Extracorporeal Liver Support
Jan Strange
0.5 Hours
For the purposes of this review it is necessary to loosely define terms and concepts used throughout. Liver failure is defined as an insufficiency of any facet of liver function to a degree that this insufficiency leads to secondary organ failures and creates a life threatening situation if untreated. Extracorporeal liver suppor....
Indications for Postoperative Admission
Katy Shuker and Andy Temple
0.5 Hours
This session explores the rationale for critical care admission in the postoperative patient, how to identify patients likely to benefit from critical care and the benefits of admission.
Gram-negative Bacilli
Jamie Strachan
0.5 Hours
This session describes the range of gram-negative bacilli relevant to healthcare with a particular focus on the clinical conditions caused by gram-negative bacilli found frequently in patients on the Intensive Care Unit.
Gram-positive Cocci
Andy Taylor
0.5 Hours
This session describes the range of Gram-positive cocci relevant to healthcare with a particular focus on the clinical conditions caused by Gram-positive cocci infections that are found frequently in patients on intensive care.
Management of Spinal Injuries
Jun Jack Wong and Henry Wang
0.5 Hours
This session describes the mechanisms, management and complications of spinal injuries.
Local Anaesthetic Techniques In The Mandible
Jennifer Harte
This session will provide an overview of the various regional mandibular blocks used to obtain anaesthesia. It will also describe the methods of administration.
Medical Emergencies for Dental Practitioners II
Atheer Ujam
This session will discuss how to recognise and manage appropriately the common medical emergencies that may be present in dental practice.
Domestic Violence Update
Mary Kathleen Ebener PhD, RN & Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN
2 Hours
The core content within this course addresses concerns that are common to all forms of domestic violence. Health care professionals’ responsibilities and mandates regarding recognition, intervention, reporting, documentation and prevention of domestic violence are all addressed. This course meets criteria for continuing educatio....
End of Life Care
Margaret V. Clark, MS, RN, RRT-NPS
1 Hours
Discussing end of life issues and palliative care options with patients who have life-limiting illnesses is challenging. Yet, the need for communication skills that address these issues is growing. In 2014, an estimated 1.6 to 1.7 million Americans received hospice care. The median length of service in 2014 was 17.41 days.i The....
Heart Healthy Diets: Achieving Guideline Adherence
Keith D’Oria, Editorial Director & Linda Van Horn, PhD, RD, FAHA
0.5 Hours
A scientific statement offers practical tips, tools, and dietary approaches to help patients adapt to recent guidelines on lifestyle management to reduce cardiovascular risk.
Knee Osteoarthritis: Guidelines for Surgery
Keith D’Oria and David S. Jevsevar, MD, MBA
0.5 Hours
According to current estimates, 27 million adults in the United States—or more than 10% of the adult population—have clinical osteoarthritis, a condition that ranks among the leading causes of hospitalization. Recent estimates show that approximately 9.9 million adults have symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. With life....
Bariatric Surgery & Mental Health
Keith D’Oria and Aaron J. Dawes, MD
0.5 Hours
Bariatric surgery is recognized as a viable option to promote weight loss and to treat obesity-related comorbidities among the severely obese. “While bariatric surgery is increasingly being used with some success, less attention has been paid to the mental health of patients with obesity and how this may influence the outcomes o....
Initial Opioid Use & Long-Term Risks
Keith D’Oria and Richard A. Deyo, MD, MPH
0.5 Hours
As opioid prescribing has increased over the past two decades, the United States healthcare system has also seen rising rates of overdoses and addiction treatment resulting from misuse and abuse of these drugs. “Experts have called for more selective use of opioids, but clinicians are often left wondering how long and how high a....
How to Provide Antenatal Care
Industry Specialists
This film explains the importance of antenatal care and in particular, the principles of ‘focused antenatal care’ (FANC). It describes what is involved in the four visits that make up FANC, including taking a patient’s history, examinations, checks and giving information.
Image Interpretation - Abdominal Ultrasound: Kidneys
Peter Cantin
0.5 Hours
This session considers ultrasound of the adult kidneys. It will give an overview of normal sonographic anatomy, anatomical variants and common pathological appearances. Tips on avoiding pitfalls and report writing will be offered.
Infections of the Kidneys
Adrian Lim
0.5 Hours
This session is about the various types of urinary tract infections (UTIs), common causes and presentations of renal infections related to their imaging findings. It also discusses evaluation and management based on the severity of the infection.
Imaging of the Indeterminate Renal Mass
Uday Patel
0.75 Hours
Masses in the kidney are one of the most commonly found abnormalities on routine cross-sectional imaging. The nature of the vast majority is obvious on initial findings but a small minority are of indeterminate appearance. This session describes how an indeterminate renal mass can be evaluated by radiological imaging.
Gas and Vapour Controls (anaesthesia)
Tom Clutton-Brock
0.5 Hours
This session describes the essentials of using rotameters and electronic gas flowmeters on modern anaesthetic machines. It also covers the essentials of using modern vaporizers.
Gas Monitoring of Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and Anaesthetic Agents
Claire Dowse
0.50 Hours
This session describes the most common methods by which O2, CO2 and anaesthetic agents are monitored during anaesthesia. It also covers the clinical applications of gas monitoring and the simple principles of anaesthetic gas sampling for measurement and monitoring.
Image Interpretation - Plain X-rays of the Adult Chest: The Normal Chest Radiograph
Nick Woznitza
This session will look at the normal appearances of a chest radiograph. It will cover the radiological anatomy, use of a search strategy, common radiographic abnormalities and normal variants.
Multidisciplinary Management of Chronic Pain
Sailesh Mishra
This session describes the management of chronic pain by using non-pharmacological treatment and integration of medical, psychological and activity management strategies across a multidisciplinary team.
Neonatal Care
Medical Education Systems, Inc.
30 Hours
The healthcare goals in neonatal intensive care are primarily to provide the opportunity for survival until the neonate’s body systems can more fully develop, enabling their natural defenses to mature. In the past 20 years, neonatal care has developed into an important healthcare specialty, complete with highly specialized criti....
Collaborative health promotion in the middle and later stages of dementia
Ailsa McKay
1 Hours
Dementia is a progressive terminal condition affecting all aspects of a person’s functioning. People with dementia require sensitive communication approaches and skilled interventions. In addition, medications may be used to promote wellbeing, but concerns have been raised about covert medication and use of antipsychotics for ma....
How to perform a urinalysis
Alison Bardsley
This module aims to help nurses to undertake a urinalysis in a safe, timely, effective and patient-centred manner, ensuring privacy and dignity. Urinalysis is a common clinical procedure involving examination of urine to detect problems in the body. Urinalysis should be carried out by competent healthcare practitioners. Urin....
Introduction to Peritoneal Dialysis - Online Learning Package
Lynn Brown, Alfred Hosp, Vic, Canberra Hosp ACT, Fremantle Hosp WA, Greater Southern Health Service NSW, Hunter New England Health NSW, Royal Adelaide SA, St George Hosp NSW, Newcastle Univ NSW.
Everything the novice to intermediate nurse needs to know about peritoneal dialysis