Sickle Cell Trait Unfolded
Trait Warriors inspired us to develop a different approach to the therapeutic process.
For people living with ‘the silent killer’, expertise in modern healthcare solutions isn’t enough. What preventative approaches will keep them out of hospitals? How do they traverse the medical system? When an emergency occurs, how do they communicate with providers who don’t understand Sickle Cell Trait’s disease process?
As a provider working with SCT patients, you must have the toolkit to answer these questions dynamically.
As with SCD (Sickle Cell Disease), the presentation of symptoms & triggers for SCT and related hemoglobinopathies varies. Dr. Maisha calls this range of clinical presentations & triggers the Sickle Cell Spectrum. In SCT Unfolded you’ll learn this theory, along with the research & case studies to back it up.
Understanding the Sickle Cell Spectrum allows you to care for SCT patients. You’ll know how to identify symptoms caused by Sickle Cell, and what lifestyle changes are needed for your patient to live a fuller life. Of course, that’s not all, read on for a shortlist of what you’ll learn by taking this class.
What you’ll learn:
Dr. Maisha’s “Sickle Cell Spectrum” theory explained
Why Sickle Cell Trait is a disease, and why it’s detrimental not to consider it so
HbAS compared to HbSS, along with other common hemoglobinopathies
Sickle Cell Trait Crisis — process, triggers, and symptoms
Sickle Cell Trait & Cancer
Renal Medullary Carcinoma
How to advise patients with SCT
Caring for SCT crisis in-patient
Caring for SCT crisis outpatient and post-hospital
Protocols for care and their clinical indications
Solutions to gaps in testing, counseling, post-testing patient care, etc.
Protocols for early intervention, newborn screening, and transitioning from pediatric to adult care
Tools for nonpharmacologic care, including home care, diet, nutrition, etc.
