Paediatric - Vision
Kirithika Muthusamy
0.5 Hours
This session will look at the management of common eye conditions as well as long-sightedness and squint. It also covers the warning signs when urgent action is needed. Please note that this is a more advanced session.
Paediatric - Parental Risk Factors
Thomas Bourke
0.5 Hours
This session will consider the role of clinical staff in identifying factors in parents or carers that increase the risk of child maltreatment. Unborn babies & antenatal risk factors, newborn babies with previously identified antenatal factors, any child they are seeing. These sessions have been updated in 2015 by Dr Fiona Straw....
Paediatric - Soiling
June Rogers
0.5 Hours
This session will give an overview of the problem of constipation and soiling in school-aged children. It will discuss the assessment process and treatment interventions and highlight the impact this distressing problem has on the child, their family and wider community.
Anaemia and Breathlessness
Ranjit Dasgupta
0.5 Hours
This session describes how to evaluate, investigate and plan the management of a patient presenting with breathlessness due to anaemia.
Causes and Symptoms of Hypothermia
Aram Salehi
0.25 Hours
This session explains the pathophysiology and aetiology of hypothermia in adult patients and the way they present.
Clinical Assessment of the Pregnant Patient
Charlotte Frise
0.5 Hours
This session covers the important additional elements that are required when taking a history from a pregnant patient. Video clips and case studies are used as illustrations. NOTE: This session has large video files, connection speeds vary so please allow sufficient time for the videos to download.
Brain Tumours Affecting Speech: Types, Treatment, Management
Sadia Ismail
0.5 Hours
This session describes the presentation, investigation and management of speech problems due to brain tumours. It covers the key points for initial management and also examines further treatment pathways.
Areas of the Brain and Associated Speech Disturbances
Catherine Rippingdale
0.25 Hours
A visual journey through the different areas of the brain, and the speech problems that arise if affected by disease, particularly in relation to stroke.
Agitation and Restlessness in the Dying Phase in Palliative Care
Alison Coackley
0.5 Hours
This session provides a framework for assessing and managing agitation and restlessness in the dying phase, an experience which can be highly distressing for both patients and families. Poor management of this symptom is a frequent cause for admission and problems in bereavement. This session was reviewed by Christina Faull a....
Risk Factors for Pulmonary Embolism
David Keith Ward
0.25 Hours
Explanation of the origins and utilisation of the modified Wells score for pulmonary embolism in practice.
Causes and Risk Factors for Primary and Secondary Pneumothorax
Ahmed Fahim
0.25 Hours
This session revises the causes and risk factors for primary and secondary pneumothorax.
Diagnosis and Treatment of Hyperventilation Syndrome
David Raeside and Carolyn Bell
0.5 Hours
This session reviews the diagnosis and treatment approaches for patients with chronic hyperventilation syndrome (HVS).
Causes of Dysuria
Chee Kay Cheung
0.25 Hours
This session covers the common causes of dysuria in women and men.
Common Symptoms in Palliative Care 2
Chantal Simon
0.5 Hours
Symptom control is vitally important in palliative care. This session aims to provide an overview of how to manage symptoms of debility and also common respiratory and skin symptoms encountered in the palliative care setting. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in November 2014.
Differentiation of Causes of Fever
Nainal Shah and Tom Edwards
1 Hours
This session considers the causes of fever and discusses differentials of fever in adults. It also considers causes of pyrexia of unknown origin.
Physiology of the Neuromuscular Junction (anaesthesia)
John Saddler
0.5 Hours
This session outlines the transmission of an action potential through a motor nerve, the chemical interactions that occur at the neuromuscular junction, and the mechanics of muscle contraction.
Perioperative Analgesia (anaesthesia)
Sue Hill
0.5 Hours
This session provides an introduction to a limited number of analgesic agents used during and after anaesthesia.
Aims of Anaesthesia
Paul Sice
0.5 Hours
This session introduces the concepts of balanced anaesthesia, balanced analgesia and the stress response to surgery.
Autonomic Nervous System Physiology (anaesthesia)
Isabeau Walker
0.5 Hours
This session covers the anatomy of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and the effects of the ANS on different organ systems, including the cardiovascular system, respiratory system and the eye. It examines the major neurotransmitters and receptor types in the ANS. The session concludes with considering the interactions between t....
Common Breathing Sytems (anaesthesia)
Tom Clutton-Brock
0.5 Hours
This session provides an introduction to anaesthetic breathing systems.
Principles of Advanced Life Support
Gavin Perkins (on behalf of the Resuscitation Council (UK)) and Ian Densham
0.5 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.
Overview of Recovery
Renee Ford
0.5 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.
CEACCP: Management of acute liver failure
Wai Kwan Lai MBChB MRCP Nick Murphy MB BS FRCA DipICM
0.5 Hours
Acute liver failure (ALF) is a devastating syndrome that triggers a cascade of events, leading to multiple organ failure and often death.
Choice of Airway
Dr Gavin Werrett
0.5 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.
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
0.5 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.