Course Overview The purpose of this course is to provide healthcare professionals with a detailed approach to cardiac dysrhythmia interpretation, as well as cardiovascular anatomy and physiology, electrophysiology and treatments of dysrhythmia, in accordance with the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and the American Heart Association’s ACLS guidelines. Course includes detailed, in-depth review of [...]
go to test. What Is Pandemic Influenza? An influenza pandemic is an influenza epidemic that spreads on a worldwide scale, infecting a large proportion of the human population. In contrast to regular seasonal epidemics of influenza, these pandemics occur irregularly, with the 1918 Spanish flu the most serious pandemic in recent history. Three influenza pandemics [...]
PURPOSE To educate healthcare professionals about the causes, risks and means of containment of pandemic influenza.
What Is Pandemic Influenza? II. Seasonal Influenza III. Modes of Transmission of Influenza a. Direct Contact b. Droplet c. Airborne (Droplet Nuclei) IV. Influenza Types and Subtypes a. Influenza Type A i. Antigenic Drift and Shift b. Influenza Type B c. Influenza Type C V. Strains VI. Swine Influenza A (H1N1) and Avian Flu VII. [...]
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