Introduction to vital signs (for nursing assistant training)

Anatomical terminology

Introduction to the skeletal system

Introduction to the muscular system

Introduction to the cardiovascular system

Introduction to the central and peripheral nervous systems

Introduction to the somatic and autonomic nervous systems

Clinical Skills: Mechanical ventilation - conventional ventilators

Ventilation

Clinical Skills: High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV)

Integumentary: Applying dressings and bandages (for nursing assistant training)

Respiratory: Measuring respiration (for nursing assistant training)

Cardiovascular: Blood pressure (for nursing assistant training)

Cardiovascular system anatomy and physiology

Lymphatic system anatomy and physiology

Blood pressure, blood flow, and resistance

Pressures in the cardiovascular system

Resistance to blood flow

Compliance of blood vessels

Stroke volume, ejection fraction, and cardiac output

Cardiac contractility

Cardiac preload

Cardiac afterload

Cardiac cycle

Cardiac work

Pressure-volume loops

Cardiovascular changes during hemorrhage

Cardiovascular changes during postural change

Normal heart sounds

Abnormal heart sounds

Action potentials in myocytes

Action potentials in pacemaker cells

Excitability and refractory periods

Cardiac excitation-contraction coupling

Cardiac conduction system

ECG basics

ECG rate and rhythm

ECG intervals

ECG QRS transition

ECG axis

ECG normal sinus rhythm

ECG cardiac infarction and ischemia

ECG cardiac hypertrophy and enlargement

Baroreceptors

Chemoreceptors

Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system