Swollen Toe - Radiology
Nyree Griffin and Jeremiah Healy
0.75 Hours
This session illustrates cardinal features of seronegative arthritides affecting the toes and discusses how to differentiate this from other causes of swollen toe. The session will start with a series of questions to test your prior knowledge.
The Legal Framework for Working with Young People
Aidan Macfarlane
0.5 Hours
This session is an introduction to professional, legal and ethical issues concerning young people and their health.
The Importance of Good Communication
Sandra Hurd and Wendy Fojut
0.5 Hours
This session explains the importance of good communication in the context of end of life care. It covers the principles of good communication, and then the consequences of good and bad communication for patients, families and those working with them. This session was reviewed by Wendy Fojut, Sandra Hurd and Christina Faull and l....
STIs in Pregnancy
Ellen Dwyer
0.5 Hours
This session describes the sexually transmitted and other genital infections that can affect pregnancy. It also explains the diagnosis and where it may differ between pregnant and non-pregnant patients, complications, treatment and management, considering the relevance of the trimester and risk to the foetus and mother.
Support and Care Planning at End of Life
Sue Taplin, Tes Smith
0.5 Hours
This session aims to outline the role and importance of good support and care planning for a person and their carer. This session was reviewed by Tes Smith and Richard Kitchen and last updated in February 2018.
Shared Decision Making
Antony Chuter
0.5 Hours
This session deals with treating your patients as equal partners in the decisions reached about their treatment, while meeting clinical needs and desires. This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in August 2014.
School Entry Assessment
Elaine Tabony, Mary Kiddy
0.5 Hours
This session builds on the school entry health assessment in session Surveillance and Health Promotion (411-004). It focuses on the care plan development necessary for children with identified additional health and social needs (Universal Plus and Universal Partnership Plus) following a more in-depth, holistic assessment of the....
The School Health Team
Jane Wright
0.5 Hours
This session will explore the key aspects of a 21st century school health service, describing the multidisciplinary team involved in achieving optimum health for all school children aged between 5 and 12 years. It will contextualise the development of the school health team and its transition to modern day public health pract....
Sudden Vision Loss Case Study 3
Rosemary Robinson and Ahmad Muneer Otri
0.25 Hours
This session works through a scenario concerning a patient with sudden loss of vision.
Vulnerable Children
Andrea Goddard
0.5 Hours
This session looks at what makes children socially vulnerable, including factors in the child, the parents, the family and wider society.
The Overlap Between Falls and Syncope
Mira Doshi
0.5 Hours
This session defines syncope and outlines the common causes of syncope in the elderly. It shows the overlap between falls and syncope and describes the initial evaluation of an elderly patient with syncope.
TSS_Usual Organisms and Antibiotic Therapy
William Lusty
0.25 Hours
This session discusses toxic shock syndrome its diagnosis and treatment.
Stroke: Where is the Lesion?
Ahamad Hassan
0.25 Hours
This session presents principles of arterial anatomy based on clinical presentation of stroke.
Uncompensated Vestibular Disorders
Tom Heaps
0.25 Hours
This session gives an overview of uncompensated vestibular disorders.
Ventilation - Basic Modes 1
Timothy Gould
0.5 Hours
This session will look at the following modes of volume controlled ventilation, pressure limited volume controlled ventilation, assist control ventilation, synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation and gives an explanation of when each one would be used.
Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Sam Waddy
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the definition, causes, diagnosis, management and prevention of ventilator associated pneumonia.
Trauma Resuscitation: The Secondary Survey
TiJesunimi Abiola and Nick Bolton
0.5 Hours
This session covers the secondary survey of a patient with multiple injuries.
Statistics: Choice of Test
Ian Kestin
0.5 Hours
This session provides the opportunity to learn how to choose an appropriate statistical test for the common types of research projects. It also enables you to recognize if an appropriate test has been used in a journal article.
Statistics: Hypothesis Testing
Sue Hill
0.5 Hours
This session describes the process of setting-up and interpreting a statistical test of a clinical hypothesis.
Tracheal Tubes
Prasanna Tilakaranta and Simon Stacey
0.5 Hours
Tracheal tubes are widely used in anaesthesia to provide gas transfer between a breathing system and a patient’s trachea. This module will help you to understand the design and use of standard tracheal tubes. You will also be introduced to variants of the tracheal tube which have been modified for use in different clinical situa....
Screening Asymptomatic Patients
Helen Bailey
0.5 Hours
This session will describe a full screen for diagnosis or exclusion of STIs in an asymptomatic woman, an asymptomatic heterosexual man and an asymptomatic man who has sex with men (MSM) and the rationale behind the approach.
Symptom Management
Louise Pennington
0.5 Hours
This session aims to provide the learner with an understanding of the principles of caring for a person with a palliative illness who has symptom control issues causing immediate distress as applied to paramedic practice in end-of-life and palliative care.
Suicide Prevention and Risk Assessment
David Partlow and Sue Putman
0.5 Hours
This session aims to provide background information regarding suicide prevalence and suicide risk assessment.
The Psychological and Sociological Impact of Pain
Martin Parkinson
0.5 Hours
This session will explore the role of the biopsychosocial model as a basis for treating people whose psychological and sociological wellbeing has been affected by pain. Later, it will identify the psychological and sociological issues that commonly arise as a result of pain and explore the benefits of a patient-centred approa....