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Medical Awareness Training Program

Senior Living University

Manuals:

Written materials are presented in short modules estimated to take 15-30 minutes to complete.  Materials are designed to communicate clearly and to maximize retention.  Review questions are provided as reinforcement throughout the course, with a final exam that review the entire course.  Contents include:

• Your Role as an Assisted Living Caregiver

• Infection Control

• Emergencies and Other Medical Situations

• Vital Signs

• Observing Residents:  Reporting and Recording our Resident Care

• Medication Management Overview

• Restorative and Rehabilitative Care

• What Happens as We Age

• Emotional and Social Changes with Aging

• Caring for the Resident at the End of Life

Videos:

Two documentary videos, provided to reinforce the lessons presented in the written material, are filmed in assisted living communities with actual residents and caregivers.

Vital Signs Part 1:  Temperature, Pulse, Respiration (run time 12:20) Vital signs, when taken properly, provide a window on a resident's health status.  This video is a hands-on tutorial on how to observe, measure, report, and record a resident's changing condition.  Incorporating the principles of assisted living, it review the various techniques used to measure temperature, pulse, and respiration.

Vital Signs Part 2:  Blood Pressure and Weight (run time: 15:54) This video demonstrates the step-by-step process of measuring, reporting, and recording a resident's blood pressure and weight.  It emphasizes techniques that support the assisted living principles of resident choice, independence and dignity.

Course Materials:

This program includes both written materials and videos.

• 3 Participant Manual(s)
• 3 Final Exam(s)
• 3 Certificate(s) of Study
• Instructor Guides
• 2 videos

Price $425

Shipping and Handling $20

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