Summary: In the future, after a Third World War has decimated much of the Earth's population, a new nation arose. Believing human emotions and their expression were to blame for the failings of past societies, it is decreed that all citizens must take a daily dose of a drug which levels out the emotional landscape, and that all forms of creative expression are against the law. An elite law enforcement...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Dimension Home Video 2003
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI EQUDenning, Troy
Summary: A tale set in the universe of the best-selling game follows the experiences of maverick detective Veta Lopis of the Gao Ministry of Protection, who would capture a serial murderer and prevent full-scale war between the military and insurrection loyalists.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gallery Books 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DENOffit, Paul A.
Summary: "Four months into the coronavirus pandemic, as the death count surged, the FDA made a risky decision: it approved an anti-malarial drug as a treatment for coronavirus, despite limited data on its efficacy or side effects. A month later, the FDA withdrew its recommendation, but by then, the damage had been done. The drug was ineffective and sometimes even lethal. The mistake was hardly a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Basic Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.5 OFFSummary: After explaining how to evaluate a patient experiencing a dysrhythmia, this program provides an in-depth examination of cardiac dysrhythmias of the atrioventricular node and the ventricles. Normal sinus rhythm and its associated waveform are correlated and then compared to the waveforms of junctional arrhythmias, first-degree AV block, second-degree AV block (Mobitz Types I and II),...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Whether prescribed to prepare the bowel for surgery or a diagnostic test or simply to relieve constipation, enemas are a common but important part of patient health care. Filmed in an in-patient setting, this program provides step-by-step instruction on pre-enema patient preparation, enema solution preparation, enema administration, and post-enema patient care. For the purpose of this...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Although the elderly, infirm, and bedridden may have the potential to improve their health and physical performance, they often display less progress than other patients. For this reason, inexperienced caregivers can become discouraged. This program serves as a source of inspiration for those who are working to help frail and immobilized patients. Viewers are reminded that everyone ages in a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The job of the dental hygienist is just as hands-on as any dentist's-and it offers an outstanding springboard for a career in the healthcare and dental fields. This program shows what a dental hygienist can expect as far as training, duties, and compensation, while outlining the personal qualities and people skills that any successful D.H. should possess. Featuring interviews with experienced...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: This program, divided into four sections, explores the presentation, diagnostic testing, treatment, and biochemistry of diabetes mellitus. Topics examined include the etiology of both insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes; the possible long-term effects of poorly regulated blood glucose levels; urine testing to determine glucose, protein, and ketone levels; blood testing for...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: When a patient at a long-term care facility is depressed, confused, or displays aggressive behavior, it can create a stressful environment for other residents as well as numerous frustrations for the staff. This program is designed to help nursing assistants build support skills and develop a bedside manner as they meet the emotional needs of patients-while also avoiding burnout. Topics include...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This video provides a comprehensive look at the field of health technicians and technologists. These jobs deal with diagnosing and treating illnesses using computers, machinery, and other tools. Viewers learn about a typical day on the job, the type of training and certification needed, and how to earn these qualifications. We see dental technicians and hygienists, dental laboratory...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: The aging of the baby boomer generation will dramatically increase the need for home care, opening up opportunities in a frequently overlooked field. This program explores the challenging and deeply satisfying work of the home health aide and the personal care assistant—revealing the skills and special personality traits these jobs require and the personal rewards that come from helping people...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: A patient's home is often considered the ideal location for personal medical care. That is certainly true if, as this program demonstrates, the proper sanitary precautions are taken. Viewers are introduced to three easily remembered principles-clean, cost, and common sense-that are the foundation of hygienically sound home care. Detailed discussions of best practices cover the hygiene-related...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: Each year, more than one million men and women suffer a heart attack. This event suddenly and dramatically alters a person's life forever, but studies show that if sufferers can get to a hospital quickly, more than 90 percent will survive. This program explores the radical and unexpected changes that heart attack sufferers must deal with. Spotlighting the importance of targeted medications,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: This program explains what it means to "eat right," examines the special nutritional requirements of older adults, and considers food-related health concerns that can affect nutritional status later in life. In addition to detailed food and fluid guidelines for healthy living, the following are addressed: nutrient deficiencies common to the aging adult; malnutrition-related conditions such as...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Preparing meals that meet the individual requirements of elderly people is a challenge, especially when patients or clients can no longer look after themselves. This program provides senior-care trainees and specialists with helpful diet information and strategies for getting older people to eat properly. Topics include basic and specific nutritional needs, portion sizes, appropriate meal...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Based on the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research's clinical practice guidelines, this program defines the four stages of pressure ulcer development, introduces assessment tools such as the Braden and Norton scales to identify individuals at risk, and illustrates prevention methods in acute care and residential care settings. The video also discusses how to educate patients in the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: As many Britons see it, the U.K. has become a nation obsessed with its psychological state, endlessly seeking out new "cures" for every hang-up under the sun. Others, by contrast, argue that the therapy culture has made the U.K. emotionally literate, giving the English a language through which to express their feelings and to change themselves for the better. In the final analysis, has...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The word conjures fears of debilitation and hair loss, but today's "chemo" treatments are far more endurable than in past decades. This program explores advances in chemotherapy that have transformed dread into relief for many cancer patients. The video shows how chemo medications are administered and how-unlike past regimens, which forced a high number of patients to quit or delay therapy-new...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: In this two-section program licensed massage therapist Richard Sager presents a step-by-step tutorial on how to give a Swedish massage. Demonstrating on a draped male client, he begins by clearly explaining four styles of strokes: effleurage (sliding), petrissage (kneading), friction (cross fiber), and tapotement (rhythmic tapping). Sager also advises on draping methods, on ways to rest the...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Although bed linens are usually changed following a patient's bath, they may be replaced efficiently and considerately anytime it becomes necessary. This program demonstrates step-by-step the procedures for making an occupied and an unoccupied patient bed in a clinical setting. Related issues regarding patient safety and comfort, control of potentially infectious matter, and documentation of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: Dementing illnesses, whether functional or organic, involve mental and behavioral changes that can be difficult for a caregiver to make sense of-and to cope with. This program addresses the causes of cognitive impairment and presents approaches to caring for adult clients that preserve their dignity. Depression and delirium are given special attention, as well as behaviors common to senile...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: Sometimes, the normal aches and pains of the aging process can indicate a more serious underlying medical condition. This program focuses on the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of one such condition: carpal tunnel syndrome. Host Dr. Kevin Soden discusses how CTS arises and its diagnosis with hand surgeon Ken Means, while physical therapist Steve Moxie explains the various treatment...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Effective communication with elderly people living in residential care is key to the delivery of high-quality treatment that not only meets the physical needs of patients, but also their mental, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. This program examines the basic elements of communication and how they can be adapted to older people who are living with hearing, vision, speech, and cognitive...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009