Communication at the End of Life
Deirdre Brunton and Lynn Dunne
0.50 Hours
This session aims to develop an understanding of basic communication skills which will facilitate sensitive communication when supporting patients and those identified as important to them. This session also highlights the skills required to break bad news in your role as a paramedic as well as the importance of caring for onese....
Primary Headache
Callum Duncan and John Hughes
0.50 Hours
This session examines the presentation and management of primary headaches.
Palliative Care Emergencies
Joanne Stonehouse
0.50 Hours
This session aims to develop an understanding of how to recognise and manage palliative care emergencies associated with paramedic practice.
Common viral illnesses in intensive care: presentation, diagnosis, and management
Craig Johnstone MBChB BSc FRCA, Alison Hall BSc MBChB FRCA FFICM MD and Ian J Hart BSc MBChB PhD FR
0.50 Hours
This review does not attempt to be exhaustive but deals with some of the more common viral illnesses that can necessitate ICU admission. Despite this, there remain notable exclusions including arboviruses (including those which cause viral haemorrhagic fever), zoonotic viruses (including rabies), and the hepatitis viruses, which....
Airway Management in Trauma
Jerry Nolan
0.50 Hours
This session will cover the techniques for managing the airway in the severely-injured patient.
CEACCP: Lactate physiology in health and disease
Barrie Phypers FRCA and JM Tom Pierce MRCP FRCA
0.50 Hours
Barrie Phypers and JM Tom Pierce give an in-depth overview of lactate physiology in health and disease
Anatomy of the Oral Cavity, Pharynx and Larynx
Michelle Leemans, Katherine Cheesmen and Ian Calder
0.50 Hours
This session describes the anatomy of the oral cavity, pharynx and larynx. The nerve supply to the larynx and the implications of damage to these nerves is also described.
Estimation and decision making
Sue Hill
0.50 Hours
This session reviews the relationship between population and sample, and introduces the concept of point estimation. The uncertainty about any estimated value is discussed with reference to making clinical decisions based on summary values identified in clinical trials and the single sample t-test is introduced.
Presentation and Identification of Anaphylaxis
Marc Davison FRCA and Samantha Walker PhD
0.50 Hours
This session will describe the signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis and some common causative agents will be considered. The pathophysiology and epidemiology of anaphylaxis will also be discussed.
CEACCP: Evidence-based medicine
Fang Gao Smith FRCA MPhil MD, Jeffrey L Tong FRCA and John E Smith FRCA
0.50 Hours
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) promotes the concept that one should apply the best evidence from medical research, particularly that derived from randomized controlled trials (RCT), to the treatment of patients. The aim is not to exclude, but to add to the methods associated with traditional clinical practice: clinical experience....
Recurrent BV, Candida and TV
Janet Wilson
0.50 Hours
This session covers the aetiology, natural history, predisposing factors, clinical presentation and management of recurrent bacterial vaginosis, candidiasis, and trichomoniasis infection in women.
Rehabilitation Following Lower Limb Amputation
Will Cobb and Tania Cubison
This session will describe the individuals involved in the management of patients with lower limb amputations and their respective roles. Later sections will explore the types of lower limb prosthetics that are available and the sequelae of lower limb amputation.
Data Collection in Burns
Saikat Ray and Nora Nugent
0.50 Hours
This session will explain why data collection is important in burns and identify the types of data that should be collected. Later sections will explain the role of national databases, e.g. UK NBID.
Referral Criteria for Patients with Burns
Anna Allan and Abid Rashid
0.50 Hours
This session will identify the criteria that represent additional risk factors for patients with burns and consider the benefits of referring such patients for treatment in a specialist centre.
Reconstruction of the Burned Neck
Rachel Howes and Mansoor Khan
0.50 Hours
This session will offer guidance on how to assess burn scars of the neck. Later sections will explore the surgical techniques that can be used to correct burn scars on the neck and investigate the risks and benefits associated with each technique.
Abdominal Viscera: Biliary Anatomy
Mark Szymankiewicz and Christian Wakefield
This session will enable the student to develop a comprehensive understanding of biliary anatomy essential for the understanding of biliary pathology and surgical procedures to this area.
Peripheral Vascular Disease: Aneurysms - Peripheral
Hashem Barakat and Devender Mittapalli
0.50 Hours
This session will review the natural history, presentation and management of peripheral arterial aneurysms.
Cardiopulmonary Disease: Obstructive Airway Disease
Luke J Rogers
This session will provide a brief overview of obstructive airway disease.
Organ Trauma: Pneumothorax
Lalit Kumar
0.25 Hours
This session looks at the pathophysiology, identification and treatment of pneumothorax in the emergency department.
Etomidate
Eschtike Schulenburg and Anthony Absalom
0.50 Hours
This session covers the induction agent etomidate. Etomidate (in clinical use since 1972) has a very stable haemodynamic profile. However, due to the inhibition of adrenocortical steroid synthesis after a single dose or infusion, the popularity of etomidate has declined.
Antiplatelet Agents
Lee Feddy and Akbar Vohra
0.50 Hours
This session describes the different types of antiplatelet drugs, their specific benefits and the contraindications for their use.
Anti-Diabetic Therapy: NIDDM and Insulin Therapy in Diabetes Mellitus
Grainne Nicholson
The session covers the main classes of drugs used to treat both non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, the use of insulin and the different formulations of insulin.
Corticosteroids, Thyroxine and Drugs Used in Thyroid Disorders
Michael Edward O´Connor
0.50 Hours
This session describes corticosteroids and their role in health, as well as the use of extrinsic corticosteroids in disease states, the complications associated with this use relevant to the anaesthetist, thyroid hormone production, and treatment of thyroid disorders.
Chat with a Doctor: On-Demand, Asynchronous Physician Advice
Ari Melmed, MD, FACEP
1.00 Hours
Facing constant pressure to keep up with demand for access, and the desire to provide our members rapid access to medical advice and care, Kaiser Permanente Colorado sought a virtual care solution that could instantly address their patients needs and augment other telehealth options. KP Colorado launched Chat with a Doctor in No....