Understanding Blood Results

Early recognition of abnormalities can avert potential life threatening or at least harmful situations.

This well established and respected two day course allows the candidate a chance to fully understand routine haematology and biochemistry results. Attended by nurses and allied health professionals whose work involves blood investigation.

Course Content

Full Blood Count; parameters of the full blood count
Haemoglobin and erythrocyte physiology; ESR, INR
Clinical examples workshop
Patterns in anaemia
Differential White Cell Count
Clinical Biochemistry
Clinical electrolyte and water homeostasis
Hypo and hypernatraemia
Potassium homeostasis
Liver function tests
Thyroid function tests
Clinical case studies

Aims/Outcomes

• To understand routine full blood count results
• Clinical physiology of the haematological system
• Routine biochemistry tests and electrolyte and water homeostasis
• Physiology of liver and cardiac enzymes
• Clinical implications of results

This course will be attended by

• Nurses
• Allied Health Professionals

Related Courses

• Arterial Puncture & Blood Gas Interpretation
• Understanding Blood Results for Physiotherapists
• Chest X-ray Interpretation and Blood Gas Analysis

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Nottingham
27-28 September 2010

Rutland Square Hotel
Price: £229.00

Newcastle
4-5 October 2010

Venue to be confirmed
Price: £229.00

Edinburgh
28-29 October 2010

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Price: £229.00

Birmingham
15-16 November 2010

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Price: £229.00

London
29-30 November 2010

British Orthodontic Society
Price: £229.00

Manchester
2-3 December 2010

Venue to be confirmed
Price: £229.00

Brighton
6-7 December 2010

venue to be confirmed
Price: £229.00

Ipswich
9-10 December 2010

Venue to be confirmed
Price: £239.00

Maidstone
3-4 March 2011

Venue to be confirmed
Price: £239.00