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Health Presentations - Surgeries, Procedures and Tests

These graphical presentations cover a variety of medical and healthcare topics from gastrointestinal conditions to plastic surgery. Each presentation can be viewed in a linear fashion or can be navigated to specific points of interest. The presentations feature full-color medical illustrations, labels and other visual explanations.
  

Asthma Management

Metered dose inhaler use
Nebulizer use
Peak flow meter use
Spacer use

Diabetes Management

Monitor blood glucose

Ear, Nose, and Throat

Adenoid removal
Ear surgery
Ear tube insertion
Eardrum repair
Emergency airway puncture
Laryngoscopy
Mastoidectomy
Nose surgery
Parathyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy
Tonsillectomy
Tracheostomy

First Aid

Animal bite - first aid
Ankle sprain
Choking first aid - adult or child over 1 year
Choking first aid - infant under 1 year
Convulsions - first aid
CPR - adult
CPR - child 1 to 8 years old
CPR - infant
Creating a sling
Hand splint
Minor burn - first aid
Minor cut - first aid
Poisonous snakes
Recovery position
Snakebite (poison) treatment
Two person roll

General Surgery

Abdominal exploration
Achalasia
Anal fissure
Appendectomy
Biliary obstruction
Breast lump removal
Colon cancer
Colon diverticula
Colostomy
Diagnostic peritoneal lavage
Diaphragmatic hernia repair
Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography (ERCP)
Gallbladder removal
Gastrectomy
Gastroesophageal reflux
Gastrostomy tube placement
GI Bleeding
Hemorrhoid surgery
Hiatal hernia repair
Imperforate anus repair
Inflammatory bowel disease
Inflatable artificial sphincter
Inguinal hernia repair
Intestinal obstruction repair
Laparoscopic surgery
Large bowel resection
Liver transplant
Mastectomy
Meckel's diverticulectomy
Pancreas transplant
Pancreatitis
Pelvic laparoscopy
Pyloric stenosis
Rectal prolapse repair
Small bowel resection
Spleen removal

Hematology

Alpha fetoprotein
Complete blood count
CSF oligoclonal banding
Growth hormone stimulation test
White blood cell count

Neurology

Craniotomy
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Obstetrics/Gynecology (OB-GYN)

Anterior vaginal wall repair (Surgical treatment of urinary incontinence)
Breech
C-section
Cervical dysplasia
D and C
Epidural
Episiotomy
Hysterectomy
Percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling
Rh incompatibility
Ultrasound
Vaginal birth

Ophthalmology

Cataract surgery
Corneal transplant
Eye muscle repair
Lasik eye surgery
Radial keratotomy for myopia
Retinal detachment repair

Orthopedics

Anterior cruciate ligament repair
Bone fracture repair
Bone graft
Bone-marrow transplant
Bunion removal
Carpal tunnel repair
Club foot repair
Hip joint replacement
Knee arthroscopy
Knee joint replacement
Lumbar spinal surgery
Meniscal allograft transplantation
Microdiskectomy
Partial knee replacement
Replantation of digits
Rotator cuff repair
Shoulder separation
Spinal fusion
Spinal surgery -- cervical
Tibial osteotomy
Vertebroplasty

Pediatrics

Exchange transfusion
Gastroschisis repair
Intestinal obstruction (Pediatric)
Leg lengthening
Meningocele repair
Omphalocele repair
Patent ductus arteriosis (PDA)
Pectus excavatum repair
Umbilical hernia repair

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Abdominoplasty
Blepharoplasty
Breast augmentation
Breast lift (mastopexy)
Breast reconstruction
Breast reduction (mammoplasty)
Chin augmentation
Circumcision
Cleft lip repair
Craniofacial reconstruction
Facelift
Forehead lift
Hemangioma excision
Liposuction
Repair of webbed fingers
Scar revision
Septoplasty
Skin graft
Skin smoothing surgery

Thoracic Surgery

Chest tube insertion
Coronary artery balloon angioplasty
Heart bypass surgery
Heart transplant
Heart valve surgery
Heart-lung transplant
Lung transplant
Pneumothorax
Pulmonary lobectomy
Tracheoesophageal fistula repair

Urology

Bladder and urethral repair
Hydrocele repair
Hypospadias repair
Kidney removal
Kidney transplant
Osmolality urine
Patent urachus repair
Prostatectomy
Testicular torsion repair
TURP

Vascular Medicine

Arterial bypass leg
Carotid artery surgery
Stroke
Venous thrombosis


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