Safety of Perioperative Glucocorticoids in Elective Noncardiac Surgery
Andrew James Toner, B.M.B.Ch., F.R.C.A.; Vyhunthan Ganeshanathan, F.R.C.A.; Matthew Chan, F.A.N.Z.C.
1.00 Hours
Glucocorticoids are increasingly used perioperatively, principally to prevent nausea and vomiting. Safety concerns focus on the potential for hyperglycemia and increased infection. The authors hypothesized that glucocorticoids predispose to such adverse outcomes in a dose-dependent fashion after elective noncardiac surgery.
Anesthetic Management of Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery (2016 RCA - January 2017)
Dr. Susan Black
1.00 Hours
Management of patients undergoing spine surgery varies with location and type of surgical procedure. Understanding of the patient’s spine disease, the planned procedure, and other comorbidities is crucial to providing optimal perioperative care.
Improving self-management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Anne Phillips
0.50 Hours
Diabetes is an increasingly common life-long condition, which has significant physical, psychological and behavioural implications for individuals. Self-management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes can be complex and challenging. A collaborative approach to care, between healthcare professionals and patients, is essential to promote....
Safety at School: What Are the Rules?
ATPE Member Legal Services Department
Who makes the rules regarding COVID-19 safety protocols, and what are those rules? How do those rules differ for school employees, students, and school visitors? Learn more in this ATPE Member Legal Services Department video. The information provided in this video is for general purposes only. Individual legal situations vary gr....
Options for Nutritional Care
Annabel Alder and Ruth Kander and Mary Hickson
0.5 Hours
This session will look at nutritional support and will consider the factors to take into account when planning and reviewing your patients’ care.
Classic ECGs and Infarct Territories
Chris Critoph
0.25 Hours
This session provides an overview of ischaemic electrocardiograms (ECGs) in acute medicine. It is not intended to teach how to interpret ECGs, but to understand the underlying coronary anatomy relative to their interpretation.
Criteria for Diagnosing Osteoporosis
Nicola Cooper
0.25 Hours
This session discusses the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.
Safe Use of Injectable Medicines (Part 1)
Gillian Cavell
0.5 Hours
Intravenous therapy, known also as IV therapy, refers to the application of liquid medication directly into the veins of a patient. This session explores the health and safety aspects of this procedure, the different technical approaches and equipment involved, along with the steps entailed and the associated risks.
Assessment - Trainee GPs
Daryl Goodwin
0.5 Hours
This session describes the main tools used to assess trainee GPs and distinguishes between formative and summative forms of assessment. This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in February 2015.
Care of People with Dementia
Emma Vardy and Louise Robinson
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the broader aspects of caring for people with dementia, including issues around driving, non-cognitive symptoms and how people with dementia may also develop problems with swallowing.
Consulting with Children
Cassy Henderson
0.5 Hours
This session gives an overview of the ways in which children differ from adult patients. It offers techniques that may assist effective consultation and overriding principles that must be taken into account.
Behavioural Problems in Children
Lynne Glover
0.5 Hours
This session reviews factors preventing children from learning normal behaviour and considers appropriate assessment in primary care. Management options are examined and the value of a resource directory of useful contacts is highlighted. This session was reviewed by Sally Higginbottom and last updated in October 2014.
Care of People with Intellectual Disability
Teresa Kippax - Adult Protection Coordinator for Dorset Primary Care Trust
0.5 Hours
To provide guidance about the issues which limit access to primary care services by people with learning disabilities and how these can be overcome.
Common Nutritional Problems in Pre-schoolers
John Puntis Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Leeds General Infirmary
0.5 Hours
Nutrition plays an important part in a range of conditions seen in early childhood, including allergy, constipation and vomiting. Some nutritional deficiencies (such as iron and vitamin D) are common in western societies, even though unavailability of food is not an issue. These problems may have long-term implications for healt....
Breast Pain
Mary Selby
0.5 Hours
This session describes the presentation and categorisation of breast pain, the assessment of affected women in primary care, their initial management and the indications for referral.
Ethics: Using the Deliberative Process
Aidan Macfarlane MA (Oxon), MA (Cantab), MB, BChir, FRCP, FRCPCH, FFPHM
0.5 Hours
This session aims to help you understand the deliberative process, which is one logical way of working through bioethical issues, particularly applicable in relation to sexual and reproductive health issues of young people.
An Introduction to Using Early Support Materials in Context
Silvana Mengoni
0.5 Hours
This session focuses on key working being implemented in practice as well as how Early Support materials can be used and adapted by families and professionals.
Developmental Journal Visual Impairment: Developmental Principles Part 1
Alison Salt, Naomi Dale and Michelle OReilly
0.5 Hours
This session covers the progress of development, learning and vision and other senses in babies and young children with vision impairment.
Pattern Electroretinography
Tristan Barber
0.5 Hours
This session covers the underlying physiological changes measured by pattern electroretinography (PERG), clinical indications for performing the test, how it is carried out and the interpretation of a PERG report.
Dental and Maxillo-facial Radiography: Session 4
Andrew Day and Amanda Loughlin
0.5 Hours
This session will cover general principles of dental cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). It will describe the various CBCT examinations undertaken in the dental imaging department when CBCT is indicated, including anatomical landmarks and pathology or trauma.
Red Eye Case Study 1
Rosemary Robinson
0.25 Hours
This session works through a scenario concerning a patient with a painful red eye.
Red Eye Case Study 2
Rosemary Robinson
0.25 Hours
This session works through a scenario concerning a patient with a painful red eye.
Adverse Drug Effects
Caroline Burgess and Sarah Morse and Gillian Cavell
0.5 Hours
Monitoring of adverse drug events (ADE), both adverse drug reactions (ADR) and medication errors, is important to ensure safe use of medicines. Organisations with responsibility for collecting information about ADE exist but rely on practitioners to report the event to them. This session aims to inform trainees about how to reco....
Advanced Critical Care Therapeutics: Sedation, Delirium, Analgesia, and Paralytics in the ICU
Mark Malesker, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCP, FASHP, BCPS
This unit covers Sedation, Delirium, Analgesia, and Paralytics in the ICU. Including: -SCCM clinical practice guidelines -Medications for sedation -Medications for pain control -Medications for delirium -Medications for neuromuscular blockade This course on provides in-depth advanced instruction concerning the pharmacot....
Advanced Critical Care Therapeutics: Acute Kidney Injury & Renal Replacement Therapy
Stacey K. Dull, Pharm.D., BCPS
A comprehensive course on Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Replacement Therapy as part of the Advanced Critical Care Therapeutic course. The Advanced Critical Care Therapeutic course provides in-depth advanced instruction concerning the pharmacotherapeutic management of commonly encountered critical care diseases. Emphasis is p....