Therapeutic Antihypertensives
Melissa Jay Baldwin
This session describes the pharmacological management of the patient with pre-existing hypertension and the current guidelines on hypertension before surgery.
Sedation (Anaesthesia)
Sara Rees
0.5 Hours
This session outlines the practical issues involved with sedating patients including the methods, equipment required and safety issues.
Palliative Care in Oncology
AMREF Health Africa
Welcome to the seventh unit of the National Curriculum for Higher Diploma in Oncology with Palliative Care Nursing. In this unit, you will learn about Palliative care in Oncology. In the previous unit, you learned about cancer treatment modalities. In this unit, you will go through the palliative care concepts, principles of....
Diagnosis, assessment and management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Matthew Hodson and Rebecca Sherrington
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a long-term lung disease characterised by breathlessness, cough and sputum production. Progressively worsening breathlessness for the patient with COPD limits everyday activity, reduces quality of life and increases the risk of premature death. Beyond reducing symptoms and the rate....
Why Don’t Our Patients Listen to Us? - Webinar
Peter Sinclair
An insight into why patients do not always listen to nurses who provide advice about managing their health
Ultrasound by Nurses - Meeting the Challenge of Fluid Assessment - Podcast
Uli Steinwandel
Teaching nurses to use ultrasound techniques to identify fluid overload in haemodialysis patients
Stroke Differential Diagnosis in Younger Patients
Ahamad Hassan
0.25 Hours
This session covers potential causes of ‘stroke mimics’ seen more commonly in younger patients.
Pain and Analgesia in Pregnancy
Tauqeer Husain and Roshan Fernando
This session describes the basis for, and management of, pain during pregnancy and labour, including non-pharmacological, pharmacological and neuraxial measures.
Mechanics of Ventilation and the Effect of IPPV on the Lungs
Alison J Pittard
This session continues to look at respiratory mechanics. Lung compliance and the role of surfactant are discussed as are the factors determining whether airflow is laminar or turbulent. Respiratory function tests will also be explained.
The Electrocardiogram Part 1
James Brown and Stephen Boumphrey
0.5 Hours
This session contains a short revision tutorial using Multiple Choice Questions to assist candidates preparing for the Primary FRCA Examination.
Pathology
Alison Parnell
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....
Physiology of Pain Transmission
Lars Williams
This session provides an overview of peripheral mechanisms of injury-induced and inflammatory pain. It includes a description of the physiology of nociception at the dorsal horn and supraspinal levels.
Skills which Facilitate Good Communication
Barbara Powell
This session will look at how things that we say, as well as things that we do, can facilitate good communication in an end of life care setting. This session was reviewed by Christina Faull and Barbara Powell, last updated in February 2015.
Gender and Nutrition in Pakistan
NUTRITION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Assessing, Managing and Promoting Child, Adolescent & Maternal Nutrition
This course gives health professionals in Pakistan a foundational understanding of key gender concepts, such as inequality, equality, equity, and the difference between sex and gender. It explores how gender roles and cultural norms affect nutrition outcomes, leading to gender-specific challenges. Participants will learn to appl....
Gender and Nutrition in Malawi
NUTRITION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Assessing, Managing and Promoting Child, Adolescent & Maternal Nutrition
This course gives health professionals in Malawi a foundational understanding of key gender concepts, such as inequality, equality, equity, and the difference between sex and gender. It explores how gender roles and cultural norms affect nutrition outcomes, leading to gender-specific challenges. Participants will learn to apply....
Maternal, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition in Pakistan: Assessment & Intervention
NUTRITION FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: Assessing, Managing and Promoting Child, Adolescent & Maternal Nutrition
This course will provide health professionals in Pakistan with foundational knowledge and skills that will enhance their ability to provide comprehensive nutrition care to infants, children, adolescents, women of reproductive age, and their families. It covers nutritional requirements, malnutrition, nutritional assessments, and....
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The Ideal Short Acting Muscle Relaxant
Elizabeth Flockton and Christopher J Parker
0.5 Hours
This session identifies those properties of a neuromuscular blocking agent that would make it an ideal short acting muscle relaxant. The properties of currently available agents will be compared with those of the ideal agent using relevant clinical scenarios.
Introduction to Healthcare Ethics
Francis Ward, Kim Mooney-Doyle, Debra Lynn Bastien
0.25 Hours
This course introduces learners to ways of classifying and organizing “levels” of ethics from the very abstract to the more practical (or from the practical to the abstract). Learners will be presented with a basic overview of meta ethics, normative ethics, and applied ethics, and learn how various theories and principles of eth....
Module 2: Four 4S's of Disaster Management
Amyna Husain, Mark Baker, and Lisa Umphrey
This module offers an overview of the four “S” approach to disaster management and provides an understanding of all the different resources needed to effectively respond to a disaster in the pediatric context.
The Normal Intrapartum CTG
Raji Parasuraman, Myles Taylor and Andrew Loughney
0.5 Hours
This session describes the control of the fetal heart rate (FHR) in both physiological and pathological circumstances. The terminology, definitions and basics of cardiotocograph (CTG) interpretation including contraction assessment is illustrated.
An overview of paediatric anaesthesia
Helen Elizabeth Langton
This learning module provides an overview of the nursing considerations for paediatric anaesthesia. It is aimed at newly qualified operating department practitioners and anaesthetic nurses, and those with limited experience in the care of paediatric patients. It explores the ways in which paediatric anatomy and physiology differ....
SESSION 10: Climate Change and Health Equity
Suellen Breakey
This presentation discusses the intersection of climate change and health equity, focusing on the disproportionate impacts of climate-related health threats on vulnerable populations and strategies for advancing climate and environmental justice.