Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to:
- Describe the characteristics
of the medicinal leech.
- Discuss the history of
leech therapy.
- Describe procedures for
leech therapy in detail.
- Identify 6 clinical
uses of leech therapy.
- Describe 4 complications/side
effects of leech therapy.
- Describe the characteristics
of maggots.
- Discuss the life cycle
of the blowfly.
- Discuss the history of
maggot therapy.
- Identify 4 clinical uses
for maggot debridement therapy.
- Describe details of procedures for
maggot debridement therapy and maggot removal.
- Describe 4 complications/side
effects of maggot therapy.
- Explain how documentation affects acceptance of new treatments and specify at least 6 appropriate documents.
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