Evaluation and Advice on Good Inhaler Technique
Swapna Manda
0.5 Hours
This session will show you how to assess your patients’ inhaler techniques, and describes the different range of inhalers that are available and when different types of inhalers or a nebuliser should be prescribed.
Listening Skills
Simon Cornwell - Systemic Psychotherapist
0.25 Hours
The session introduces the learner to some of the overarching policy and legislative guidance that underpins the importance of listening to children, through to a summary of listening skills. We will consider barriers to effective listening, include issues of diversity and disability, and take age into account when thinking abou....
Investigation and Management of Cough
Salman Haider
0.5 Hours
This session examines the management of cough.
Drug-induced Hoarseness and Stridor
Salman Haider
0.25 Hours
This session explores the causes of drug-induced hoarseness and stridor.
Local Anaesthetic Agents
Sue Hill
0.5 Hours
Local anaesthetic agents are useful adjuncts to general anaesthesia. They can be used to provide local blockade of nerves supplying a surgical area, which can reduce the perioperative use of strong opioid drugs and so reduce the unwanted effects of these agents. They can also be used for regional anaesthesia, but this will be co....
Non Invasive Respiratory Support
Peter MacNaughton
0.5 Hours
This session is an outline of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bi-level ventilation and their role in treatment of acute respiratory failure.
Multi-modal Analgesia
Mick Serpell
0.5 Hours
This session describes the optimization of pain control through the rational combination of drug and non-drug modalities.
Liver Failure
Abby Lind and Fran O´Higgins
0.5 Hours
This session outlines the basic management of the causes and sequelae of liver dysfunction in patients with multi-organ failure or sepsis, in particular those patients with previously functionally and histologically normal livers.
Major Obstetric Haemorrhage
Sarah Cross and Vicki Clark
0.5 Hours
This session covers the common causes of major obstetric haemorrhage and its management including that of patients with placenta praevia and placenta accreta.
Modes of Transport
Jennie Irvine and Richard Price and Andrew Inglis and Ben Shippey
0.5 Hours
This session considers the transport options available to critical care teams for the secondary and tertiary transfer of critically ill patients.
Electrical Injuries
Anastassios C. Koumbourlis, MD, MPH
0.5 Hours
Electrical injury is a relatively infrequent but potentially devastating form of multisystem injury with high morbidity and mortality. Most electrical injuries in adults occur in the workplace, whereas children are exposed primarily at home. In nature, electrical injury occurs due to lightning, which also carries the highest mor....
Macroscopic Anatomy of the Brain, CSF, Meninges
Christopher Taylor and Nicholas Hirsch
0.5 Hours
This session will cover the gross anatomy of the brain, cerebrospinal fluid production and circulation and the anatomy of the meninges.
Facial Skeleton
Peter Venn
0.5 Hours
This session describes the bones of the facial skeleton and skull vault. The important muscles that move the mandible are described. The classification and positions of fracture lines commonly seen following trauma to the face and surgical osteotomy are also covered.
Hazards of Positioning and Pressure Areas
Stephen Fenlon and James Nicholson
0.5 Hours
The patient positioned for surgery is vulnerable to extraneous harm. Knowledge of the common injuries and understanding of the causes of harm enables the anaesthetist to minimize the risks.
Loop of Henle, Distal Tubule and Collecting Tubule
Clifford Dwenger MbChB MRCP FRCA EDIC
0.5 Hours
This session will explain the importance of the interrelated functions of the loop of Henle, distal tubule and collecting tubule in the regulatory functions of the kidney.
Metabolic and Synthetic Functions of the Liver 1
Charl Jooste
0.5 Hours
Biotransformation of xenobiotics and recycling of endogenous substances are crucial for survival. The metabolic processes of both are the same, and will be discussed together in this session.
Investigation and Management of Hoarseness and Stridor
Salman Haider
0.5 Hours
This session describes hoarseness and stridor and explains the investigation and management of these conditions.
Initiating Conversations about End of Life Care: COPD
Kate Neden, John Neden
0.5 Hours
This session looks at the key features of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), how to recognise where the patient is on the disease trajectory, and how to assess the impact of the disease on the patient and his or her family. This session was reviewed by Kate Neden, John Neden, Amy Proffitt and Christina Fa....
Drug-induced Hoarseness and Stridor
Salman Haider
0.25 Hours
This session explores the causes of drug-induced hoarseness and stridor.
FGM: Issues, Presentation and Management in Women and Around Pregnancy
Pallavi Latthe and Sveta Alladi
0.25 Hours
This session describes managing a pregnant woman with FGM, carrying out a reversal and how to document their assessment and treatment.
Liberating Learning - Patient Based Strategy
Stephen Ellis
0.5 Hours
This session explores patient-based learning activities, either with or without the patient being present. It demonstrates these with videos of case scenarios and offers practical suggestions to liberate learning.
Managing Conflicts of Interest in Medicine in Australia
Australian Medical Association
1 Hours
A key feature of the medical profession is the primacy of patient care. Public trust and confidence in the medical profession is essential for ensuring people access medical care. Conflicts of interest in medicine have the potential to undermine public trust and confidence in the profession if not managed appropriately. The A....
Mental Health and Well-Being in Adolescence
Dick Churchill
Adolescence is the stage at which many mental health problems begin to develop. This session describes some of the basic concepts of emotional well-being in young people and the epidemiology of some common mental health problems at this age. It also describes the organisation of adolescent mental health services in England and W....
Investigation and Management of Rarer Causes of Haemoptysis
Prina Ruparelia
0.5 Hours
This session discusses the investigation of rarer causes of haemoptysis. The results of investigations are shown and the subsequent management of these conditions is discussed.
Management of Drug Induced Breathlessness
Elora Mukherjee
0.5 Hours
This session discusses the investigation and management of patients with drug induced breathlessness, a commonly overlooked presentation with potentially long-term adverse drug effects. The session looks at how to interpret test results to confirm the diagnosis and how best to manage the patient thereafter.