Catalog Course # CAT09 (partial 4-hour course)

Description

In this course, students will learn about common diseases and conditions that present to a chiropractic office.  Conditions that will be explored are rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, 5 types of headaches fibromyalgia, torticollis and whiplash, inflammatory conditions, postural abnormalities, and carpal tunnel syndrome treated by a chiropractor.  Students will review conditions that require precautions to treat and conditions that are contraindicated for chiropractic manipulation.   In this course students will also learn how to perform vital signs.

This 4-hour course is broken into 1-hour sections.  All lesson quizzes are multiple-choice.  There are 16 possible points for this course.  Each quiz consists of 4 questions designed to test knowledge of the lesson, objectives, and section goals.  Students must successfully answer 3 of the 4 questions correctly to receive completion for that individual section.  Students must attain an overall score of 12 out of 16 which is equivalent to 75% or better to pass the course.  Students will be allowed to retake each section quiz after re-studying the course material for a minimum of 5 minutes.  Each section has a multiple-choice test, there are 16 possible points for this course.

Learning Objectives

1.    Identify commonly treated conditions

2.    Describe the different types of headaches

3.    Identify conditions that are contraindicated to chiropractic care

4.    Develop a procedure in the office for dealing with precautionary conditions

5.    Perform a blood pressure

6.    Take a patient’s pulse

7.    Properly document the vital signs of a patient

Approvals

AZBCE Approval #18-CAN-009 

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Price: $70

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