Blood Supply to the Brain
Christopher Taylor and Nicholas Hirsch
0.5 Hours
This session covers the major cerebral blood vessels including those making up the circle of Willis, the further distribution of blood to the brain, and subsequent venous drainage.This session covers the major cerebral blood vessels including those making up the circle of Willis, the further distribution of blood to the brain, a....
Physiology of Nausea and Vomiting
Anton D Leonard and David J Rowbotham
0.5 Hours
This session describes the physiology of nausea and vomiting. Topics covered include swallowing reflex, barrier pressure, agonist/receptor systems, afferent and efferent pathways and causes and consequences of postoperative nausea and vomiting.
Pulmonary Circulation
Andrew Klein and Erik Ortmann
0.5 Hours
This session provides an insight into the anatomy, physiology and regulation of pulmonary blood flow and its uneven distribution.
Pelvic Pain
Chris Wilkinson
0.5 Hours
This session introduces pelvic inflammatory disease, covering basic presentation, investigation and management for the non-specialist.
Pain in Children is Different
Suellen Walker and Richard Howard
0.5 Hours
This session describes the incidence, causes and effects of pain in infants, children and young people and the basic physiological mechanisms operating in both acute and chronic pain.
Pelvic Pain - Male and Female
Natasha Curran
0.5 Hours
This session describes the nature of male and female pelvic pain, the clinical model for its assessment and treatment and also presents a series of cases of patients with pelvic pain.
Psychological Assessment and Approach to Treatment
Zoey Malpus and Kerry Matthews
0.5 Hours
This session describes the assessment undertaken by a psychologist and the models and methods of treatment.
Commonly Used Opioids
Abi Jenkins and Emma Davies
0.5 Hours
This session describes the pharmacological differences between commonly used opioids and the clinical significance of each.
Paracetamol
Emma Davies
0.5 Hours
This session describes the pharmacology of paracetamol and its clinical uses as an analgesic.
Biopsychosocial Model in Pain Management
Robin Correa
0.5 Hours
This session explains why the biopsychosocial model is more suited to the management of chronic pain than acute pain and describes the treatment modalities within this model.
Constipation
Mr Matthew Forrest
0.5 Hours
This session aims to give information relating to constipation in non-pregnant adults that may be encountered during paramedic practice, in either an Emergency, Urgent or Primary care setting.
Post-operative Management of Endocrine Disorders
Bubby Thava and Hugh Simpson
0.5 Hours
This session provides suggested protocols for the peri-operative management of serum glucose levels of diabetic patients, of patients undergoing thyroid surgery and those surgical patients who require steroid supplementation peri-operatively.
Chest X-ray in the Neonate with Cardiac Disease
John Partridge
0.5 Hours
This session will cover most of the important aspects of the plain chest film or chest x-ray (CXR) in the neonate and smaller infant with cardiac disease. There is an emphasis on observations that can be made better on radiography than on echocardiography.
Pre-operative Management of Endocrine Disorders
Ridzuan Farouk
0.5 Hours
This session identifies common causes of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism. It describes classification of hyperparathyroidism. Disorders of the adrenal and pituitary gland are then outlined.
Enteral Nutrition
Philip Haslam
0.5 Hours
This session describes the indications and contraindications for gastrostomy and enteral nutrition and explains the different types of tubes and techniques used.
Radiological Assessment of Bone Age
Chris Williams
0.5 Hours
This session has been developed to explain the methods for calculating bone age, the rationale for performing this analysis and to teach you how to calculate radiological bone age using established methods. For the practical slides you will need access to Greulich and Pyle's textbook: 'Radiographic Atlas of Skeletal Development....
Common Clinical Problems: Acute Intestinal Haemorrhage
Chris Hay, Nathan Manghat and Simon Jackson
0.5 Hours
This session covers the imaging modalities available in the investigation of acute gastro-intestinal (GI) haemorrhage and their indications.
Painful Osteoporosis Vertebroplasty
David Wilson
0.5 Hours
This session covers the indications for percutaneous vertebroplasty, the basic methods, the risks and precautions that should be taken and the chances of success.
Chronic Wrist Pain Hx Trauma
Waqar Bhatti and Richard Whitehouse
0.5 Hours
This session describes how to interpret the imaging findings in patients with chronic wrist pain and advise upon further investigation.
Painful Scoliosis Part I
Andrew Dunn FRCR
0.75 Hours
This session is the first part of two sessions on painful scoliosis and discusses the aetiology and pathogenesis of painful scoliosis with reference to relevant anatomy and biomechanics. It also describes appropriate imaging modality selection and image interpretation with plain film, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resona....
Anatomy of the Adrenal Gland
Dr Sheila Rankin
0.5 Hours
This session will cover the normal anatomy and physiology of the adrenal gland and its appearance on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound.
Breast Pain and Inflammation
Sue Barter
0.5 Hours
This session has been developed to help you understand the imaging and management of conditions which present with breast pain and inflammation.
Other Pancreatic Neoplasms
David Scullion
0.5 Hours
This session discusses the less common pancreatic tumours, both benign and malignant.
Common Clinical Problems: Jaundice
Dafydd Richards
0.5 Hours
This session provides an overview of jaundice from the radiologist’s perspective. It includes a discussion of the basic science of bilirubin, the classification of jaundice's multiple causes, the spectrum of imaging investigations available and an algorithm for investigation.
Abnormalities of the Bladder and Urethra
Katharine Halliday
0.5 Hours
In this session you will learn about congenital abnormalities of the bladder and urethra. You will also learn about some normal anatomical structures in the urethra which can be confused with abnormalities.