Assessing Cardiovascular Risk

This one-day course unravels the concept of CV risk. It discusses the direct relationship of CV risk on the formation of atheroma, and the impact of atherosclerosis, leading to heart attacks, strokes and other vascular diseases. It provides a comprehensive guide to the individual CV risk factors and explains why their early identification and modification is important for primary prevention. The course demonstrates how the routine collection of risk factor data can be a straightforward process, explains the use of CV risk charts both paper and electronic. All the relevant Skills for Health Competencies are also provided.