Understanding Blood Results

15th March 2024

Understanding Blood Results

Duration: 2 Days - Start Time: 09:15 End Time: 16:30 - CPD Hours: 16 - 26th and 27th February 2024

 

 Course Overview

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.

"Absolutely fantastic!!"

"Excellent course catering for wide range of healthcare professions."

"I enjoyed the course very much – it was absolutely perfect for my educational needs and the tutor was fab!"

 

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

 Course 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

 

Please be aware that due to this course having limited places and a cost that will use the majority of annual CPD allocation, we are inviting applications for the available places.

Successful applicants will be advised of their place by December 2023

 

Course Details

Location

Online

Duration

9:15 - 16:30 (2 Days)

Spaces

-10