Essential information for people who take opioids for pain and doctors who are interested in prescribing naloxone when they prescribe opioids. This video provides easy training on opioid safety and how to use naloxone.

This on-line training video, and associated print materials, are designed to prepare public safety and EMS providers, AEMT, EMT-I, EMT-B and CFR/EMR, to administer naloxone using an intra-nasal applicator (mucosal atomizer device) in cases of suspected opioid overdose. Drug overdose from opioids (such as heroin, codeine, morphine, fentanyl and others) is a significant problem in all areas of New York State. Naloxone is a medication that safely reverses opioid overdose.

Opioid Tolerance - A unique visualization depicting the process of receptor down-regulation and its involvement in the development of opioid tolerance This is my Master's Research Project that was completed for my graduate degree (M.Sc.BMC) at the University of Toronto, 2009 Committee members: Supervisor: Linda Wilson-Pauwels, Professor, University of Toronto Content Expert: Louis Gendron, Professor, University of Sherbrooke Voting Member: Nick Woolridge, Associate Professor, University of Toronto Description: This animation describes one particular hypothesis regarding the development of opioid tolerance. The hypothesis supports the idea that a shift in equilibrium between the recycling and degradation of the opioid receptors may result in receptor down-regulation, which consequently results in tolerance. Software: Autodesk Maya 2009, Adobe After Effects CS4, Photoshop CS4, Soundbooth CS4

A short medical education video to guide health professionals how to manage pain issues for patients who are already on regular opioid medication, with expertise from the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

Symptoms, risk factors and treatments of Pneumoconiosis (Medical Condition) Pneumoconiosis is an occupational lung disease and a restrictive lung disease caused by the inhalation of dust, often in mines This video contains general medical information If in doubt, always seek professional medical advice. The medical information is not advice and should not be treated as such. The medical information is provided without any representations or warranties, express or implied. We do not warrant or represent that the medical information on this websiteis true, accurate, complete, current or non-misleading.

Asbestos can pose health hazards to homeowners renovating their homes. This animation shows how asbestos fibres could damage lung tissue and lead to lung disease.

In this note you will learn about one of the most dangerous of all occupational diseases: pneumoconiosis. You will learn its definition, symptoms, treatments and current expectations of life from the moment the disease is detected. Similarly, you will know how we can prevent this dangerous disease in the future.

The aetiology of pneumoconiosis, morphology and different types including coal workers' pneumoconiosis, silicosis and asbestosis.

Anita Wolfe is a public health analyst and the program coordinator for the Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program, located in Morgantown, W.Va. She has worked for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for the past 33 years and has lived in West Virginia all of her life. In response to the rise in black lung disease, she and co-workers started traveling in a mobile clinic to to conduct black lung screenings in the coalfields. Last summer, she traveled to McDowell County and served residents in Iaeger and Northfork. Learn more about Anita and and McDowell County at hollowdocumentary.com.

A group of Chinese factory workers, all suffering from the deadly lung disease pneumoconiosis, are sacked by their boss with no compensation. They appeal to the government for help but are rebuffed. In the end they hire a layer to get their jobs back and also file a criminal lawsuit against their former boss for endangering their health and livelihood. It will be the first lawsuit of its kind in China.