Summary: In terms of lost and reduced productivity, migraines cost U.S. employers more than
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Instructive and gruesome in equal parts, this program enters the operating theater with eyes wide open to observe how "fast and dirty" surgery-inexpressibly brutal in the time before anesthesia-led to 19th-century breakthroughs in the area of pain management. Traveling from the Victorian era to the present day, the program charts the evolution of anesthesiology and reviews the trial-and-error...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: It can turn a hard-driving, energetic person into a walking zombie-exhausted, confused, and unable to work. This program sheds light on the mysterious illness known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which has no known cause or cure. Case studies feature a former congressional worker who eventually found it impossible to perform her duties on Capitol Hill, and a clinical psychologist whose personal...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The use of hypnosis in medicine has a long history. In the early days of anesthesia, surgeons often used the trance-inducing technique as a fail-safe measure-and today the concept is being revisited. This program presents a scientific investigation into the idea that hypnosis can reduce or even replace the use of anesthesia. Exploring the merits of making the procedure available to more...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This program explains how anesthetics modulate and inhibit the conduction of neural stimuli. After contrasting sleep with unconsciousness, the structure of the nervous system and the transfer and suppression of electrochemical signals are addressed. The particulars of how anesthesia functions are then discussed, with a focus on the properties of volatile anesthetics, sedative hypnotics,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Maintaining a patient's personal hygiene plays an important role in preventing disease, especially infection, as well as helping with comfort and body image issues. This program demonstrates basic care procedures and best practices for showering and bed bathing a patient in a professional and caring manner. Preparation steps for these procedures are included, as are dressing, grooming,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Before anesthetics, surgeons relied on speed, brandy, and brutality. This program reveals how a fairground dentist named Horace Wells made an essential breakthrough in pain mitigation by ingesting nitrous oxide and pulling out one of his own teeth. Recounting Wells' foray into other surgical procedures with the help of a colleague, William Morton, the program explores the subsequent split...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: Pain can be totally debilitating to those who suffer. But painkillers, although they merely mask physical discomfort, can make life livable again. This program looks at the three primary types of painkillers, their origins, and their actions. Alternative treatments, such as massage, acupuncture, and relaxation, are also presented as viable alternatives to traditional medications.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Wracked by emotions, the mind will often increase pain, while control of feelings such as fear, loneliness, and stress will generally reduce pain. This program presents the psychology of pain, along with ways to manage physical discomfort through therapy, various relaxation techniques, and coming to terms with physical limitations.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Pain has a clear purpose: warning the body of invasion and other dangers. But the connection between pain and the human mind is more mysterious. This program examines various types of pain and their frequently elusive neurological aspects; it also presents methods, both clinical and alternative, that help long-term sufferers cope with debilitating pain. Distinguishing between acute and chronic...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: The human body manufactures its own painkillers to ensure survival when injured. This program shows how opium and its derivatives, heroin and morphine, hijack that natural pain-numbing ability. Illustrating the brain's ability to alter its own chemistry when attacked by drugs, the program depicts the process by which brain receptors become desensitized and thus addicted. Tranquilizers-and the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Medicine is gaining ground against chronic pain, thanks to determined doctors-and patients. This program explores what causes pain and looks at treatments involving medication, physical therapy, and alternative methods. Presenting interviews with physicians who have dedicated their careers to fighting chronic pain-including UC San Diego doctors Mark Wallace and Armelia Sani-the program also...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: All through medical school, internship, and residency, doctors are trained to be healers. What can they contribute to the care of patients whose illnesses are beyond their help? This ABC News program examines the crusading efforts of oncologist Dr. Michael Carducci, of Johns Hopkins Medicine, to create an exemplary program of palliative care for people with terminal conditions. The importance...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Regular repositioning of a hospital patient is necessary to maintain healthy blood circulation, prevent pressure sores, and maximize comfort. Taking into account all three of those reasons, this program illustrates the best methods for moving, turning, and otherwise adjusting the position of a bedridden patient. Topics include explaining to a resident the movement that is about to happen;...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Designed to help caregivers in long-term care settings, this program describes the skills necessary to prevent residents from wandering and leaving facilities. A discussion of HIPAA initiatives and guidelines is included. After watching the video, viewers should be able to define the terms wandering and elopement; determine the difference between safe and unsafe wandering; identify triggers of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Disorientation in an elder-care patient poses a wide range of risks-from difficulties in socializing with other residents to the dangers confused seniors face if they venture outside a care facility unattended. This program depicts common characteristics of dementia and demonstrates intervention techniques for dealing with them in an effective, compassionate manner. Problems outlined in the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Nurses must help patients find meaning at the end of life, focusing on living [while] acknowledging death... What we as professionals do during this end-of-life period matters greatly to those whom we touch. Focusing primarily on the supportive and spiritual aspects of terminal care rather than on the physical aspects, this program discusses advance directives (living will, health care...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Created for nurses who are learning to assist bedridden or incapacitated individuals, this detailed program explores ways to maximize a patient's dignity, comfort, safety, and nutritional needs during mealtimes. Overviewing the main types of hospital diets (clear liquid, full liquid, soft, and regular), the video illustrates methods for positioning the meal tray, arranging food and utensils,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: It bothers-and sometimes debilitates-an estimated 80 percent of Americans at some time during their adult lives. And low back pain shows no sign of going away, despite current research into its causes and potential cures. This program examines the ongoing health issue through case studies, interviews with medical experts, and animated graphics showing spinal anatomy, movement, and conditions....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: People who live with chronic pain often face a no-win situation. They usually rely on medications known as NSAIDs-or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs-which, unfortunately, can damage their stomachs and may even threaten their lives. This program details new strategies for helping patients with chronic pain, enabling them to fight it without giving up NSAIDs. Interviews with University of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: What is pain, and what is its purpose? This program explores various aspects of pain, including how the mind perceives the body's warning messages, whether from a stomach-ache or a chronic condition; the body's ability to control or ignore pain; the effects of nerve damage on the body's early-warning system; and pain caused not by the body, but by the mind.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: When his American doctor suggested shoulder replacement surgery, veteran reporter T. R. Reid decided to investigate other options. This program documents his three-week stay at a clinic in southern India dedicated to the ancient practice of Ayurveda, a form of Hindu medicine. Reid's treatment involves astrology, entreaties to the Hindu god of healing, and a seemingly bizarre regimen of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Assisting with or directly administering medication is an important role of the personal caregiver and carries significant responsibility. In fulfilling this role effectively and safely, the caregiver becomes a vital member of the health care team. This program introduces safe and responsible medication practices. Topics include the Five Rights principles of medication administration, proper...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: More than 10 million people around the world live with cancer pain, which can persist even after successful treatment. This program presents case studies of cancer survivors who have confronted ongoing, debilitating pain; it also features commentary from experts and highlights pain therapies-those available today and those on the horizon. Dr. Gail Cooney of the Hospice of Palm Beach County,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009