Cellulitis of the Lower Limb
Liam Linney and Alastair Platt
0.5 Hours
This session will list the predisposing factors for cellulitis of the lower limb and identify the organisms that are commonly involved. Later sections will offer guidance on how to devise a treatment plan for patients with cellulitis of the lower limb.
Abdominal Flaps in Breast Reconstruction
Amar Ghattaura
0.5 Hours
This session will provide an overview of the role of different abdominal flaps in breast reconstruction.
Enzymatic Debridement Agents in Burn Wounds
Metin Nizamoglu and Peter Dziewulski
0.5 Hours
This session will describe the properties of an ideal enzymatic debridement agent and evaluate the evidence surrounding the use of such agents in burn wounds. Later, it will describe the indications and contraindications for the use of enzymatic debridement agents in burns and describe how to use such agents effectively.
Burns During Pregnancy
Jennifer Wilson and Sarah Pape
0.5 Hours
This session will explore the changes that take place in the cardiovascular system during pregnancy and explain how these affect the response to a burn. Later sections will explain how to adapt your burn management practice for patients who are pregnant.
Preoperative Preparation for Early Surgery of Patients with Burns
George Wheble and Paul Stephens
0.5 Hours
This session will name the comorbidities that may affect early burn surgery and describe how these risk factors can be assessed. Later sections will offer guidance on how these risks can be minimised preoperatively.
Alveolar Gas Equation - Anesthesiology
Steven Cruickshank
0.5 Hours
This session builds on the analysis of the relationship between alveolar ventilation and the resulting steady-state arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide to derive the alveolar gas equation, sometimes called the alveolar air equation.
Amplifiers and Interference - Anesthesiology
Patrick Magee
0.5 Hours
This session examines the properties and functions of operational amplifiers as single components and as components in circuits. It also deals with the concept of analogue to digital conversion of signals.
Preoxygenation & e - Anesthesiology
Steven Cruickshank
0.5 Hours
This session investigates the principle of preoxygenation with tidal ventilation and how this leads naturally to the mathematical constant e and exponential processes.
Definitions and Simple Circuits - Anesthesiology
Patrick Magee
0.5 Hours
This session defines the basics of current, voltage and resistance, and describes some very basic electrical circuits.
Postoperative Fluid Management and Antiemetic Therapy - Anesthesiology
Lee Fisher and Alison Carr
0.5 Hours
This session describes postoperative fluid management in children and the clinical response to specific conditions which may arise.
Pre-Medicant Drugs - Anesthesiology
Joanna Budd
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the types of pre-medicant drugs and the advantages and disadvantages of the different types, including how and why they should be prescribed.
Porphyria - Anesthesiology
Julian Dimech and Gareth Kessell
0.5 Hours
The aim of this session is to provide an overview of the clinical importance of porphyria with specific reference to its anaesthetic management.
Airway Assessment I - Anesthesiology
Jeff Tong
0.5 Hours
This session provides guidance on preparing an airway management plan based on a patient’s medical history and physical examination. It leads you through an airway assessment, highlighting those features that allow you to predict potential airway management difficulties as well as offering practical self assessment exercises to....
Poisoning
Suneeta Teckchandani MBBS, MRCP, MRCP
0.5 Hours
This session deals with management of poisonings, initially reviewing acute poisonings as a whole and general measures in managing them, before looking at some important examples of poisonings and their specific management.
Checklists, Briefing and Debriefing - ICM
Ian Hunter
0.5 Hours
This session describes the rationale behind the use of checklists in the intensive care unit and how best to implement them. It also describes the principles of effective briefing and debriefing.
Predictors for Chronic Pain
Mark Rockett
0.5 Hours
This session describes the risk factors for the development of chronic pain following surgery and injury.
Other Signs of Cocaine Use
David Wood
0.25 Hours
This session reviews the signs and symptoms associated with cocaine use.
Risk Factors for Pulmonary Embolism
David Ward
0.25 Hours
Explanation of the origins and utilisation of the modified Wells score for pulmonary embolism in practice.
Care After Death I: Introduction to Care After Death
Jane Thompson-Hill and Judith Mackleston
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the concept of care after death. It focuses on the need to prepare for the care of a person and their family after their death and highlights the significance of care after death to those that have been bereaved. This session was reviewed by Christina Faull and last updated in April 2015.
Case Study: Motor Neurone Disease
Jan Clarke
0.5 Hours
The aim of this session is to help you identify the main clinical and practical issues that patients with motor neurone disease face, so that you can better support them and their families in whatever setting you are working. The session draws on the 2016 NICE guideline for assessment and management of MND [1]. This session w....
Palliative Care Social Work
Jason Davidson
0.5 Hours
This session describes the role of palliative care social workers. It highlights the diversity of the role within a multidisciplinary context and describes how palliative care social workers provide a link between health and social care. This session was reviewed by Tes Smith and Richard Kitchen and last updated in February 2018....
Developing Person Centred Care Skills
Alison Lea
0.75 Hours
This session reviews the skills and knowledge required to deliver effective Person Centred Care.
Ethics and Law - Professional and Legal Focus
Stephen Ellis
0.5 Hours
Clinicians have both legal and professional obligations to their patients. This session looks first at the duty of care clinicians owe their patients as set out by various professional bodies. It then focuses on the legal requirements that the law imposes upon a clinician and what a patient must show if they wish to bring legal....
Ethics - Consent
Stephen Ellis
0.5 Hours
This session looks at aspects of consent in medicine. It starts by looking at consent in research before focussing on consent to treatment. It examines what happens before the age of consent and what can be done when consent is refused. Consent in the case of people with learning difficulties is then explored and the session fin....
Cleaning the NHS Way
Tony Sullivan
Developed by the NHS Deep Cleaning and Advisory Service and accredited by the Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH), 'Cleaning the NHS Way' is a comprehensive programme for effective decontamination. This course covers the key decontamination terms, health and safety and solutions and equipment, and will help empower you to unde....