explenture Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Under the following general headings : Trauma, Diabetics, Pysch patients and Operations what are topics that you would like to see in a CE class. Examples: Diabetics: Diabetic Meds Pysch: The Mental Health System in yr. community etc.
JPINFV Posted February 3, 2009 Posted February 3, 2009 Diabetics: Physiology and treatment of DKA including covering acid/base physiology Psych: verbal deescalation, proper use of restraints (i.e. not every person on a hold needs leather bracelets) Trauma: Selective Cervical Immobilization including a review of the relevent literature covering spinal immobilization (especially those dealing with efficacy of the procedure and the side effects (pain, skin breakdown, etc).
Arizonaffcep Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 I've always been partial to complex multi-system patients...either trauma or medical. Or both. Not too many people get into the in-depth physiology of trauma, vs. "plug and go" out here...it's very complex and interesting.
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