Health Care Professionals
Written by Doc Team Wednesday, 28 July 2010 18:51
Professional manpower in the field of health care includes chiropractors, dentists, dental hygienists, licensed therapists, physicians, podiatrists, registered nurses, and a host of others. In the United States counts of these professionals include only those licensed in the state where they practice, with licensure usually requiring the completiom of an appropriate degree or certificate program for that profession.
In international counts prepared by the World Health Organization only those professionals active in their profession are counted. Professionals may be classified according to specialy, place of practice, or other criteria.
Physicians are at the top of the manpower pyramid, and for most purposes they lead the health team in the delivery of medical care. A physician is either a licensed doctor of medicine (M.D) or a doctor of osteopathy (D.O). A physician's specialty is any specific branch of medicine that a physician may concentrate in.
Medicine Interaction
Written by Doc Team Friday, 05 March 2010 16:46
Many reports of medicine interactions in man are anecdotal and bear little scientific weight. There are other reports of animal and test-tube studies that are not reproducible in man. Some interactions have little clinical significance because the medicines involved do not have major effects alone or in combination, or the increase or decrease in effects is relatively insignificant on a flat dose-response curve.
There are so many possibilities for medicine interaction that it is perhaps surprising and fortunate that relatively few have major clinical significance. The major clinical interactions probably involve alterations in the rate of metabolism of one medicine by another and the additive effect of a number of medicines with similar properties. A medicine may interfere with the renal clearance of another medicine or may compete with another medicine at receptor sites.
Insulin Injection Technique
Written by Doc Team Monday, 01 March 2010 10:23
Injection should be given into the deep subcutaneous tissue through a broad pinch of skin at a 450 angle or at a 900 where the subcutaneous layer is thicker than the needle length.
Intra muscular insulin ijection should be avoide as absorption is far too rapid and the injection may be painful. Standard insulin syringes have a 12.7 mm needle. Short (8 mm) needle disposable syringes are now available.
These minimize the risk of administering the insulin intra musculary. They allow 900 angle of injection routinely in all sites in most adolescent, but care still needs to be taken with children and very lean individuals who may require a 450 angle. Insulin pens have 8 mm-length needles. There are no data on mean distances between the skin and the muscle layer in children.
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