Patient Primer Guides
In this section, patient teaching tools are available for your everyday professional needs. Click on the topic of your choice to download an easily printable one-page document. Then, put your patient at ease with the presentation of a tactile resource that is convenient, useful and, above all, reassuring. A small token, yes, but one that can provide extraordinary benefits.
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Texting While Driving: Beware of Dangers, Establish Safe Habits
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| Written by Charlie Halfen |
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Even the most safety-conscious and thoughtful people have succumbed to the temptation to multitask while driving, and the latest and most perilous of these activities is texting.
Texting while driving has become of the most discussed and discouraged activities for a good reason—it is one of the most profoundly dangerous distractions that can cause a driver not only to reduce necessary and continuous hazard-scanning, but to take his eyes off of the road and hands off of the steering wheel. Drivers who are texting can even enter into a state where they temporarily forget that they are driving.
Download the Patient Primer in PDF format.
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A Focus on Air Ambulance Transport
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| Written by Anne Llewellyn, RN-BC, MS, BHSA, CCM, CRRN |
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 If you or a loved one is injured or becomes ill while traveling on business or vacation, the one thing you want most is to be close to your home with your family and friends. If you are medically stable and can travel, you may simply drive home if you are able to drive or move up your flight if you have a flight planned.
Download the Patient Primer in PDF format.
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A Focus on Kids and Car Safety Tips
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| Written by Anne Llewellyn, RN-BC, MS, BHSA, CCM, CRRN |
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Summer is here so this is a good time to remind parents and babysitters about a few things that can prevent a disaster from happening.
First, do not leave a child in a closed car. Cars heat up quickly even with a window rolled down two inches. Statistics show that if the outside temperature is in the low 80s, the temperature inside the car can reach deadly levels in only 10 minutes.
Download the Patient Primer in PDF format.
Patient Primer available in Spanish
Download the patient teaching tool in Spanish.
Special thanks to Black Diamond Language Services for the Spanish version of the Patient Primer. For translations into other languages, contact Black Diamond here or by phone at 800.685.4789.
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A Focus on Patient Safety
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| Written by Anne Llewellyn, RN-BC, MS, BHSA, CCM, CRRN |
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 Every patient and care provider needs to take an active role to make sure health care is safe. Here are some tips that you can use when you or a member of your family has to go to the emergency room or be admitted to the hospital. Don’t be afraid to ask questions or to raise a concern. Remember, medical professionals need reminders, too.
Download the Patient Primer in PDF format.
Patient Primer available in Spanish
Download the patient teaching tool in Spanish.
Special thanks to Black Diamond Language Services for the Spanish version of the Patient Primer. For translations into other languages, contact Black Diamond here or by phone at 800.685.4789.
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A Focus on Preventing Falls
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| Written by Connie Sunderhaus, RN-BC, CCM |
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 Be safe. Be careful. Watch where you step. You hear these cautions from family and friends all of the time. But what can you do to be sure that you are indeed being careful and watching and preventing a fall or accident in your home? Below we look at two areas—yourself and your home—where you can be safer and more secure.
Download the Patient Primer in PDF format.
NEW! Patient Primer available in Spanish.
Download the patient teaching tool in Spanish.
Special thanks to Black Diamond Language Services for the Spanish version of the Patient Primer. For translations into other languages, contact Black Diamond here or by phone at 800.685.4789.
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A Focus on Healthy Eating To Control Inflammatory Disease
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| Written by Beatriz Ospina, CEC |
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 Inflammation is defined as a localized reaction of tissue to irritation, injury or infection. Symptoms include pain, swelling and red coloration of the area. We commonly think of inflammation as the painful result of arthritis. But inflammation is also a component of chronic diseases like heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, depression, cancer and diabetes. That is why anti-inflammatory foods are so important. Below is a list of food groups and nutrients that contain foods with anti-inflammatory properties.
Download and share this teaching tool with your patients.
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A Focus on Diabetic Foot Care
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| Written by Connie Sunderhaus, RN-BC, CCM |
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 Caring for your feet is one of the many important things you can do — and need to do — if you are diabetic or if you have been told you have “poor circulation.” Diabetes, a condition having to do with your body’s production of blood sugar, often results in changes in blood supply to your feet.
Because of this you may not always feel things that are very hot or very cold. Or you may not feel it if you have hurt your toes or feet. These are the reasons why you need to take extra care of your feet if you have diabetes. As simple as this care may sound, it does mean that there is some work you must do — every day.
Download and share this teaching tool with your patients.
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