TICK REMOVAL

Course overview

FINDING A TICK ON ONESELF OR A FAMILY MEMBER CAN BE ANXIETY PROVOKING. TICKS ARE KNOWN TO CARRY MANY DISEASES, AND THE LIST IS GROWING. ADDITIONALLY, THE RANGE OF TICKS IS EXPANDING, LIKELY CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGES. TICK REMOVAL REQUIRES AWARENESS OF SEVERAL FACTORS, IN ADDITION TO KNOWING HOW TO REMOVE THE TICK. A CLINICIAN SHOULD CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: WHAT TYPE OF TICK IS IT? WHAT IS THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE ATTACHED TICK? WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR A PERSON WHO HAS HAD A TICK REMOVED? THIS ACTIVITY SUMMARIZES INFORMATION ABOUT TICK IDENTIFICATION AND THE TICK REMOVAL TECHNIQUE.