Rather different to our usual educational posts; this is part of our series of quotes that may help when you’re facing adversity or finding your new normal. You may have discovered your DVT is linked to a diagnosis of cancer, you may have suffered a life-threatening PE or heart attack. Whatever the reason, many of our readers go through difficult times. We post these on … [Read more...]
Frivolous Friday – why it doesn’t matter if you failed the OAK test!
Over the last 3 days we've covered The Oral Anticoagulation Knowledge (OAK) Test © Zeolla MM, Brodeur MR, Dominelli A, Haines ST, Allie N. (Q 1-7, Q 8-14, Q 15-20 ). We mentioned that while the pass mark is 15/20 the average mark was 12/20 and 64% of people failed. If you were among those who failed, take heart at the findings from today's medical journal article which … [Read more...]
Can you pass the OAK test? answers
If you're on warfarin you may be interested in the 20 multiple choice question OAK test (Oral Anticoagulation Knowledge test). It was developed in Maryland, US in 2006 by Zeolla. It was validated in the US and later in Malaysia, which means it is a trustworthy test for finding out how much people understand about taking warfarin. The pass score is 15 or more out of 20. You … [Read more...]
Can you pass the OAK test? part 2
If you're on warfarin you may be interested in the 20 multiple choice question OAK test (Oral Anticoagulation Knowledge test). It was developed in Maryland, US in 2006 by Zeolla. It was validated in the US and later in Malaysia, which means it is a trustworthy test for finding out how much people understand about taking warfarin. The pass score is 15 or more out of 20. You … [Read more...]
Can you pass the OAK test? 64% can’t
If you're on warfarin you may be interested in the 20 multiple choice question OAK test (Oral Anticoagulation Knowledge test). It was developed in Maryland, US in 2006 by Zeolla. It was validated in the US and later in Malaysia, which means it is a trustworthy test for finding out how much people understand about taking warfarin. The pass score is 15 or more out of 20. You … [Read more...]
Clot risk – being in hospital
This Medical Monday series is about risk factors for venous thromboembolism, VTE (pulmonary embolism and DVT). The post 'Are you on the red or blue team?' outlines the difference between arterial and venous clots. We are going to cover Strong risk factors; being in hospital, having surgery and immobility Moderate risk factors; age (60+), a previous blood clot, family … [Read more...]
David Clotterfield Saga – scene 5
David Clotterfield and Clara Clearvessel are both on warfarin and as we follow their saga we'll discover their beliefs about anticoagulation through the various comments they make about their lives. At the end of each scene, you'll get a chance to test your knowledge; Are their comments true or false? Before reading this episode, you may like to catch up with the previous … [Read more...]
Top three items for World Thrombosis Day
As it's World Thrombosis Day today, would you be happy to share your knowledge of venous thrombo-embolism with others? These are the things the organisation wants people to know ... 1. Risk of having a blood clot Strong Risk being in hospital having surgery immobility (bed rest, long-distance travel) Moderate Risk age (60+) … [Read more...]
Why you should dress in red and blue tomorrow
Tomorrow is World Thrombosis Day and is our chance to educate friends and family about deadly blood clots. We suggest you dress in red and blue hoping to catch people's attention, then when they comment about your clothes, you can talk about blood clots, both red (stroke and heart attack) and blue (DVT and pulmonary embolus). Paul does this every year, but as his clothes … [Read more...]
Warfarin History 5 – suicide and the president
Like the plot of a movie... Warfarin has been used as a medication for more than 60 years. The discovery of Warfarin is interesting and sounds a bit like the plot of a movie; it includes a president, dead cattle, an attempted suicide and rat poison. Like many scientific discoveries of the last century it involved some serendipity, good fortune, the correct … [Read more...]