Landmarks for Tracheostomy and Cricothyrotomy
Campbell Edmondson
0.50 Hours
The session outlines how the anatomical landmarks necessary to perform either cricothyrotomy or tracheostomy can be correctly identified. The differences between the two techniques are highlighted.
Co2 Carriage in Blood and Acid-Base Equilibrium
Andy Lumb
0.50 Hours
This session covers the physiology of how carbon dioxide is carried by blood, including its conversion into bicarbonate ions and the role of the red blood cell and haemoglobin in this process. The session also describes how buffers work, and the fundamentals of acid-base balance under both physiological and pathological circumst....
Functions of Nerve Cells 1
Lesley Bromley
0.50 Hours
This session describes the physiology of the action potential, and how it is generated and conducted along nerves.
Metabolic Pathways
Elizabeth Duff
0.50 Hours
This session provides an overview of the basic metabolic pathways and metabolic reactions. It also explains how the body produces and stores energy obtained from the main fuel sources — carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
Materno-fetal Circulation Changes At Birth
Mary Mushambi
0.50 Hours
This session will explain fetal circulation and the changes which occur at birth.
Drugs as Organic Molecules
Dr Mary E Stocker MA, MBChB, FRCA
0.50 Hours
This session describes the foundations of organic chemistry and introduces the building blocks required for the understanding of the structure-activity relationships governing drug design, action and interaction in clinical practice.
Interindividual Variation in Drug Response
Sue Hill
0.50 Hours
This session describes how genetic variation contributes to inter-individual response to drug therapy and focuses on drugs of particular importance to anaesthetists.
Normal Cardiac Anatomy by Echocardiography
Navroz Masani
0.50 Hours
This session provides a description of the normal adult transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE). It cover the modalities of Doppler ultrasound utilised, the standard views, measurements and calculations.
Infective Endocarditis
Oliver Tann, Mark Hamilton and Peter Wilde
0.50 Hours
This session covers the epidemiology, pathophsyiology, radiology and management of infective endocarditis.
Grown-Up Congenital Heart Disease
Peter Wilde
0.50 Hours
This session sets out the basic language and pathophysiology of congenital heart disease. The clinical approach in adult congenital heart disease is described using imaging examples, especially magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Mediastinal Nodal Disease
Hilary Moss
0.75 Hours
In this session, we look at identification of normal and abnormally enlarged lymph nodes on the plain chest x-ray (CXR) and computed tomography (CT).
Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis and Other ANCA-Associated Vasculitides
Andrew Thrower, Roderick Robertson
0.50 Hours
This session looks at the clinical and radiological manifestations of the antineutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides in the chest.
Interventions for Colonic Strictures
Andrew Leonard, Brent Drake, Bruce Fox
0.50 Hours
This session reviews the indications, complications and technique of colonic stenting.
Interventions for the Failing Liver Transplant
John Rose
0.50 Hours
This session looks at the clinical background and practical aspects of image guided interventional techniques used in the management of the complications of liver transplantation.
Imaging Assessment of Cervical Spine Trauma in Adults
Paula Richards and Surabhi Choudhary
0.50 Hours
This session discusses cervical spine imaging and the assessment of craniocervical and cervical vertebral alignment. Common injury patterns resulting in cervical spine (C-spine) injury are also described in this session.
Injuries of the Craniocervical Junction
Ramy Mansour MSc FRCR
0.50 Hours
This session describes the normal anatomy of the craniocervical junction (CCJ), the different mechanisms and patterns of injury and the roles of plain x-ray, computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in imaging of upper cervical spine.
Gonorrhoea: Natural History and Management
Jonathan Ross
0.50 Hours
This session introduces the key aspects of gonorrhoea, its presentation and management.
Managing Hormonal Side Effects of Hormonal Contraceptives
Elizabeth Kennedy
0.50 Hours
Assessment and management of hormonal side effects in users of hormonal contraceptives.
Managing Bleeding Problems in Hormonal Contraceptive Users
Susie Logan
0.50 Hours
This sessions discusses the management of expected and unexpected short and long-term bleeding patterns associated with different hormonal contraceptive methods.
Drug Addiction, Dependency and Pain - Introduction
James Bell
0.50 Hours
This session describes the key concepts of drug addiction and dependency that relate to patients who are in pain and who also have a history of substance misuse.
Non-pharmacological Approaches to the Management of Chronic Pain in Older People
Clare Clarke and Blair H Smith
0.50 Hours
This session presents a wide spectrum of non-pharmacological approaches to the management of chronic pain in older adults, including the evidence for and against these approaches.
Metacognition
Graham Turner
0.50 Hours
This session aims to raise awareness of how we think and how this in turn can impact upon the service user and others.
Clinical review: The role of the intensive care physician in mass casualty incidents: planning, organisation, and leadership
Peter J Shirley and Gerlinde Mandersloot
0.50 Hours
There is a long-standing, broad assumption that hospitals will ably receive and efficiently provide comprehensive care to victims following a mass casualty event.
Mechanisms and Effects of Raised Intra-Cranial Pressure
Matt Thomas and Alex Manara
0.50 Hours
This session reviews the physiology relevant to intracranial pressure (ICP) and describes the causes and effects of raised ICP. Techniques of ICP monitoring and the use of ICP- and cerebral-perfusion-pressure-guided therapies are discussed.
Methods of Preventing the 'Second Insult' To the Brain
Matt Thomas and Alex Manara
0.50 Hours
This session focuses on the intensive care management of traumatic brain injury, in particular the avoidance of secondary insults and the use of cerebral perfusion pressure guided therapy.