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.
Life Threatening Abdominal Injury
Lisa Munro-Davies
0.50 Hours
This session deals with the assessment and initial management of the patient with life-threatening abdominal trauma.
Is non-operative management safe and effective for all splenic blunt trauma? A systematic review
Industry specialists
0.50 Hours
The goal of non-operative management (NOM) for blunt splenic trauma (BST) is to preserve the spleen. The advantages of NOM for minor splenic trauma have been extensively reported, whereas its value for the more severe splenic injuries is still debated. The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the available published evi....
Image Interpretation - Plain X-rays of the Adult Chest: Emergency, Lines and Instrumentation
John Tuckett
0.50 Hours
This session focuses on chest radiographs in the Emergency Department and devices seen on chest radiographs. The findings in life-threatening conditions, the indications for devices and the relevant anatomy are described. Mistakes and complications of placement are discussed.
Effects of Pathology on Component Parts of Secondary Pulmonary Lobule on HRCT
John Reynolds
0.50 Hours
This session will consider the normal anatomy of the secondary pulmonary lobule and then consider how various pathological processes alter the radiological appearances of the lobule.
Imaging Neuroanatomy
Sam Stuart and Thomas Booth
0.75 Hours
This session covers neuroanatomy pertinent to the radiology registrar when starting to report computed tomography (CT) head examinations. The topics covered should allow pathology that is identified on CT head examinations to be placed in the correct anatomical location so that accurate reports can be written.
Emergency CT Brain Interpretation
Peter Keston
0.50 Hours
During this session, you will learn about emergency computed tomography (CT) imaging. This session, however, will not cover the detailed imaging interpretation required in all the clinical scenarios discussed. These are covered in other sessions.
Basic Calculus - Integration
Steven Cruickshank and Patrick Magee
0.50 Hours
This session introduces the concept of integration as the reverse of differentiation. It shows the connection between integration and the evaluation of areas under lines and curves.
Meta-Analysis and Evidence-Based Medicine
Jason Walker
0.50 Hours
This session covers how medical evidence is evaluated, and how it can be used in a clinical setting. It also discusses how meta-analysis is performed.
Emergency Cardiac Procedures: Pathology
Alison Parnell
0.50 Hours
This session will cover some of the pathological diagnoses that can cause haemodynamic instability and cardiac arrest, excluding left and right ventricular (LV and RV) pathology, which are covered elsewhere. Therefore hypovolaemia (including sepsis), cardiac tamponade, pulmonary embolus (PE), thoracic aortic dilatation and acute....
Negotiation
John Renshaw
0.50 Hours
This session will inform you on how to run a negotiation, the basics of the process and the shape of a positive outcome.
Introduction to Development Part 2: Assessment and Referral
Dilip Nathan
0.50 Hours
This session will outline the developmental assessment of children up to the age of five.
Health Promotion in Pregnancy (Smoking) Part 2: Health Promotion Approaches and Actions
Lydia Oliver
0.50 Hours
This is the second of two health promotion smoking cessation sessions. This session will examine smoking cessation health promotion approaches and actions, the behaviour change model, and applying the model of behaviour change.
Heart Murmurs in Children
Soumendra Chowdhury
0.50 Hours
This session reviews the different types of heart murmurs that can commonly present in children.
Migraine as a TIA Mimic
Nicola Giffin
0.50 Hours
This session will explore the pathogenesis of migraine with aura, the visual, sensory and motor symptoms that may present and how to differentiate migraine with aura from TIA.
Genitourinary Disease: Loin Pain
Sapna Patel and Andrew Ballaro
0.50 Hours
This session will enable the student to identify various patterns of loin pain and the associated differential diagnoses. It will discuss in more depth renal/ureteric calculi, relevant investigations and requirements for surgical intervention.
Genitourinary Disease: Urinary Retention
Madeline Moore
0.50 Hours
This session will provide an overview of urinary retention including the different types, causes and initial investigations and management.
Non-Depolarizing Muscle Relaxants: General Properties
Elizabeth Flockton and Christopher J Parker
0.50 Hours
This session reviews the structure and function of the neuromuscular junction and introduces the action of the non-depolarizing muscle relaxants.