Course Synopsis
To support healthcare professionals, chiropractors, osteopaths, physiotherapists in understanding common blood results and their significance in practice
• Understand blood test results, what they mean and when these should be taken:
• Understand the legal aspects of blood test investigation and the implications for practice.
• Explain the relevance of the results of each of the common blood tests used in practice
- FBC
- LFT
- U&Es
- Anaemia-Different types, how do we know? What is the relevance?
- Inflammatory markers
• Develop an understanding of the effects of normal ageing on blood tests and when to take action.
• Understand the difference between Anaemia of long term conditions versus acute blood loss
• Understand the significance of Hypo/hypernatraemia
• Understand the significance of hypo/hyperkalaemia
• Understand the significance of the results of blood tests for cancer markers and when and where to act on these.
Speaker
Mandy Rumley-Buss – MA Interprofessional Health & Community Care, BSc Hons Nursing (Accident & Emergency),
Non Medical Prescriber
Cert Ed-Lecturer