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.
Arterial Ischaemic Stroke in Infancy and Childhood
Kling Chong
0.5 Hours
This session focuses on the application and role of neuroimaging in the diagnosis and management of paediatric arterial ischaemic stroke.
Common Uroradiological Syndromes: Other Syndromes
Camilla Whitten, Emma Wood, Uday Patel
0.5 Hours
This session is the second of two looking at common uroradiological conditions. It focuses on non-autosomal dominant conditions that have both renal and extrarenal manifestations: autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD), medullary sponge kidney (MSK), Wilms' tumour and nephroblastomatosis-related syndromes.
Radionuclide Imaging Overview
Wil Evans
0.5 Hours
This session gives an overview of radionuclide imaging, setting it in the context of the broader discipline of nuclear medicine. It gives an outline of how a gamma camera is used to image the distribution of a radiopharmaceutical within the body.
Cardiac: Basic Principles
Gnanasegaran Gopinath
0.75 Hours
This session provides an understanding of basic embryology, anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of the heart.
Paediatric Bone: Lower Body
Isky Gordon
0.5 Hours
This session covers paediatric bone scintigraphy of the lower skeleton including both normals and pathology.
Communication: Giving Results to Patients - Radiology
The London Deanery, Stephen Ellis
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the special communication skills required when breaking bad news.
Ethics - Life and Death Dilemmas - Radiology
The London Deanery, Stephen Ellis
0.25 Hours
This session looks at some ethical problems that may be encountered in everyday clinical practice: allocation of resources, sustaining life, embryo selection, living wills, privacy and health records. An examination of some of the ethical issues at the start and end of life can be found in Session Legal and Ethical Behaviour/Eth....
Consent - Radiology
The London Deanery, Stephen Ellis
0.5 Hours
Part of ensuring patient safety is making certain that patients understand their proposed care and are happy for it to take place. Patients should be provided with comprehensive information, which allows them to make an informed decision on their healthcare. Agreement on the procedure or treatment to be undertaken is called ‘con....
Anatomy and Physiology of the Balance Organs
Elfh
This session describes the anatomy of the balance organs in the inner ear (the vestibular system). Also covered is the mechanism whereby the otolithic organs and semicircular canals provide neural input on movement and the sense of balance.
Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Management of Asthma in Children
Viv Marsh
0.5 Hours
This session provides an introduction to the pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapeutic options for the management of asthma in children. As a long-term medical condition ongoing management is the key to control and patient safety.