Epilepsy, Seizures and Status Epilepticus
Anthony Absalom, Dinesh Nethirasigamani and William Rutherford
This session gives an overview of the emergency and early management of seizures in adults and children, including the management of status epilepticus.
Organ Trauma: Vascular Iatrogenic Trauma and Intravascular Drug Abuse
Morgan P. McMonagle
This session describes the types of localised trauma often seen after iatrogenic instrumentation of the peripheral vessels and chronic intravenous drug abuse. This includes complicated groin with bleeding, pseudoaneurysm formation with the potential for superinfection and mycotic aneurysm formation.
Opioids in Pain Management – Advanced Knowledge
Martine Meyer
This advanced session looks at the properties of the main opioids used in the UK, when to switch opioids, particularly in renal impairment, and when to use subcutaneous opioid preparations.
Lesson 6: Follow-Up Schedule and Visit Components
Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
In this lesson, we will explore the different types of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) visits and scheduling for routine monitoring and follow-up activities.
Lesson 7: Managing Missed Visits
Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
In this lesson, we will review how to clinically manage long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) when the client returns after having missed a visit. This is in contrast to scenarios where a future visit needs to be postponed, covered in Lesson 8.
Lesson 8: Using Oral PrEP as a Bridge to Postpone Reinjection Appointments
Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
In this lesson, we will review how to use oral PrEP to postpone a future CAB-LA REINJECTION appointment. This is in contrast to a scenario where a client returns late after having already missed a visit, covered in Lesson 7.
Lesson 12: Translating Technical Information into Counseling Messages
Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
In this lesson we will address how to translate technical clinical information about long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) into messages that clients can readily understand through counseling.
Managing Sepsis
Katie Scales
This session deals with the presentation and immediate management of the patient with sepsis. UKFP Curriculum 2021 This e-Learning session covers some of the behaviours in: • FPC 1: Clinical Assessment: Assess patient needs in a variety of clinical settings including acute, non-acute and community • FPC 2: Clinical Pri....
Safe Use of Insulin
Susan Cable
Insulin prescription and administration errors are a recurring problem within healthcare, yet are easily preventable. This session highlights the most common errors, and shows how to avoid them.
Management of Nausea and Vomiting
Saskie Dorman
This session provides a framework for the drug and non-drug management of nausea and vomiting in end of life care. This session was reviewed by Saskie Dorman and Richard Kitchen and last updated in April 2019.
Therapeutic Antihypertensives
Melissa Jay Baldwin
This session describes the pharmacological management of the patient with pre-existing hypertension and the current guidelines on hypertension before surgery.
Drugs to Produce Intraoperative Hypotension
Melissa Jay Baldwin
This session examines the pharmacology of drugs that are used to induce hypotension and discusses appropriate drugs for described clinical situations.
Drug Interactions
Shelley Barnes
This session describes some of the different mechanisms of interactions that can occur between drugs and some of the classification systems used to describe these interactions.
Drugs Affecting Transmembrane Signalling
Dr Malka Sandunmalee Liyanage
This session describes the ways in which drugs affect their action on the cells via transmembrane signalling.
Hypoxia Workshop
Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University
The goal of this course is to provide the fundamental knowledge and technical skills needed to support the management of acutely hypoxic patients within a health facility. The content of the training focuses on the recognition and management of patients with mild to moderate respiratory distress and introduces frontline health w....
Introduction To Critical Care Of Elderly With COVID-19
Victor Mathias
The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic among the elderly has underscored the necessity of good nursing care that can promote good health among the group (Dhama et al., 2020). Therefore, nurses need to increase awareness of the risks facing the elderly and to find out the means of protecting and caring for them (Sun et al., 2020),....
Surviving Sepsis 2021 Guidelines
Dr. Serah Wachira
The course covers the definition, pathophysiology and classification of sepsis as well as the evidenced based management of sepsis based on surviving sepsis campaign 2021 guidelines.
Caring for a Patient in Prone Position
Beth Waweru
This course is aimed to enhance the learners knowledge on the use of prone position in the management of ARDS patients.
Thromboprophylaxis and thrombosis
Polly Davies
This session examines aspects of thromboprophylaxis and thrombosis, including the aetiology, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment, and the impact on healthcare costs.
Antihistamines
Kathryn Simpson and Kathryn James
This session describes commonly encountered antihistamines including their indications for use, mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and side-effect profiles.
Drugs Used in the Treatment of Acute Asthma
Nadim Kozman
This session describes the classification, initial management and pharmacology of the medications used in the treatment of acute asthma, both initially and in the critical care environment.
Antiemetic Drugs
Mark Lavery
This session covers commonly used antiemetics, with reference to the pathophysiology of postoperative nausea and vomiting, their mode of action and side effects.
Validation of a Phosphorus Food Frequency Questionnaire in Patients with Kidney Failure Undertaking
Jo Beer
Validation of a Phosphorus Food Frequency Questionnaire (P-FFQ) to enable quick and efficient identification of sources of dietary phosphorus to optimise nutritional education.
Nutrition III: Nutrition in School-Aged Children, Adolescents, and Women of Reproductive Age
The Hospital for Sick Children & ADRA Canada
Good nutrition and nutrition-related behaviours are critical for a child’s healthy growth, development and survival. Globally, approximately 45 percent of deaths among children under 5 are linked to undernutrition and 22.3 percent, or more than one in five children under age 5 worldwide has stunted growth. Across Kenya, mor....