Aims of Anaesthesia
Paul Sice
0.50 Hours
This session introduces the concepts of balanced anaesthesia, balanced analgesia and the stress response to surgery.
Choice of Airway
Dr Gavin Werrett
0.50 Hours
The session outlines when it is appropriate to use an endotracheal tube or a laryngeal mask airway and situations when the decision may not be clear.
Overview of Recovery
Renee Ford
0.50 Hours
This session describes the function of a recovery facility, the most common problems likely to be encountered in post-operative patients, and makes suggestions for the management of these problems.
Principles of Advanced Life Support
Gavin Perkins (on behalf of the Resuscitation Council (UK)) and Ian Densham
0.50 Hours
This session outlines the principles of advanced life support for cardiorespiratory arrest in adults, according to the Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support Guidelines 2015.
CEACCP: Management of acute liver failure
Wai Kwan Lai MBChB MRCP Nick Murphy MB BS FRCA DipICM
0.50 Hours
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a devastating syndrome that triggers a cascade of events, leading to multiple organ failure and often death.
Analgesia and the Intensive Care Unit
Siân I. Jaggar
0.50 Hours
This session will describe how pain in the intensive care unit (ICU) is multi-factorial and difficult to assess. It will show how potentially useful drugs may also have adverse effects and how non-pharmacological treatment effects must be maximized. The session will also review effects of pain and describe how analgesia use....
Relationship between Palliative Care and End of Life Care
Jason Ward
0.50 Hours
This session will describe what is meant by the terms palliative care and end of life care, and what they have in common. Two case studies will be used to explain their relevance to patients with advanced progressive illnesses, and their families. The session will provide an overview of key components of palliative care and end....
De-escalation
David Partlow
0.50 Hours
his session aims to provide an overview of de-escalation, the techniques to reduce tension and reduce the need for use of physical intervention.
Antidepressants and Anticonvulsants
Lee Wilson and Emma Davies
0.50 Hours
This session describes the pharmacology of antidepressants and anticonvulsants and their clinical use in pain management.
Opioids - Basic Principles
Abi Jenkins
0.50 Hours
This session describes the basic pharmacology of opioids and their clinical uses as analgesics.
Antepartum Haemorrhage
Aimee Yarrington
0.50 Hours
The aim of this session is to provide an understanding of the clinician’s role in dealing with the bleeding, pregnant patient who is more than 24 weeks into pregnancy.
Poisons and Toxidromes
Tom Mallinson
This session will identify the most common causes of paediatric poisoning. Later, it will explore the physiological changes associated with dangerous levels of toxins in the body and investigate the antidotes that can be used to augment treatment following paediatric poisoning.
Pathophysiology of Blood Loss
Syed A Hyder and Ridzuan Farouk
0.50 Hours
This session defines shock and its common causes. It then focuses on hypovolaemic shock and its aetiology. Haemorrhagic shock classification based upon severity and how resuscitation should be managed are subsequently outlined.
Reconstruction of Isolated Defects of the Nose
Eleonora Dimovska and Jonathan Clibbon
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the procedures that can be used to reconstruct isolated defects of the nose and offer guidance on how to avoid, recognise and treat the complications associated with each procedure.
Pierre Robin Sequence
Muhammad Asim Bashir
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the anatomical anomalies associated with Pierre Robin sequence and offer guidance on the non-surgical and surgical management of patients with this condition.
Anatomy of the Breast
Malik Fleet and Ash Mosahebi
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the macroscopic and microscopic anatomy of the breast (including blood and nerve supply) and the lymphatic drainage of the breast.
Breast Surgery in Female-to-Male Gender Reaffirmation
Neil Wickham and Catherine Milroy
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the techniques used for chest reconstruction in female-to-male gender reaffirmation and the advantages and disadvantages of each technique. Later sections will explore the range of complications associated with such procedures.
Acute Compartment Syndrome in the Lower Limb
Mai Rostom
0.50 Hours
This session will describe how to recognise acute compartment syndrome in the lower limb. Later sections will offer guidance on how to perform a fasciotomy and manage the complications associated with compartment syndrome.
Assessment of Psychological Well-being
Erna Haraldsdottir
0.50 Hours
Psychological assessment is one of the four core areas (also known as domains) of a holistic assessment. In this session you will explore this domain and its potential interactions with the other areas. This session was reviewed by Carolyn Doyle and Christina Faull and last updated in November 2015.
Assessing Through Proxies
Clare Phillips and Pat Langstone
0.50 Hours
This session will introduce issues related to assessing people's end of life care needs through a proxy when the individual is not able to communicate directly with the person carrying out the assessment.
CEACCP: Physiological changes after brain stem death and management of the heart-beating donor
Joanna Kay Gordon FRCA and Justin McKinlay MA(Oxon) FRCA FFICM
0.50 Hours
Organ donation after neurological death represents the only source of thoracic organs suitable for transplantation. It is, therefore, increasingly important to actively manage brain-dead donors.
CEACCP: Donation after circulatory death
Kathryn Dunne MBChB MRCP FRCA and Pamela Doherty MBChB FRCA DICM
0.50 Hours
With the advent of organ transplantation, patients suffering from end-stage organ failure no longer face inevitable death or a lifetime of complex medical care and those receiving a transplanted organ can often return to a normal lifestyle. As a result of this success, coupled with an ageing population, there are increasing numb....
Pulmonary Hypertension: Part 1
Deepa Gopalan and Nicholas Screaton
This session will discuss all aspects of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) that are relevant from a radiological viewpoint including definition, classification, clinical manifestation, diagnostic methodology, and generic signs of pulmonary hypertension (PHT). The second session in this series of two (see Resources) will eluc....
Adrenal Disease and Steroid Replacement Therapy
Mark Heining
This session will review the applied physiology and pharmacology of the adrenal gland, with the implications for anaesthetizing patients for adrenalectomy.