Minor Ailments: CNS 2019

Hours of learning: 2

Publication date: January 2019

Aim
To equip healthcare professionals to deal with CNS issues such as teething, musculoskeletal pain, headache, sleep disturbances and travel sickness.

Intended learning outcomes
Following completion of this course you should be able to:

• list possible causes of pain that respond to non-prescription medication
• recommend appropriate analgesics for teething, musculoskeletal pain and headache using an appropriate evidence-based approach
• consider differential diagnosis
• identify danger symptoms, referring when appropriate
• advise patients on the prevention and management of these condition
• recommend non-prescription medication and lifestyle measures for insomnia and travel sickness.