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Acupuncture for Hypertension and Arrhythmias Sample of Online Course Materials Select Course Sample Overview Hypertension (high blood pressure) poses an enormous public health risk worldwide. Hypertension dramatically increases the risk of stroke, heart attack, and heart failure. Additionally, it is second only to diabetes as an antecedent to end stage renal disease. In the year 2000, over 26% of the adult population had hypertension,

Low Back Pain Samples of Course Materials Select Course Sample This course focuses on acupuncture treatments for musculoskeletal related lower back pain. This course primarily limits its scope to lower back pain and sciatica due to invasion of external cold and dampness, kidney qi deficiency, qi and blood stasis, and biomechanical causes including sprains and contusions. More in course materials… Select Course Sample Sciatica

Ethics In Acupuncture #3 Sample of Course Materials Select Course Sample #1 Sun Simiao A famous 7th century physician, Sun Simiao, wrote a treatise entitled “On the Absolute Sincerity of Great Physicians.” This was a section of the work entitled The Important Prescription Worth a Thousand Pieces of Gold. The treatise is sometimes referred to as the Chinese Hippocratic Oath. The treatise “requires the

Acupuncture For Insomnia Online Course Samples Select Course    Sample #1 Prevalent Acupoints Sleep disturbances often involve the heart, spleen, liver, or kidneys. The following acupuncture point combinations are both common and effective for the treatment of insomnia. Let’s start with a review of these common point combinations and then take a closer look at differential diagnostics and then findings from modern research. Sishencong

CPR #1 Online Course Samples Select Course Sample #1 Sudden Cardiac Arrest Like every muscle in your body, the heart muscle moves when stimulated by an electrical impulse. The heart, however, does not rely on your brain to send these impulses like all other muscles; it creates its own electrical current from nodes located inside the heart. The sinoatrial node, located in the upper

CPR #3 Online Course Samples Select Course Sample #1 CPR Compression Techniques To perform compressions, position yourself at the patient’s side. Place the heel of one hand on the sternum in the center of the chest between the nipple line. Place your other hand on top of the other, interlocking your fingers. Slightly pull your fingers back so that only the heel of your

Safety In Acupuncture #4 Sample of Course Materials Select Course Sample 1: Introduction Preventable medical errors is one of the biggest concerns presently affecting US healthcare. Preventable Medical Errors include such things as adverse events (AEs), adverse drug events (ADEs), fatal drug events, misdiagnosis, incorrect treatment or surgery, failure to treat, treating the wrong patient, and preventable infections and deaths. These outcomes occur in