Preventing Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Course overview

"Preventing Spontaneous Pneumothorax" deals with the ever-present danger of spontaneous pneumothorax where a patient walks in with a chest with may undergo a spontaneous leakage of air, and open the door to endless lawsuits, a damaged career and bad publicity to the profession. This home study course includes a workbook and with x-rays, and clinical images. Knowing the content of the course may enable the practitioner to prevent the one medical error which happens all by itself and which all acupuncturists should veer away from. We cover the difference between a primary and a secondary spontaneous pneumothorax, signs and symptoms of each, tension pneumothorax, risk factors for a primary spontaneous pneumothorax, lung diseases that cause secondary spontaneous pneumothorax, traumatic pneumothorax, spontaneous pneumothorax in infants, the thoracic cavity, diagnostic tools, and treatment for spontaneous pneumothorax.