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Skills Training for Health care support workers Working in General Practice

Other

27th-28th March 2023 | 9:00am - 4:00pm (2 days)

The Derby Conference Centre, London Road, Alvaston, Derby, DE24 8UX

FREE

  • Available for: All
  • Funding: Free
  • Spaces Remaining: 7

Aims:

Understand the management of commonly presenting medical conditions and the significance of recording accurate diagnostic investigations.

Content:

· The impact of modern lifestyles on health

· New patient registration and health checks

· Understanding and applied physiology of:

- Coronary heart disease

- Diabetes

- hypo and hyperglycaemia

- Renal disease

- Asthma and COPD 

- Overview of spirometry

- Womens and mens health 

- Mental health

- Health screening, common tests and procedures

- Record keeping and its importance ·

Practical workshops on:

· Understanding and accurately recording:

- Blood pressure

-Pulse.

- Respiration.

- Temperature.

- Urine tests.

- Blood glucose and cholesterol testing.

- Peak flow.

- Teaching Inhaler techniques/promoting concordance with inhaler use.

- Glasgow Coma Scoring.

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