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When Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, it was a lucky accident. He didn't realize at the time that penicillin would dramatically change the face of medicine and the pharmaceutical industry. Fleming was a researcher studying the natural antibacterial substances produced by the body. He had been working with the bacteria that caused boils. To study the bacteria he grew colonies of it on plates.

This 6-part RBT study guide is the most comprehensive exam prep; with a complete practice test and answers, you will need to ACE the test and become a registered behavior Technician today.

Epidemics are important to us as humans because they affect our very survival. Knowing what they are and how to control them have been of interest to us for centuries. A simple explanation of the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic would be to say that an epidemic is the large-scale transmission of an illness, whereas a pandemic is an epidemic that spreads across several countries.

All across America, doctors are being forced to close due to the steady decline of insurance reimbursements. Opt-Out is a prescription for struggling private practice owners who want to turn their business around without relying on insurance networks. Dr. TJ Ahn, a Korean-born podiatrist, enrolled in podiatry school, inspired by the “Golden Era” of private practice surgery.

This audiobook explores the sentinel report by the Institute of Medicine: To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System. The report estimated 98,000 Americans were dying each year due to medical errors. Since the report was released, annual deaths rose steadily to more than 440,000, which make deaths from medical errors the nation's third leading cause of death following cancer and heart failure. Prior investigations covered: How Many? Who? Where? What? and the economic and social costs of the continued increase of patient safety medical errors.

Nurses today are in high demand in most parts of the world, and a career as a nurse can be very rewarding. A nursing school program can be a big step towards a fulfilling and lucrative career as a nurse. Nursing is a career where you are required to take care of other people, and as such, it's important that your choice of nursing school program will enable you to do this.

This book is a simplified manual for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

The goal of CPR is to save lives. Compressions must be started within 10 seconds of cardiac arrest. This simplified handbook will teach you the basic concepts you need to save a life through cardiopulmonary resuscitation.