Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit (Updated)
Industry Specialists
1.00 Hours
Opioid overdose continues to be a major public health problem in the United States. This CEU course discusses opioid use disorders, steps for first responders, information for prescribers, and safety advice for patients and family members.
Organ Trauma Vascular Iatrogenic Trauma and Intravascular Drug Abuse
Morgan P. McMonagle
0.50 Hours
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.
Principles of Transplant Immunology and Immunosuppression
Simon Knight
0.50 Hours
This session outlines the basics of transplant immunology and immunosuppression. It will discuss the use of tissue typing to prevent hyperacute rejection and the use of immunosuppressive drugs to help prevent acute and chronic allograft damage. The side effects of commonly used immunosuppressive drugs will be outlined.
Pericardial Disease
Charles Peebles
0.50 Hours
This session covers the normal imaging appearances of the pericardium, normal variants, and pathological findings. The modalities discussed include computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and chest radiography (CXR) with references to echocardiography.
Chest X-ray in the Older Child with Cardiac Disease
John Partridge
0.50 Hours
This session describes the various abnormalities of heart shape and pulmonary perfusion to be found in the spectrum of congenital heart disease (CHD) beyond infancy.
Patterns of Atelectasis and Collapse
Erica Thwaite
0.50 Hours
This session looks at the different types of atelectasis and their common causes. The typical appearance of each type of atelectasis is shown on the chest radiograph (CXR) and computed tomography (CT).
Persistent Consolidation
Sue Kearney
0.50 Hours
The aim of the session is to provide the reader with a clear understanding of the causes of persistent consolidation and to highlight the circumstances where further investigation is mandatory.
Causes of Mediastinal Nodal Disease
John Curtis
0.50 Hours
This session is aimed at achieving an understanding of the causes and appearances of mediastinal nodal disease including nodal calcification and 'egg-shell' calcification.
Percutaneous Nephrostomy: Indications, Techniques and Complications
Philip Haslam
0.50 Hours
This session describes and illustrates some of the ways a patient may present with an obstructed kidney and shows how to relieve the obstruction with nephrostomy insertion.
Pelvic Angiography: Post Partum Haemorrhage
Sam Chakraverty
0.50 Hours
This session details the place of embolisation in the treatment of post partum haemorrhage (PPH).
Request for Organ and Tissue Donation
Christine Elding
0.50 Hours
This session will provide you with information about organ and tissue donation and best practice guidance on alerting bereaved relatives/decision-makers to the potential of donating organs and tissues as part of end of life care. This session was reviewed by Helen Taylor, Jo Davies, Sally Holmes, Tracy Long-Sutewall and Chris....
CEACCP: Neuromuscular disorders and anaesthesia. Part 2: specific neuromuscular disorders
Sarah Marsh MB ChB FRCA and Alison Pittard MB ChB FRCA MD FFICM
0.50 Hours
Neuromuscular disorders are a heterogeneous group of diseases that share a number of important issues with regard to generic anaesthetic management. However, it is important to remember that each disease state has its own distinct pathophysiology that requires individually tailored perioperative care. This article will discuss b....
ESC Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute and Chronic Heart Failure
European Heart Journal
0.50 Hours
The aim of this document is to provide practical, evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure (HF).
CEACCP: Guillain-Barre syndrome
Kirsten JC Richards MRCP and Andrew T Cohen FRCA
0.50 Hours
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute demyelinating polyneuropathy which typically occurs as an autoimmune response following a gastrointestinal or respiratory infection. Potentially, it is a severely debilitating disorder affecting 1–3 per 100,000 of the population per annum in the Western world. Of sufferers, 10% will die....
Diastolic dysfunction in anaesthesia and critical care
George EP Godfrey BM PGcertCU and Marcus JE Peck MRCP FRCA EDIC FFICM
0.50 Hours
Diastolic dysfunction (DD) is associated with common comorbidities such as systemic hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and diabetes.
Cardiomyopathies
Stephen Harden
0.50 Hours
In this session you will learn about the classification of cardiomyopathy. The typical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearances are presented.
Asessment, Resuscitation and differential diagnosis of unconscious patient
Guy Jordan
0.50 Hours
Overview of the approach to dealing with an unconscious patient.
Prognostication in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest: An advisory statement from the European Resuscitation Council and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Claudio Sandroni, Alain Cariou, Fabio Cavallaro, Tobias Cronberg, Hans Friberg, Cornelia Hoedemaeker
0.50 Hours
Severe neurological impairment caused by hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury is common after resuscitation from cardiac arrest
CEACCP: Amniotic fluid embolism
Jatin D. Dedhia DA DNB FRCA and Mary C. Mushambi FRCA
0.50 Hours
Amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a catastrophic obstetric emergency that can present as sudden, profound, and unexpected maternal collapse associated with hypotension, hypoxaemia, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).
Paediatric Septic Shock
John Sinclair
0.50 Hours
This session looks at how to identify and treat paediatric septic shock, including that caused by meningococcal septicaemia.
Child Protection: Level 2 Part C - Record in Secondary Care
Andrea Goddard
0.50 Hours
Dr Andrea Goddard is a consultant paediatrician at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington and clinical lead for child protection at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. She is also Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London and Designated Doctor for Child Protection for NHS Westminster and Lead P....
CEACCP: Rhabdomyolysis
James Williams MBBCh FRCA FFICM Chris Thorpe MBBS FRCA FFICM
0.50 Hours
Rhabdomyolysis is characterized by skeletal muscle disintegration and the release of myoglobin and other intercellular proteins and electrolytes into the circulation.
Acid Base Balance and Buffers
Alexander Goodwin
0.50 Hours
An account of acid-base physiology and its relevance to anaesthesia.
Complications of Open Fractures of the Lower Limb
Dimitris Reissis and Victoria Rose
0.50 Hours
This session will identify the complications resulting from open fractures of the lower limb and those associated with the flaps used to cover such fractures. Later, it will describe how to recognise and treat these complications in the clinical setting.