mouth Pain
2. What Is Osteonecrosis of the Jaw?
3. Causes
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.25
1. Osteonecrosis of the Jaw
2. Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: Symptoms
3. Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 13.26
1. Introduction
1. Pyelonephritis
2. What Causes It?
3. The Process of Infection
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 14.1
1. Pyelonephritis
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 14.2
1. A late night call
2. Pyelonephritis
3. Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 14.3
1. Breaking Words Apart
2. What is Cystitis?
3. What is Pyelonephritis?
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 14.4
1. Emphysematous Pyelonephritis
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 14.5
1. What is Cholangitis?
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Causes & Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 14.6
1. A Dehydrated Patient
2. Indications for Fluid Replacement
3. Methods of Fluid Replacement
4. Which Method is Best?
5. Formula for Fluid Replacement
6. Special Considerations
7. Complications
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 14.7
1. Strangely Connected
2. Definition & Signs
3. Pathophysiology
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 14.8
1. Proteus Mirabilis Infections
2. Proteus Mirabilis Causes
3. Proteus Mirabilis Symptoms
4. Proteus Mirabilis Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 14.9
1. Epiploic Appendages
2. What Is Epiploic Appendagitis?
3. Causes
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 14.10
1. Liver Damage Causes
2. Liver Damage Signs and Symptoms
3. Diagnosis and Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 14.11
1. What is the Liver?
2. Infections
3. Alcohol
4. Genetics
5. Cancer
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 14.12
1. Overview of the Liver
2. Liver Damage: Causes & Diagnosis
3. Symptoms and Side Effects of Liver Damage
4. Treatment of Side Effects of Liver Damage
5. Treatment of Liver Damage
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 14.13
1. The Liver
2. ALT, AST, & Bilirubin
3. ALP & GGT
4. Albumin & PT
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 14.14
1. What is a Bruised Kidney?
2. Causes
3. Symptoms
4. Tests & Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 14.15
1. There's Been an Accident
2. Understanding the Liver
3. Symptoms of a Liver Injury
4. How to Classify the Severity of a Liver Laceration
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 14.16
1. I'm on my way to the Hospital!
2. What is a Liver Laceration?
3. Management and Recovery of a Liver Injury
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 14.17
1. The Amazing Work of Your Liver
2. Liver Injuries
3. Complications of Liver Lacerations
4. Treatment of Liver Injuries
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 14.18
1. What is Blood Pressure?
2. How do your Kidneys Work?
3. What is Hypertensive Kidney Disease?
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 14.19
1. Introduction
1. Periorbital Cellulitis
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 15.1
1. Oh Say, Can You See!
2. Causes
3. Prognosis and Complications
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 15.2
1. What is Orbital Cellulitis?
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 15.3
1. Acanthamoeba Keratitis
2. Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Causes
3. Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Symptoms
4. Acanthamoeba Keratitis: Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 15.4
1. Contact Lens Wearers Beware!
2. So What is Acanthamoeba Keratitis?
3. The Life-Cycle of Acanthamoeba
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 15.5
1. Superficial Punctate Keratitis
2. Superficial Punctate Keratitis: Causes
3. Superficial Punctate Keratitis: Symptoms
4. Superficial Punctate Keratitis: Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 15.6
1. Filamentary Keratitis
2. Filamentary Keratitis: Symptoms
3. Filamentary Keratitis: Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 15.7
1. What is Interstitial Keratitis?
2. Causes, Signs, & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 15.8
1. What is HSV Keratitis?
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 15.9
1. What is Marginal Keratitis?
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 15.10
1. Vision Disturbance
2. What Is a Scotoma?
3. What Are the Symptoms of A Scotoma?
4. What Treatment Options Are Available?
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 15.11
1. Definition
2. What is Preeclampsia?
3. What happens if I develop scotoma during pregnancy?
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 15.12
1. What is Ectopia Lentis
2. Identifying Ectopia Lentis
3. Prevention and Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 15.13
1. What Is Ectopia Lentis?
2. What Causes Ectopia Lentis?
3. Consequences of Ectopia Lentis
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 15.14
1. Ectopia Lentis et Pupillae Syndrome
2. Ectopia Lentis et Pupillae Syndrome: Definition
3. Ectopia Lentis et Pupillae Syndrome: Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 15.15
1. Introduction
1. Electrical Burns
2. Causes
3. Voltage
4. Current
5. Signs and Symptoms
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 16.1
1. Introduction to Electrical Burns
2. First Response for an Electrical Burn
3. Heart and Lungs
4. Assessing and Treating the Burn
5. Long-Term Treatment
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 16.2
1. Electric Shock Injury
2. Causes of Electrical Shock
3. Patient Care
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 16.3
1. Electric Shock
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 16.4
1. How Does Electric Shock Happen?
2. What is Electric Shock?
3. Seeking Medical Attention
4. Requiring Long-Term Care
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 16.5
1. Mental Illness Hurts
2. A Shocking Prescription
3. Treatment
4. How It Works
5. Risks
6. Making a Decision
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 16.6
1. Introduction
1. Blunt Force Trauma
2. Symptoms of Blunt Force Trauma
3. Examples of Blunt Force Trauma
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 17.1
1. Chest Contusion
2. Chest Contusion: Definition
3. Chest Contusion: Symptoms
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 17.2
1. Bruised Pectoral Muscle
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 17.3
1. Understanding the Liver
2. What is a Hepatic Hematoma?
3. Lesson Summary
4. Quiz 17.4
1. What is the Liver?
2. Hepatic Hematoma
3. Treatment of Hepatic Hematoma
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 17.5
1. Bruises: Outer and Inner Causes
2. What is Grey Turner's Sign?
3. Causes of Grey Turner's Sign
4. Determining the Cause
5. Treatment for the Causes of Grey Turner's Sign
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 17.6
1. Chest Background
2. Chest Contusion Complications
3. Chest Contusion Treatment
4. Recovery From Chest Contusions
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 17.7
1. How Does a Bone Contusion Happen?
2. Receiving a Diagnosis
3. Understanding the Injury
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 17.8
1. What is a Bone Contusion?
2. Seeking Treatment
3. The Recovery Process
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 17.9
1. Tailbone Pain
2. What Is Coccydynia?
3. Treating the Injury
4. Recovery
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 17.10
1. Introduction
1. Introduction to Chest Injuries
2. Types of Chest Injuries
3. Forces Causing Chest Injuries
4. Lethal Chest Injuries
5. Potentially Lethal Chest Injuries
6. Non-lethal Chest Injuries
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 18.1
1. Chest Injury
2. Chest Injuries: Examples
3. Chest Injuries: Signs and Symptoms
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 18.2
1. Chest Injuries Overview
2. Types of Chest Injuries
3. Treatments for Chest Injuries
4. Complications to Consider
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 18.3
1. How an Accident Leads to an Injury
2. Definition
3. Role of the Thoracic Spine
4. Types of Thoracic Injury
5. Symptoms of a Thoracic Injury
6. Severity Scoring
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 18.4
1. Thoracic Injuries Overview
2. Thoracic Injury Diagnosis
3. Signs and Symptoms of Thoracic Injury
4. Thoracic Injury Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 18.5
1. There's been an Accident!
2. Sternum Injury
3. Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 18.6
1. Wind Knocked Out Of You
2. Celiac Plexus
3. Diaphragmatic Spasm
4. Recovery
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 18.7
1. What Is the Solar Plexus?
2. Solar Plexus Function
3. How It Works
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 18.8
1. Normal Chest Movement
2. Definition
3. Causes
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 18.9
1. Chest Trauma
2. What is Flail Chest?
3. What Are the Symptoms of Flail Chest?
4. How is Flail Chest Treated?
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 18.10
1. What is a flail chest?
2. Diagnosis
3. Management
4. Complications
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 18.11
1. Motor Vehicle Accident
2. Retrosternal Hematoma
3. Complications of a Retrosternal Hematoma
4. Treatment of a Retrosternal Hematoma
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 18.12
1. What Is a Solar Plexus?
2. Functions of the Solar Plexus
3. Injuries and Conditions: Symptoms and Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 18.13
1. Introduction
1. Classifying Pelvic Fractures
2. The Tile Classification System
3. Breaking it Down
4. Receiving Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 19.1
1. Pelvic Injuries Overview
2. Symptoms of Pelvic Injures
3. Diagnosis and Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 19.2
1. A Pain in the Bottom
2. Pelvic Injuries: Treatment
3. Pelvic Injuries: Rehabilitation
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 19.3
1. Falls and Fractures
2. Anatomy
3. Pelvic Fracture Types
4. Classifications
5. The Tile System
6. Young-Burgess
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 19.4
1. Pelvic Fracture
2. Pelvic Fractures: Causes
3. Pelvic Fracture: Symptoms
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 19.5
1. Trauma Team to the ER, Stat!
2. Anatomy of the Human Pelvis
3. Types of Pelvic Fracture
4. Complications of Pelvic Fracture
5. Treatment and Recovery
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 19.6
1. Introduction
1. The Plumbing of Your Body
2. What is Arteriosclerosis?
3. Types of Arteriosclerosis
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 20.1
1. What is Arteriosclerosis?
2. Symptoms of Arteriosclerosis
3. Complications of Arteriosclerosis
4. Impact on Quality of Life
5. How to Treat and Prevent Arteriosclerosis
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 20.2
1. What is Arteriosclerosis?
2. How do I know if I have Arteriosclerosis?
3. Tests and Diagnosis
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 20.3
1. Your Body Factory
2. What is Arteriosclerosis?
3. How to Prevent Arteriosclerosis
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 20.4
1. What is Hypertension?
2. What is Arteriosclerosis?
3. How Does Hypertension Cause Arteriosclerosis?
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 20.5
1. Hyaline Arteriosclerosis
2. Definitions & Basic Anatomy
3. Pathophysiology
4. Causes & Consequences
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 20.6
1. What is Arteriosclerosis?
2. Understanding Cerebral Arteriosclerosis
3. Symptoms of Cerebral Arteriosclerosis
4. How to Treat Cerebral Arteriosclerosis
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 20.7
1. My Legs Keep Hurting
2. Understanding Arteriosclerosis
3. Symptoms of Arteriosclerosis
4. Complications of Arteriosclerosis Obliterans
5. How to Treat Arteriosclerosis Obliterans
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 20.8
1. Case Study
2. What is Distal Circulation?
3. Assessing Distal Circulation
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 20.9
1. Introduction
1. The Tourniquet: A Lifesaver
2. Tourniquets: Definition
3. Tourniquets: History
4. Battle-Testing the Tourniquet
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 21.1
1. Teaching about Tourniquets
2. What is a Tourniquet?
3. When are Tourniquets Used?
4. Applying the Tourniquet
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 21.2
1. What Is a Pneumatic Tourniquet?
2. Guidelines on Using a Pneumatic Tourniquet
3. Risks of Pneumatic Tourniquets
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 21.3
1. What is a Tourniquet?
2. When are Tourniquets Used?
3. Application of a Tourniquet
4. Techniques to Consider When Applying Tourniquets
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 21.4
1. Combat Application Tourniquet
2. Definition
3. Application
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 21.5
1. Tourniquets
2. Process
3. Consequences
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 21.6
1. Using a Tourniquet
2. Tourniquet: Complications
3. Complications: Prevention
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 21.7
1. Introduction
1. Contaminated Water
2. Biological Organisms
3. Non-Infectious Contaminants
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 22.1
1. Remembering Seveso
2. What Are Dioxins?
3. Where Do Dioxins Come From?
4. Why Are Dioxins Toxic?
5. Signs and Symptoms of Dioxin Poisoning
6. Monitoring of Dioxins in the Environment
7. Lesson Summary
8. Quiz 22.2
1. Heavy Metal Isn't Just a Kind of Rock Music
2. What Is Chelation?
3. Applications of Chelation Therapy
4. Chelating Agents and Protocols for Use
5. Precautions
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 22.3
1. What Is Chelation Therapy?
2. Benefits
3. Side Effects
4. Controversial Uses for Chelation Therapy
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 22.4
1. Acute Toxicity
2. Mercury
3. Chlorine
4. Pesticides
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 22.5
1. Lasting Effects of Agent Orange
2. What is Chloracne?
3. Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 22.6
1. You Need Some Antibiotics
2. What Is Hepatotoxicity?
3. Symptoms of Hepatotoxicity
4. How to Treat Hepatotoxicity?
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 22.7
1. What Does Your Liver Do?
2. What Is Hepatotoxicity?
3. What Causes Hepatotoxicity?
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 22.8
1. When Minerals Become Harmful
2. What is Podoconiosis?
3. Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 22.9
1. Introduction
1. Swimmer Beware
2. Causes
3. Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 23.1
1. Bad Kitty
2. Symptoms
3. Diagnosis
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 23.2
1. Cat Scratch Fever
2. Bartonella Life Cycle
3. Virulence Factors
4. Serology
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 23.3
1. Fever in the Mountains
2. What Is Oroya Fever?
3. Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 23.4
1. A Sore From a Vacation
2. What is a Tropical Ulcer?
3. Causes
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 23.5
1. What Is Rat-Bite Fever?
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Prevention
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 23.6
1. Poor Little Chloe
2. Causes
3. Stages
4. Complications
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 23.7
1. What Is Scarlet Fever?
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Long-Term Effects
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 23.8
1. The Life of a Germ
2. What is Scarlet Fever?
3. Scarlet Fever in Children and Adults
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 23.9
1. Scarlet Fever
2. Epidemiology
3. Mortality Rate, Prevention, & Vaccine
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 23.10
1. Beware of the Cattle
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment & Vaccination
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 23.11
1. Mosquito Bites in the Land Down-Under
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Relapse and Long-Term Effects
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 23.12
1. Introduction
1. Fungal Infection
2. What Is Paracoccidioidomycosis?
3. Histology
4. Prevention
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 24.1
1. Paracoccidioidomycosis
2. Signs & Symptoms
3. Diagnosis
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 24.2
1. Don't Breathe in the Fungus
2. What Is Blastomycosis?
3. Histology
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 24.3
1. Watch Where You Step
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment & Survival Rate
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 24.4
1. Fungal Infection
2. What is a Mucormycosis Infection?
3. Histopathology
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 24.5
1. Taking the 'Fun' Out of Fungus
2. What is Mucormycosis?
3. Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 24.6
1. Introduction
1. Making Your Skin Crawl, Literally
2. What is Dracunculiasis?
3. Dracunculiasis Life Cycle
4. Eradication of Dracunculiasis
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 25.1
1. Do Not Drink the Water
2. Symptoms
3. Diagnosis
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 25.2
1. Feeling Sick
2. What Is Echinococcosis?
3. Symptoms of Echinococcosis
4. Treatment of Echinococcosis
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 25.3
1. Making Your Stomach Crawl, Literally
2. What is Fascioliasis?
3. Symptoms
4. Prevention & Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 24.4
1. Widespread Disease
2. Mode of Transmission
3. Epidemiology
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 24.5
1. Study Abroad Nightmare
2. Causes of Onchocerciasis
3. Symptoms
4. Treatments
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 24.6
1. A Common Parasite
2. What is Schistosomiasis?
3. Types of Schistosomiasis
4. Transmitting the Parasite
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 25.7
1. A New Patient
2. About Schistosomiasis
3. Receiving Treatment
4. Complications of Schistosomiasis
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 25.8
1. Caring for Others
2. A Common Condition
3. Treatment and Vaccination
4. A Focus on Prevention
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 25.9
1. Worrisome Symptoms
2. What is Schistosomiasis?
3. Further Investigation Required
4. The Link Between Bladder Cancer and Chronic Schistosomiasis
5. Next Steps
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 25.10
1. Intestinal Worms
2. What Is Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis?
3. Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 25.11
1. Don't Drink the Water
2. What is Cysticercosis?
3. Histopathology
4. Serology
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 25.12
1. Poor Hygiene and Undercooked Meat
2. Lifecycle
3. Taeniasis vs. Cysticercosis
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 25.13
1. Cysticercosis
2. Muscles
3. Nervous System
4. Eyes
5. Skin
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 25.14
1. What is Cysticercosis?
2. Diagnosis
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 25.15
1. What is Taeniasis?
2. Signs and Symptoms
3. Diagnosis & Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 25.16
1. Infectious Creepy Crawler
2. Symptoms
3. Diagnosis
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 25.17
1. Disease from a Horror Movie
2. Morphology
3. Prevention
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 25.18
1. Introduction
1. Neglected Tropical Diseases
2. List
3. Statistics
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 26.1
1. A World Traveler
2. Chagas Disease
3. Testing for Chagas Disease
4. Receiving Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 26.2
1. What is Chagas Disease?
2. The Kissing Bug
3. Statistics
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 26.3
1. His First Mission Trip
2. A Parasitic Infection
3. Transmission of Chagas Disease
4. Other Modes of Transmission
5. Preventing Chagas Disease
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 26.4
1. Pesky Bugs
2. What Is Leishmaniasis?
3. Visceral Leishmaniasis
4. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
5. Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis
6. Lesson Summary
7. Quiz 26.5
1. Sandy Travels
2. What is Leishmaniasis?
3. The Pathophysiology of Leishmaniasis
4. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
5. Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis
6. Visceral Leishmaniasis
7. Preventing Transmission
8. Lesson Summary
9. Quiz 26.6
1. Troubles at Sea
2. Symptoms
3. Treatment
4. Lesson Summary
5. Quiz 26.7
1. Tiny Bite, Big Problem
2. What is Babesiosis?
3. Symptoms
4. Treatment
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 26.8
1. Vacation Food Poisoning
2. Symptoms
3. Causes
4. Incubation Period
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 26.9
1. Foodborne Illness Outbreak in the U.S.
2. Diagnosis
3. Treatment
4. Prevention
5. Lesson Summary
6. Quiz 26.10
1. FINAL EXAM

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Health 302: Healthcare Organization and Management

Health 303: Human Resource Management in Healthcare

Nursing Hygene Training

Ch 1 - Critical Care Nursing Essentials

Ch 1.1 - Care of the Critically Ill Patient

Ch 1.2 - Critical Care Nurse: Definition & Principles

Ch 1.3 - Critical Care Nurse: Qualities, Skills & Roles

Ch 1.4 -Assessing Organizational Structure in Nursing

Ch 1.5 - Synergy Model of Nursing

Ch 1.6 - Critical Care Nursing Priorities

Ch 1.7 - Critical Care Nursing Care Plans

Ch 1.8 - Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis & Management

Ch 1.9 - Cardiac Critical Care Nursing

Ch 1.10 - Critical Care Nursing: Scenarios & Case Studies

Ch 1.11 - Ethical Issues in Critical Care Nursing

Ch 1.12 - Critical Incident Stress Debriefing: Steps & Techniques

Ch 1.13 - Critical Incident Stress Debriefing: Definition & History

Ch 2 - Evidence-Based Practice for Nursing

Ch 2.1 - Evidence-Based Practice: Definition & Principles

Ch 2.2 - Evidence-Based Practice for Health Professionals

Ch 2.3 - Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing

Ch 2.4 - Evidence-Based Practice in Critical Care Nursing

Ch 2.5 - Examples of Evidence-Based Practice

Ch 2.6 - Evidence-Based Practice: Guidelines & Steps

Ch 2.7 - Why is Evidence Based Practice Important?

Ch 2.8 - Improving Patient Outcomes with Evidence Based Practice

Ch 2.9 - Evidence-Based Practice: Advantages & Disadvantages

Ch 2.10 - Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice

Ch 2.11 - Evidence-Based Practice: Models & Hierarchy

Ch 2.12 - Evidence-Based Practice in Pain Management

Ch 2.13 - Evidence-Based Practice in Wound Care

Ch 2.14 - Evidence-Based Practice in Pediatric Nursing

Ch 2.15 - Evidence-Based Practice in Psychiatric Nursing

Ch 2.16 - Evidence-Based Practice for Autism

Ch 2.17 - Evidence-Based Practice in Treating Strokes

Ch 2.18 - Evidence-Based Practice in Anesthesiology

Ch 2.19 - Evidence-Based Practice in Midwifery

Ch 2.20 - Evidence-Based Practice in Occupational Therapy

Ch 2.21 - Evidence-Based Practice in Social Work

Ch 3 - Critical Care Nursing in Pediatrics

Ch 3.1 - Pediatric Critical Care Nursing

Ch 3.2 - Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Child

Ch 3.3 - Pediatric Critical Care Transport

Ch 3.4 - Cardiology in Pediatric Critical Care Nursing

Ch 3.5 - Altered Mental Status in Children

Ch 3.6 - Fluid Replacement in Pediatrics: Guidelines, Formula

Ch 4 - Sleep & Sedation in Critical Care

Ch 4.1 - Disturbed Sleep Patterns: Diagnosis & Symptoms

Ch 4.2 - Disturbed Sleep Patterns: Nursing Care Plan

Ch 4.3 - Moderate Sedation: Definition, Policy & Guidelines

Ch 4.4 - Moderate Sedation Drugs

Ch 4.5 - Moderate Conscious Sedation

Ch 5 - Deep Vein Thrombosis: Theory and Treatment

Ch 5.1 - Deep Vein Thrombosis: Definition & Causes

Ch 5.2 - Vein Thrombosis: Superficial vs Deep

Ch 5.3 - Deep Vein Thrombosis: Signs & Symptoms

Ch 5.4 - Deep Vein Thrombosis: Prevention & Risk Factors

Ch 5.5 - Deep Vein Thrombosis: Tests & Diagnosis

Ch 5.6 - Deep Vein Thrombosis: Prognosis & Management

Ch 5.7 - Deep Vein Thrombosis: Acute vs. Chronic

Ch 5.8 - Deep Vein Thrombosis: Treatment & Recovery

Ch 5.9 - Deep Vein Thrombosis: Medication, Recovery & Complications

Ch 5.10 - Treating Deep Vein Thrombosis with Aspirin

Ch 5.11 - Post-Surgery Deep Vein Thrombosis

Ch 6 - Deep Vein Thrombosis: Practical Applications

Ch 6.1 - Deep Vein Thrombosis in the Arm

Ch 6.2 - Deep Vein Thrombosis: Upper vs Lower Extremity

Ch 6.3 - Deep Vein Thrombosis in the Groin

Ch 6.4 - Deep Vein Thrombosis in the Leg

Ch 6.5 - Deep Vein Thrombosis in the Thigh

Ch 6.6 - Deep Vein Thrombosis & the Knee

Ch 6.7 - Deep Vein Thrombosis in the Calf

Ch 6.8 - Deep Vein Thrombosis in the Foot

Ch 6.9 - Deep Vein Thrombosis & Air Travel