Miscellaneous

This course is a part of Health and medicine, a 22-course Topic series from Khan Academy.

Every excellent party has a goodie bag, so why can’t we? Here we have the sundry videos that didn’t quite fit anywhere else. Dive right in and get educated on some of the many odds and ends in Health and Medicine. From puberty, to the ritual of the bedside exam, we hope you leave this section satisfied, and partied out!

This course contains 17 segments:

Heart disease and heart attacks

Basics of heart disease, heart attacks, heart failure, angina, cardiac arrest. Special thanks to Edward J Perper, MD for help in clarifying certain aspects of this video. Licensed under CC-BY-SA

Stenosis, ischemia and heart failure

Clarifying a bunch of medical terms around heart disease

Thromboemboli and thromboembolisms

Clarifying difference between a thrombus and an embolus (and between thrombosis and embolism)

Ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes

Basics of strokes

ALS - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Sal explains the disease ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and takes the "ice bucket challenge."

Low salt diet

Figure out the difference between "salt" and "sodium" and how much salt is recommended on a low sodium diet. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.

Calculate your own body mass index

Find out how simple it is to calculate your BMI and the common BMI categories. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.

Spotting salty foods

Find out how much sodium is in some common foods and how you can maintain a low sodium diet. Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.

Adequacy of the lateral cervical spine X-ray

Dr. Mahadevan from Stanford School of Medicine explains adequacy for lateral cervical (neck) x-rays

Assessing alignment of the lateral cervical spine (neck) X-ray

Dr. Mahadevan of Stanford Medical School shows Sal what misalignment in the neck could look like in an X-ray

Cervical spine protection in airway management (not a substitute for formal training)

Cervical Spine Protection in Airway Management. This is for education only. It is not a substitute for formal training or licensure. Every effort has been made in preparing this video to provide accurate and up-to-date information which is in accord accepted standards and practice at the time of production. We make no warranties on the information contained in the video because clinical standards are constantly changing through research and regulation. We disclaim all liability for direct or consequential damages resulting from the use of material contained in this video.

Precocious puberty

At Stanford Medical School with Morgan Theis talking to Dr. Laura Bachrach talking about precocious puberty

Childhood growth

Sal talks with Dr. Laura Bachrach about childhood growth

Bacterial meningitis

Dr. Charles Prober discusses prudent prescribing of antibiotics in the context of bacterial meningitis with 4th year medical student Morgan Theis

Ritual of the bedside exam

Dr. Abraham Verghese explains the ritual of the bedside exam

Systemic thinking about cancer

Dr. David Agus discusses thinking systemically about cancer and other things

Inflammation

Dr. David Agus talks about inflammation (while Sal repeatedly misspells it with one "m")