• Provided primary care for 16 bed intensive care unit • Assisted in treatment
for disease management in MICU for patients with COPD, ARDS and neuromuscular disease • Treated wounds and maintained advanced life support systems • Recorded vital statistics • Initiated intravenous fluids and medications prescribed by physicians
LEAP stands for Lifestyle, Eating and Performance which is Signet's
acronym for their Disease Management program of: Proper patient selection and Assessment, Mediator Release Testing, Elimination Diet, Rotation Diet, Assessment and Follow - up.
Providing patients with reading materials outside their level of understanding could make it difficult to follow medication directives, dietary restrictions, and necessary lifestyle
modifications for disease management.
DNA tests for disease causing mutation (s) will be most informative and
effective for disease management but must be combined with current screening schemes, pedigree information, and if possible genomic selection, to maximize the impact in significantly reducing the number of inherited disorders and improving overall health in pedigree dogs.