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1) The energy codes: the 7-step system to awaken your spirit, heal your body, and live your best life
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Transform your life with this revolutionary and accessible seven-step guide--grounded in energy medicine, neurobiology, and quantum physics--to awaken your true health and potential through energy healing. Eighteen years ago, health pioneer and practitioner Dr. Sue Morter had a remarkable and profound awakening. While meditating, she spontaneously accessed an energy field--a level of consciousness--beyond anything she had ever imagined. This dramatic...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Doctor and medical columnist John Launer has written on the practice and teaching of medicine for many years. Now, more than fifty of his essays have been collected in How Not to Be A Doctor. Taken together, they set out an argument that being a doctor--a real doctor--should mean being able to draw on every aspect of yourself, your interests, and your experiences, however remote these may seem from the medical task of the moment.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Pain is a frequent chief complaint in emergency departments. This lecture brings you up close with patients suffering from acute and chronic pain, including the common complaint of back pain. These cases help you better understand everything from pain medications—and the dangers of overuse—to how pain affects the way the brain works..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Not all emergency department patients need to be there. In this lecture, meet several pairs of patients—each with the same symptoms, but only one of whom would be best served in the emergency department. Then, get some general tips for you to consider the next time you’re contemplating going to the emergency department..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Emergency department doctors have to stay especially vigilant when dealing with patients who have traveled abroad¬—especially in the developing world. Find out how they handle uncommon diseases and infections transmitted by mosquitoes, sexual activity, and more. Then, visit a ski clinic for a peek at some other travel-related emergencies..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Definitive emergency care requires, first and foremost, a diagnosis. Visit a community emergency department that shares space with an urgent care center, and learn how patients like a 2-year-old with a persistent cough and a 49-year-old with a stuffy nose illustrate the importance of treating the cause—not the symptoms..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A fever that’s actually a sign of a very dramatic, potentially deadly disease. Abdominal pain that’s not caused by illness or injury. Dr. Benaroch uses these and other eye-opening cases as a window into how doctors arrive at the big picture when a patient’s chief complaints fail to reveal the truth..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Doctors are commanded to do no harm to their patients. What’s equally important is protecting themselves in those rare instances where a patient may do them harm. Get an inside look at how emergency doctors handle dangerous situations, including a patient acting violently and a patient suffering from a highly infectious disease..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Gain insights into tips and practices that emergency department doctors and patients should know to ensure their safety. Topics include the risks of conscious sedation (which is less safe than general anesthesia), the importance of knowing your allergies, and the dangers involved in handing off a patient to another provider..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
You're a doctor 11 hours into your shift, and you've just walked into a waiting area packed with patients. There's an elderly man complaining of chest pain, a teenage girl whose arms are swollen with bee stings, and an ambulance bringing in two unresponsive kids from a car crash. What do you do next? In Dr. Benaroch's 24 lectures, experience for yourself the high-stakes drama and medical insights of life in an everyday emergency department: the most...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Discover how emergency doctors use OLD CAAAR: a simple mnemonic to accurately— and quickly—pinpoint the location and characteristics of a patient’s pains. Also, learn what happens when a doctor has to think fast and doesn’t have the time to ask each of the OLD CAAAR questions..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Emergency department patients often aren’t ready to trust the doctors attending them, since they have just met. In this lecture, learn how doctors work with patients who aren’t completely forthcoming to build trust and coax out embarrassing—or seemingly irrelevant—details to arrive at the right diagnosis and get them the treatment they need..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
It’s time for your last shift in the emergency department. In this closing lecture, Dr. Benaroch uses several case studies to help you review the big-picture lessons of good emergency care you’ve learned throughout the course—lessons that have opened your eyes to the excitement and challenges of emergency medicine and that can help you take better care of yourself and your loved ones..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What was emergency medicine like in the 1800s? Go back in time to the American Civil War for a glimpse at how military doctors and surgeons treated wounds and combatted infection. Compare these injuries and treatments to those of the Boston Marathon bombing. Also, contrast the medical treatment given to President Garfield after he was shot with the treatment Reagan received after his attempted assassination..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Emergency department doctors should always assume every patient has a life-threatening illness—even though only 10% to 20% actually do. How do doctors manage this healthy “paranoia”? And how do they prepare themselves and their patients for the worst outcome while planning for the best?.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
How do you handle patients in altered mental states, suffering from unusual thoughts and behaviors? How do you figure out their story and make an accurate diagnosis? Discover how, in cases like these, doctors rely more than ever on signs and clues from a patient’s family and friends..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
No one wants to go to an emergency department. While you can never protect yourself 100%, there are ways to help avoid having to make a trip there. Here, learn about the importance of cancer screenings, vaccinations, and taking medication. A little prevention, it turns out, makes a big difference..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This lecture’s cases illustrate how sports-related injuries are treated in emergency departments. You’ll encounter a softball player suffering from a concussion, a young boy’s dangerous eye injury from a haphazard game of lawn darts, a teen rescued from a near-drowning event, and a golfer’s stubborn poison ivy rash..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Benaroch takes you along with an ambulance crew to give you a three-dimensional understanding of emergency care as experienced by first responders. Topics covered in this lecture include the ABCs of a rapid scan, appropriate bystander response, and the “rule of 9” for estimating burn size..
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Take a closer look at three emergency department cases—a urinary tract infection, a broken leg, and a bellyache—with a twist. How were these diagnoses determined? Not through expensive tests or advanced imaging, but through paying attention to the story, even when it isn’t truthful..
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