Monitoring the Patient with a Major Burn
Nick Pantelides and David Barnes
0.50 Hours
This session describes the clinical measurements and devices that can be used to monitor the resuscitation of patients with burns.
Comfort Care for Patients with Non-Survivable Burns
John Gibson and Sarah Hemington-Gorse
0.50 Hours
This session will identify the factors that determine which burns are non-survivable and describe how to deliver appropriate palliative care for patients with such injuries.
General Surgery: Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage Lower
Hannah Knight
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the approach to the patient with suspected lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage including immediate management, investigation, aetiology and definitive treatment.
Genitourinary Disease: Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
Ashwin Sridhar and Senthil Nathan
0.25 Hours
This session outlines the assessment and management of lower urinary tract symptoms in men. The session takes the reader through the relevant anatomy, pathophysiology, and definitions of terminology, assessment and management.
Genitourinary Disease: Renal Failure
Madeline Moore
This session will give you an overview of renal failure, including how to categorise renal failure, urological causes and how to investigate and manage these.
Genitourinary Disease: Scrotal Swellings
Madeline Moore
0.50 Hours
This session will provide an overview of scrotal swellings including how to differentiate between different scrotal pathologies, identifying and instigating basic investigations and management for important conditions including testicular torsion and testicular cancer.
Neurology & Neurosurgery: Coma
Nick Carleton-Bland
0.25 Hours
This session outlines the diagnosis and management of traumatic and non-traumatic CNS aetiologies and extracranial aetiologies of coma and the principles of assessment of brain stem death and understand its relevance to continued life support and organ donation.
Fractures: Managing Fractures
Chris Bretherton and Andrew McKee
0.25 Hours
This session discusses the initial management of fractures and considers the planning of definitive treatment. We consider the fracture pattern as well as the biomechanical and patient factors which influence these decisions.
Fractures: Complications of Fractures
Efthymios Iliopoulos
0.50 Hours
This session will review the complications that may occur after a fracture. The clinical presentation will be discussed and the appropriate management.
Left to Right Shunts
Nick Ring
0.50 Hours
This session covers the imaging findings in adults with left to right shunts. Within the individual groups however, there is considerable variation in the severity and complexity of the disease. Some clinical aspects will be discussed as they are often very important in determining whether surgical or other intervention is appro....
Generic Signs on Plain Radiographs - Part II
Stephen Ellis
0.50 Hours
This session is about learning to identify lobar collapses and other signs on chest radiograph (CXR).
Mediastinal Masses: Middle and Posterior Mediastinum
John Reynolds
0.25 Hours
This session looks at masses in the middle and posterior mediastinum and will review the common causes of masses at these sites.
Basic Principles of DSA
David Kessel
0.50 Hours
This session covers the basics of arterial imaging using digital subtraction angiography (DSA).
Local Anaesthetics
Emma J Wilson
0.50 Hours
This session describes the pharmacology of local anaesthetics and their clinical uses as analgesics.
Knee Injury
David Carter
0.50 Hours
This session describes the anatomy of the knee and the common mechanisms that precipitate injury. It will detail examination of the knee and common knee injuries that may present to paramedics. It aims to give the pre-hospital clinician a greater understanding of knee injuries and red flags which may indicate a serious injury re....
Nutritional Management and Plastic Surgery
Bettina Lieske
0.50 Hours
This session is about nutrition. Nutrition is part of the treatment of every patient, but it is easily forgotten. It is vital to pay attention to the nutritional state of your patients, and have awareness of what you can do to improve their treatment.
Management of Fractures of the Orbital Floor
Karen Lindsay and Bill Townley
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the clinical features associated with fractures of the orbital floor and offer guidance on how to assess and investigate such injuries. Later, it will explore the role of surgery and how to avoid, recognise and treat complications.
Finger Tip Infections
Henrietta Creasy and Javier Ibanez Mata
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the presentation of finger tip infections and explore the role of antibiotics in the management of such infections. Later sections will list the indications for surgery and describe the surgical techniques that are commonly used.
Closure of Defects Following Dehiscence of Sternotomy Wounds
Natisha Narayan and Mat Griffiths
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the factors involved in dehiscence of sternotomy wounds. Later sections will describe how to ensure proper debridement of the defect and explain the different techniques available for closure of sternotomy defects.
Mini-Abdominoplasty
Michelle Baker and Nigel Mercer
0.50 Hours
This session describes the procedure of mini-abdominoplasty and will assist the surgeon to identify suitable patients and understand the advantages and potential complications of the technique.
Lymphatic System and other Circulatory Fluids
Simon Logan
This session will demonstrate the structure and functions of the lymphatic system.
Haemostasis and Coagulation
Rachel Collis and Peter Collins
0.50 Hours
This session describes the current concepts of normal coagulation, up to the formation of a fibrin clot.
Functional Liver Anatomy and Blood Supply
Charl Jooste
0.50 Hours
Knowledge of liver function is essential for all clinicians. Understanding its unique functional structure underpins this knowledge.
Metabolic and Synthetic Functions of the Liver 2
Charl Jooste
0.50 Hours
Apart from its unique role in biliary and drug metabolism, the liver is central to the metabolism of lipids, carbohydrates and proteins. Lactate, an end product of carbohydrate and protein metabolism, is an important fuel source. The coagulation system depends on clotting factors (proteins) produced in the liver. Other plasma pr....
Introduction to Pharmacokinetics and Modelling
Sue Hill
0.50 Hours
This session will introduce pharmacokinetics and modelling. The simple one-compartment model will be described and reasons presented as to why such a model rarely describes drug behaviour.