Cholinesterase Testing Protocols for Healthcare Providers
Cholinesterase testing protocols for healthcare providers. Includes Cholinesterase Testing Protocol Algorithm.
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Fall Prevention in Older Adults
Falls by older adults are common and usually multifactorial. Falls are associated with functional decline. Prevention of falls in older adults is better than treatment. Screening for fall risk factors is essential to create customized preventive interventions and is very effective. Falls prevention guidelines by different health organizations and their recommendation for multifactorial interventions are available.
Tools for Healthcare Professionals Working in Agricultural Communities (February 19, 2021)
In this webinar, attendees will learn about tools they can make use to enhance healthcare services for their farming and ranching patients. Alex Cavanaugh from the Rural Health Information Hub (RHIhub) will provide a general overview of services including: Rural Response Issue Guides for COVID-19, Farmer Mental Health and Suicide Prevention resources, and the Agricultural Health and Safety Topic Guide. Sarah Dauterive of AgriSafe Network will introduce MedlinePlus and its uses for healthcare professionals.
Take Five
This resource was developed to help agricultural workers educate their health care providers about the daily tasks they perform on the farm that could influence their health.
Opioid Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments
A CDC informational resource on opioid overdoses treated in emergency departments.
Talking to Farmers About Their Pain Resource Guide
A resource guide created specifically for talking about pain with farmers.
Talking to Farmers About Pain Management and Opioid Use
A guide for rural health and safety professionals on talking to farmers about pain management and opioid use.
Hearing Loss Prevention: Adapting the Hearing Conservation Program for Agriculture
Adapting the OSHA Hearing Conservation Program to Agriculture
Agricultural Respiratory Selection Booklet
This guide is designed to assist trained Agricultural Health Professionals to recommend appropriate respirators based on the clients’ agricultural exposure. (This guide is not intended for the professional who has not received training in respirator selection.)
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PMDPs)
Improving the way opioids are prescribed will ensure patients have access to safer, more effective chronic pain treatment while reducing opioid misuse, abuse, and overdose.
Nonopioid Treatments for Chronic Pain
Guidelines produced by the CDC on the usage of non-opioid treatments for chronic pain.
Quick Reference for Healthcare Providers: Opioid Prescribing Guidelines
Guidelines produced by the CDC on the usage of opioids to treat chronic pain.
ACOEM Practice Guidelines: Opioids for Treatment of Acute, Subacute, Chronic, and Postoperative Pain
The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine’s guidelines for treatment of acute, subacute, chronic, and postoperative pain with opioids.
ACOEM Practice Guidelines: Opioids and Safety-Sensitive Work
ACOEM has updated the treatment guidelines concerning opioids. This report highlights the safety-sensitive work recommendation that has been developed.
Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings
The purpose of this manual is to provide healthcare professionals with current consensus recommendations for treating patients with pesticide-related illnesses or injuries.
Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
The Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) is an 11-item scale designed to be administered by a clinician.