Childhood Sepsis
James Larcombe
0.5 Hours
This session covers children aged 11 years and under. For children aged 12 years and over refer to the adult session. The session is aimed at all out of hospital clinicians, GPs, Nurses, Paramedics, Community Midwives and those providing urgent or unscheduled care. It will provide an introduction to key facts about childho....
CEACCP: Diastolic dysfunction
Rik Kapila FRCA and Ravi P Mahajan DM FRCA
0.5 Hours
Diastolic dysfunction (DD) is increasingly being recognized as an important cause of heart failure. Often the condition may not be anticipated and difficult to differentiate from systolic dysfunction when symptoms develop. This article describes the pathophysiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and management of the condition.
CEACCP: Right ventricular failure
Leo G. Kevin and Matthew Barnard
0.5 Hours
Whilst failure of the left ventricle (LV) has been the subject of intense interest for decades, failure of the right ventricle (RV) has tended to receive scant attention. Indeed, the RV was long considered a relatively passive conduit for blood flow between the systemic and pulmonary circulations.
Overview of immunosuppression in liver transplantation
Anjana A Pillai and Josh Levitsky
0.5 Hours
Continued advances in surgical techniques and immunosuppressive therapy have allowed liver transplantation to become an extremely successful treatment option for patients with end-stage liver disease. Beginning with the revolutionary discovery of cyclosporine in the 1970s, immunosuppressive regimens have evolved greatly and curr....
CT Anatomy: Lobes, Segments and Airways
Siobhan Green and Sujal Desai
0.5 Hours
The thorax is comprised of the structures of the mediastinum and lungs; mediastinal structures are linked to the lungs through the hila. This session introduces you to the normal computed tomography (CT) appearance of these structures.
Abdominal Trauma
Nanda Venkatanarasimha and Bruce Fox
0.5 Hours
This session describes the abdominal trauma seen in clinical practice the imaging appearances of different organ injury.
Classifications for Antiarrhythmic Drugs
Kirstin Wilkinson and Richard Cope
0.5 Hours
This session reviews the physiology of the cardiac action potential and describes the methods of arrhythmia generation. It also defines the classification methods available for arrhythmias along with the positive and negative attributes of each.
Coronary Circulation
Andrew Klein and Erik Ortmann
0.5 Hours
This session provides an overview of the functional anatomy and physiology of the coronary circulation during the cardiac cycle. It describes the different phases and regulatory mechanisms of coronary blood flow.
Oesophageal Doppler Cardiac Output Monitoring
Peter Anderson and Robert Kong
0.5 Hours
This session will cover the basic principles underlying oesophageal Doppler cardiac output monitoring, the practicalities of use of the monitor and clinical applications.
Capacity and Difficult Consent
Ginny Wright and Binita Jani
0.5 Hours
This session describes clinical scenarios involving patients with complex medical and ethical problems relating to consent, which clinicians will find challenging.
Cardiac Output Monitoring I
Sharon Avery and Max Jonas
0.5 Hours
This session aims to provide a rationale behind cardiac output monitoring and a sound understanding of the physiological principles behind the available technology.
Physiology of Exercise and CPX Testing
Claire Dunstan
0.5 Hours
This session covers the physiology of exercise including the role of cardiopulmonary exercise (CPX) testing.
Characteristics of Clinical Proton Beams
David Eaton
0.25 Hours
The session describes the major characteristics of proton beams, how they differ from photon beams, and their potential clinical consequences.
Organising your practice to support carers
Chantal Simon
0.5 Hours
Carers experience health, social and financial problems as a result of their role. They are more likely to have seen their GP recently than any other support professional, and so it is vital for GPs within primary care teams to know how to identify and support carers in order to maintain the health of the carer, and to preserve....
Acute and Late Effects of Proton Treatments
Rovel Colaco
0.5 Hours
This session outlines how acute and late toxicities may differ between proton and photon radiotherapy, and the potential for proton beam therapy (PBT) to reduce some late radiation related side effects. It explains the rationale for clearly defined patient follow-up schedules with careful collection of tumour and toxicity outcom....
Radiation Protection for Proton Beams
David Lines and Mark Hardy
0.5 Hours
This session describes the principles of radiation protection relating to the delivery of proton beam therapy (PBT). It highlights the key differences between PBT and photon radiotherapy from a radiation protection perspective and gives an overview of practical considerations required for a clinical PBT centre.
Abnormal Blood Sugar Levels and Hypoglycaemia
Jan Idkowiak
0.5 Hours
This session outlines the management of intercurrent illness, high blood sugar levels and the prevention of diabetic ketoacidosis in children with diabetes. It also covers the aetiology, prevention and treatment of hypoglycaemia.
Planning Pregnancy
Anja Guttinger
0.5 Hours
This session explains how to identify women's and couples' needs in planning a pregnancy, the need for preconception advice and the potential difficulties that might be encountered.
Peripheral Vascular Disease: Varicose Veins
Devender Mittapalli
0.75 Hours
This session covers essential information on varicose veins required to pass the MRCS examination. It also provides the essential knowledge and skills required for Core trainees in their day-to-day practice.
Acute Pain in Children
Glyn Williams and Anoo Jain
0.5 Hours
This session describes the principles of delivering effective analgesic management to children in acute pain associated with ongoing illness, surgery, trauma or painful procedures in a clinical setting.
Peripheral Vascular Disease Acute Limb Ischaemia
George Dovell and Devender Mittapalli
0.5 Hours
This session describes the presentation, aetiology and management of acute limb ischaemia.
Peripheral Vascular Disease Leg Ulcers
Alan Elstone and Devender Mittapalli
0.5 Hours
This session provides an introduction to the key facts surrounding the development and management of lower limb ulceration. It presents an overview of the common aetiologies and symptoms and considers the interventional and conservative management available.
Organ Trauma: Managing Skin Loss with Use of Skin Grafts and Skin Flaps
Jing Qin Tay and David Watt
0.25 Hours
This session outlines the key principles in managing skin loss with the use of skin grafts and skin flaps.
Organ Trauma: Thoracic Trauma
Stella Smith
0.5 Hours
This session outlines the assessment and management of thoracic trauma, particularly focusing on the early identification of conditions that result in a rapid demise.