Course curriculum
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COURSE INFORMATION
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Start Here!
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Syllabus - Austere Trauma 2021
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Open Office Hours - Dates & Links
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Full Set of Austere Medicine (Trauma) PDF Supplementary Files
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Austere Medicine Full PDF Set Zip File
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Week 1
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Welcome Video (Watch this First)
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Week 1 Checklist of Videos and Handouts
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Week 1, A & P Lesson #1 - Overview & Terms (Head and Neck)
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Week 1, A & P Lesson #2 - Skull & Landmarks
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Week 1, A & P Lesson #3 - Brain, Meninges & Injuries
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Week 1, A & P Lesson #4 - Spinal Cord
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Week 1, A & P Lesson #5 - Neck & Landmarks
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Week 1, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #1 - Overview of Course Concepts
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Week 1, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #2 - The Cellular Basis for Disease
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Week 1, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #3 - pH, Fluid Balance, Cellular Health
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Slides for all Week 1 Dr. Pehrson Lectures
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Week 1, Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) - Video #1: Herbal Basic Course Introduction
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Week 1, Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) - Video #2: Herbal Preparations
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Week 1, Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) - Video #3: Materia Medica 1
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Week 1, Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) - Video #4: Vocabulary 1
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Zip File of All Intro to Herbalism Slides, Week 1 (Sam Coffman)
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Week 1, Herbal Wound Management (Sam Coffman) - Video #1: First Aid Concepts
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Week 1, Herbal Wound Management (Sam Coffman) - Video #2: Demonstration of CSM Check
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Wound Management Week 1 Slides (Sam Coffman)
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Week 1 - Wound Physiology Overview (Dr. Steve Pehrson)
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Week 1 - Wound Physiology Overview Slides
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Live Q & A From 2018 Class (Q & A #1)
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Orthodox Disaster Medicine Book List
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Herbal Book List - Helpful Book Titles & Descriptions
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Austere Medicine Book
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Anatomy and Physiology Helpful Links
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Week 1 Quiz
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Week 2
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Week 2 Checklist of Videos and Handouts
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Week 2, A & P Lesson #1 - Jugular Veins
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Week 2, A & P Lesson #2 - Dissection of the Neck
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Week 2, A & P Lesson #3 - Airway Structures and Management
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Week 2, A & P Lesson #4 - Needle Cricothyroidotomy
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Week 2, A & P Lesson #5 - Surgical Cricothyroidotomy
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Week 2, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #1 - Intro to Shock, Fluids and Principles of Resuscitation
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Week 2, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #2 - Cardiovascular Mechanics
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Week 2, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #3: Shock (Definition/Explanation)
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Week 2, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #3: Shock (2)
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Slides for Dr. Pehrson Shock and Fluids Lectures
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 2, Video #1: Herbal First Aid
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 2, Video #2: Materia Medica (Part 2)
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 2, Video #3: Vocabulary (Part 2)
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Zip File of All Week 2 Intro to Herbalism Lecture Slides (PDF Format)
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Week 2 Herbal Wound Management - Video #1: Infection Part 1
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Week 2 Herbal Wound Management - Video #1: Infection Part 2
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Week 2 Herbal Wound Management, Video #3 - Protocols and Plants
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Week 2 Herbal Wound Management , Video #4 - Burns
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Nervine Chart
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Zip File of All Wound Management Week 2 Lecture Slides (PDF Format)
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For Fun - How NOT to remove a bullet! :)
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Week 2 Quiz
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Week 3
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Week 3 Checklist of Videos and Handouts
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A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #1, Overview of Structures
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A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #2, Dissection of Thoracic Cavity 1
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A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #3, Dissection of Thoracic Cavity 2
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Week 3, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #1: Fluid Resuscitation (1)
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Week 3, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #2: Fluid Resuscitation (2)
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Week 3, Dr. Pehrson Lecture Slides
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 3, Video #1: Gardening and Wildcrafting
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 3, Video #2: Materia Medica
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 3, Video #3: Vocabulary
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Intro to Herbalism: Zip File of all Week 3 Lecture Slides (PDF Format)
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Week 3 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #1: A & P of the Skin
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Week 3 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #2: Overview of the Lymph and Immune System
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Week 3 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #3: Stages of Wound Healing
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Week 3 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #4: Wound Colors
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Week 3, Sam Coffman - Wound Lecture Slides
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Week 3 Quiz
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Week 4
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Week 4 Checklist of Videos and Handouts
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A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #1, Dissection of Thoracic Cavity (3)
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A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #2 A & P, Dissection of Thoracic Cavity (4)
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A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #3, Musculature
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A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #4, Needle Decompression
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A & P - Thoracic Cavity: Video #5, Central Line
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Week 4, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #1: Blood Loss
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Week 4, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #2: Blood Volume Restoration
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Week 4, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #3: Blood Salvage and Blood Typing in the Field
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Week 4 Dr. Steve Perhson Lecture Slides
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 4, Video #1: Related Topics
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 4, Video #2: Materia Medica (Part 4)
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 4, Video #2: Vocabulary (Part 4)
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 4: Zip File of All Week 4 Lecture Slides (PDF Format)
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Week 4 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #1: Wound Closure Methods
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Week 4 Sam Coffman Wound Management Lecture Slides (PDF Format)
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Week 4 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #2: Wound Poulticing (This is the demo referred to in Week 1)
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Top 25 Herbs to Consider for Post-Disaster
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Podcasts - Sam Coffman (The Herbal Medic): Preparedness Topics
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Week 4 Quiz
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Week 5
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Week 5 Checklist of Lectures and Handouts
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A & P - Abdomen & Pelvis: Video #1, Overview
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A & P - Abdomen & Pelvis: Video #2, GI Tract from start to finish
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A & P - Abdomen & Pelvis: Video #3, Organs of the Upper Quadrants
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Week 5, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #1: Transfusions & Tourniquet Conversions
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Week 5, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #2: Surgical Hemostasis
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Week 5, Dr. Pehrson Lecture #3: Pharmacology & Gear Overview
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Week 5 All Dr. Pehrson Lecture Slides
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 5, Video #1: Clinical Herbalism
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 5, Video #2: Materia Medica (Part 5)
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Week 5, Video #3:: Vocabulary (Part 5)
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Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Zip File of All Week 5 Lecture Slides (PDF Format)
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Week 5 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #1: - Arterial Ulcers
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Week 5 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #2:- Venous Ulcers
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Week 5 Herbal Wound Management, Lecture #3: - Diabetic Ulcers
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Week 5 Wound Management - All Slides
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Herbal Medic Field Manual
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Week 5 Quiz
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Week 6
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Week Six - Round Table Audio Files (READ THIS FIRST)
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Live Scenario, 2018: Round Table #1: Arterial Bleed, Open Fracture
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Live Scenario, 2018: Round Table #2: Through-and-through GSW to the chest, closed fracture
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Live Scenario, 2018: Round Table #3: Abdominal injury & Skull fracture
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Live Scenario, 2018: Round Table #4: Arterial bleed, open & closed fractures
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Week 7
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Week 7 Checklist of Lectures and Handouts
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A & P Week 7 - Abdomen & Pelvis: Video #1, Organs of the Upper Quadrants 2
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A & P Week 7 - Abdomen & Pelvis: Video #2, Kidneys, Ureters
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A & P Week 7- Abdomen & Pelvis: Video #3, Male and Female Reproductive Organs
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Week 7 Wound Management (Steve Pehrson) Lecture #1: Suturing Techniques
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Week 7 Wound Management (Steve Pehrson) Lecture #2: Surgical Instruments and Tools
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Week 7 Wound Management (Steve Pehrson) Lecture #3: Wound Examples and Talk-Through
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Week 7 Wound Management (Steve Pehrson) Lecture #4: Wound Examples Continued
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Week 7 Slides (Steve Pehrson wound closure lectures)
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Week 7 - Introduction to Herbalism (Sam Coffman): Full Course Review
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Week 7 - Intro to Herbalism (Sam Coffman) Slides - Review and Final Lecture
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Mid-Term Quiz
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Mid-Term Quiz (Week 1 - 7)
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Week 8
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Week 8 Checklist of Videos and Handouts
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A & P - Extremities: Video #1, Overview
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A & P - Extremities: Video #2, Shoulder
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A & P - Extremities: Video #3, Arms, IV access
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A & P - Extremities: Video #4, Hands
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Week 8, Lecture #1 (Steve Pehrson): Special Structures (Connective Tissues, Vessels, etc.)
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Week 8, Lecture #2 (Steve Pehrson): Special Structures (cont'd), Special Tools
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Week 8 Wound Repair (Steve Pehrson) Slides
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Week 8, Herbal Wound Healing (Sam Coffman), Lecture #1 - Pressure Ulcers
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Week 8, Herbal Wound Healing (Sam Coffman), Lecture #1 - Lymphatic Ulcers
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Week 8, Herbal Wound Healing (Sam Coffman), Lecture #3 - Wound Tunneling
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Week 8 Slides - Herbal Wound Healing (Sam Coffman)
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Introduction to Bone Fractures, Herbs and Nutrition
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Week 8 Quiz
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Week 9
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Week 9 Checklist of Lectures and Handouts
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Week 9 A & P Lecture #1: Hip, Pelvis
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Week 9 A & P Lecture #2: Knee
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Week 9 A & P Lecture #3: Foot & Ankle
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Week 9 A & P Lecture #4: Intraosseous Infusion
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Week 9 Sam Coffman Lecture #1: Biofilms and Infection
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Week 9 Sam Coffman Lecture #2: Herbs for Musculoskeletal Healing
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Week 9 Sam Coffman Lecture #3: Herbs for Musculoskeletal Healing (part 2)
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Week 9 Sam Coffman Lecture #4: - Case Studies
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Week 9 Wound Healing - All Slides
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Week 9 Sam Coffman Lecture #5: Herbal Materia Medica
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Week 9 Audio File #1 (Steve Pehrson): Airway Management
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Week 9 Audio File #2 (Steve Pehrson): Anesthesia
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Week 9 Audio File #3 (Steve Pehrson): An Austere Appedectomy
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Week 9 Quiz
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Week 10
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Week 10 Checklist of Lectures and Handouts
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Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #1 (Steve Pehrson) - Overview of Pharmacology
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Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #2 (Steve Pehrson) - The language and measurement system of pharmacology
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Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #3 (Steve Pehrson) - LD50 and Toxicity
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Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #4 (Steve Pehrson) - Dosing, Medication, Strength, Route, Schedule, Duration
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Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #5 (Steve Pehrson) - Antimicrobials
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Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #6 -Bacteria and Antibiotics
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Week 10 Pharmacology Lecture #7 - Antibiotic Strategies
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Week 10, Lecture #8 - Empiric Treatment
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Slides for all Pharmacology Lectures (Steve Pehrson)
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Facebook Herbal Wound Case Study Audio
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Facebook Herbal Wound Case Study Slides
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Week 10 Quiz
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Week 11
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Week 11 Checklist of Lectures and Handouts
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Intro to Medicinal Botany 1: Vascular Plants, Monocots, Dicots
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Intro to Medicinal Botany 2: Leaf structures
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Intro to Medicinal Botany 3: Leaf ID Review and Part 2
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Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Pea Family
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Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Mustard Family
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Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Gentian Family
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Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Sunflower Family
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Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Mint Family
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Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Barberry Family
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Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Verbena Family
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Plant Families - Medicinal Characteristics: Parsley Family
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Plant Family ID Practice
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All Week 11 Slides
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Week 12
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Pharmacology & Viral Infections (Steve Pehrson)
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Pharmacology and Fungal Infections (Steve Pehrson)
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Pharmacology - Giardia & Pinworms (Steve Pehrson)
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Pharmacology - Ectoparasites (Steve Pehrson)
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Medical Infrastructure and Infectious Disease (Steve Pehrson)
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Bites, Stings, Water & Vector Borne Disease (Sam Coffman)
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Mosquito Prevention (Sam Coffman)
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Tropical & Subtropical Disease: Chikungunya Virus (Sam Coffman)
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Zika Virus, Dengue (Sam Coffman)
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West Nile Virus (Sam Coffman)
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Lyme Disease (Sam Coffman)
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RMSF, Chagas Disease (Sam Coffman)
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Final Exam
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Final Exam
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