Antibiotic Policies - Anesthesiology
Andrew Ferguson
0.50 Hours
This session will review the incidence, mechanisms and implications of antimicrobial resistance in hospital practice. Using this as the background, we will discuss the role played by appropriate antimicrobial prescribing and administration in reducing the spread of resistance. We will also look at the implications of Clostridium....
Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Management of Asthma
Viv Marsh
0.50 Hours
This session will explore the options associated with the pharmacological and non-pharmacological management of asthma. As a long-term medical condition, ongoing management is the key to asthma control and patient safety.
Recognising and Managing Asthma Attacks
Viv Marsh
0.50 Hours
This session provides an overview of asthma attacks including the initial assessment and management as well as recommendations for follow-up by an asthma-trained healthcare professional.
Recognising and Managing Asthma Attacks in Children
Viv Marsh
0.50 Hours
This session provides an overview of asthma attacks in children including their initial assessment and management as well as recommendations for follow-up by an asthma trained Health Care Professional (HCP).
Breast Cancer Sentinel Node
Svetislav Gacinovic, Jimmy Bomanji and Wendy Waddington
0.50 Hours
This session discusses commonly used radio-pharmaceuticals to detect the sentinel node in radionuclide imaging for breast cancer disease.
Anti-Scatter Grids in Radiography
Chris Taylor and Anna Burch
0.25 Hours
This session covers the use of grids to reduce the effect of scatter on a radiograph.
Cardiac MRI
Stephen Nicholas
0.50 Hours
This session describes the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques used for imaging the heart.
Acute Pain: History, Examination and Simple Uni-dimensional Tools
Lew-Chin Chee
0.50 Hours
This session is an introduction to the assessment of acute pain. It will cover history taking and physical examination, concentrating on the measurement of pain, particularly the use of simple unidimensional tools.
Peripheral Nerve Blocks of the Forearm
Matt Oldman and Rich Reed
0.50 Hours
This session describes nerve blocks of the forearm, including indications, contraindications, complications and anatomy.
Acute Renal Failure and the Effects of Anaesthesia on Renal Function
Phil Laws and Judith Wright
The session will familiarize you with the diagnosis, classification and aetiology of ARF. Modifications to general and regional anaesthesia are discussed along with the effects anaesthesia has on renal function.
Anaesthesia for the Patient with Hepatic Failure
James Ryan
0.50 Hours
Anaesthesia for patients with hepatic impairment can present many challenges. This session will explore the effects of hepatic impairment on the various organ systems of the body, and the implications this has for the pre-, peri- and postoperative anaesthetic management.
Epilepsy and Anaesthesia
Jason Easby and Dave Booth
0.50 Hours
This session will cover the definition and aetiology of epilepsy and the anaesthetic implications of a patient with epilepsy.
Day-case Surgery And Anaesthesia 2: Patient Selection and Discharge Criteria
Andrew Burtenshaw and K L Kong
0.50 Hours
This session aims to teach a framework with which to assess the suitability of individual patients for day case surgery (DCS) based on the relevant surgical, medical and social factors. It also emphasizes the importance of, and requirements for, a safe discharge.
Day Case Surgery and Anaesthesia 3
Ian Smith and R Satish Rajamanickam
0.50 Hours
Considerations for providing day case anaesthesia, commonly used drugs and techniques, suitable regional techniques and their modifications.
Common Uroradiological Syndromes: Autosomal Dominant Syndromes
Camilla Whitten, Emma Wood and Uday Patel
0.50 Hours
This session looks at three syndromes and conditions commonly encountered in urology that have both renal and extrarenal manifestations: von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease, tuberous sclerosis (TS) and autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD).
Acute Abdominal Pain
Rosemary Arthur
1.00 Hours
This session provides an overview of the role of imaging in a child who presents with acute abdominal pain, with particular reference to the older child.
Paediatric Intussusception
Alan Sprigg
0.50 Hours
In this session you will discover how to diagnose intussusception by imaging, how to liaise with the surgical team and the principles of therapeutic reduction.
Assessment of an Enlarged Liver
Alex Barnacle
0.50 Hours
This session details the process of assessing an enlarged liver in a child and outlines a structured approach to evaluating the main causes of hepatomegaly. An outline of further imaging investigations is also discussed.
Cranial Ultrasound: Technique and Normal Appearances
Helen Woodley
0.75 Hours
This session is about recognising normal cranial anatomy as seen by ultrasound, and understanding the technique for performing cranial ultrasound on neonates.
Cranial Ultrasonography in Infants: Common Pathologies
Helen Woodley and Rosemary Arthur
0.50 Hours
This session describes common pathologies and lesions affecting the neonatal brain, concentrating on haemorrhagic and ischaemic lesions in the newborn infant. The role of cranial ultrasonography (CUSS) is discussed in identifying these different pathologies.
SAH: Acute Investigation, Treatment and Prevention
Phil White
1.00 Hours
This session covers the background of subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), the imaging methods for intracranial aneurysms, aneurysm treatment, common complications of aneurysmal SAH (ASAH) and screening for cerebral aneurysms.
Brain Parenchymal Infections: Viral, Post-infectious Sequelae and Opportunistic Infections
Vijay Sawlani and Niels Powell
0.75 Hours
This session covers viral infections - post infectious, sequelae and opportunistic infections.
Pathway to Diagnosing Interstitial Lung Disease
Melissa Heightman
0.25 Hours
Having established a history, examination, and chest x-ray (CXR) that suggest a possibility of interstitial lung disease (ILD) as a diagnosis, this session will identify subsequent appropriate investigations to establish a more precise diagnosis.
Causes and Risk Factors for Primary and Secondary Pneumothorax
Ahmed Fahim
0.25 Hours
This session revises the causes and risk factors for primary and secondary pneumothorax.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Hyperventilation Syndrome
David Raeside, Carolyn Bell
0.50 Hours
This session reviews the diagnosis and treatment approaches for patients with chronic hyperventilation syndrome (HVS).