Classification of Shock
Jeremy Bewley
0.50 Hours
This session describes the classification of shock.
Oxygen Therapy
Gavin Perkins and Vivekanathan Poongavanam
0.50 Hours
Oxygen is one of the most commonly used drugs in the hospital, especially in patients with or at risk of critical illness. This session will outline the principles of safe oxygen administration in critically ill patients.
CEACCP: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Andrew David Pitkin MRCP Nicholas John Hawksley Davies DM MRCP FRCA
0.50 Hours
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy increases arterial oxygen content by greatly increasing the amount of oxygen dissolved in plasma.
CEACCP: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults
Guillermo Martinez MD and Alain Vuylsteke MD FRCA FFICM
0.50 Hours
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is the use of a modified heart–lung machine to provide respiratory, circulatory, or both support at the bedside, usually for at least a number of days or even weeks.
CEACCP: Principles of intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation
Murli Krishna MBBS FRCA FFPMRCA Kai Zacharowski MD PhD FRCA
0.50 Hours
Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) remains the most widely used circulatory assist device in critically ill patients with cardiac disease. The National Centre of Health Statistics estimated that IABP was used in 42 000 patients in the USA in 2002. Advances in technology, including percutaneous insertion, smaller diameter cathete....
Diarrhoea in ICM
Simon Sparkes
0.50 Hours
This session describes the common causes of diarrhoea in critical care and includes infection control practices, management strategies and the complications that can occur.
Constipation in ICM
Simon Sparkes
0.50 Hours
This session describes the common causes of constipation in critical care, management strategies and the complications that can occur.
Chronic Cord Compression: Examination Findings
Elizabeth Oliver
0.25 Hours
This session outlines the format of a structured neurological examination in the context of a patient presenting with a fall.
Causes of Acute Spinal Cord Compression
Imtiaz Shah
0.25 Hours
This session discusses the causes of acute spinal cord compression.
Pathway to Diagnosing Interstitial Lung Disease
Melissa Heightman
0.25 Hours
Having established a history, examination, and chest x-ray (CXR) that suggest a possibility of interstitial lung disease (ILD) as a diagnosis, this session will identify subsequent appropriate investigations to establish a more precise diagnosis.
Communication Skills - General Practice
Jonathan Silverman
This session deals with the interrelationship between consultation models and communication skills. It introduces the Calgary-Cambridge guides as an example of both structure and skills and examines the problem of delineating all the skills.
Essential Techniques in Practice
Roger Neighbour
This session is the second of two sessions that will give you a grounding in the four categories of consulting skills you are likely to need in virtually every consultation. This session will cover establishing rapport, eliciting, responding to cues and building concordance.
Common Nutritional Problems in Pre-schoolers
John Puntis Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Leeds General Infirmary
0.50 Hours
Nutrition plays an important part in a range of conditions seen in early childhood, including allergy, constipation and vomiting. Some nutritional deficiencies (such as iron and vitamin D) are common in western societies, even though unavailability of food is not an issue. These problems may have long-term implications for healt....
Diagnosing Inflammatory Arthritis
Louise Warburton General Practitioner and GP with special interest in Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Medicine
0.50 Hours
This session will help GPs to recognise common symptoms of inflammatory arthritis, request appropriate investigations, know when to refer the patient for secondary or intermediate care, and be able to distinguish between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Ethics: Using the Deliberative Process
Aidan Macfarlane MA (Oxon), MA (Cantab), MB, BChir, FRCP, FRCPCH, FFPHM
0.50 Hours
This session aims to help you understand the deliberative process, which is one logical way of working through bioethical issues, particularly applicable in relation to sexual and reproductive health issues of young people.
Primary School Presentations
Alyson Hall Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, The Child and Family Practice and Honorar
0.50 Hours
This session gives an overview of common emotional and behavioural presentations in children in primary school (5 to 11 years old). It offers guidelines to assess and address parental concerns. We discuss symptoms that suggest there may be important underlying problems (alarm bells) and provide guidance for when you identify the....
Osteoporosis
Anne Sutcliffe Healthcare and Education Officer, The National Association for the Relief of Paget's
0.50 Hours
This session examines a range of risk factors for osteoporosis and considers appropriate investigations and treatment options for the disease. Lifestyle implications are also discussed.
Error Wisdom and Patient Safety
Jane Carthey Patient Safety and Human Factors Specialist and Christine Johnson General Practitione
0.50 Hours
This session will improve your understanding of how frontline healthcare staff can thwart patient safety incidents using the Three Buckets model. This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in January 2015.
Parenting Support Part 1: Definitions and Concepts
Doreen Crawford Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University, Leicester
0.50 Hours
This session introduces the concept of a supportive relationship between healthcare professionals and parents and looks at the key elements of some of the leading parenting programmes that may be used for this purpose.
Overview of Cleft Lip and Palate
Maisa Seppala, Martyn Cobourne
This session will give you a basic understanding of the prevalence, aetiology, developmental background and principles of treatment of cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P).
Adverse Drug Effects
Caroline Burgess and Sarah Morse and Gillian Cavell
0.50 Hours
Monitoring of adverse drug events (ADE), both adverse drug reactions (ADR) and medication errors, is important to ensure safe use of medicines. Organisations with responsibility for collecting information about ADE exist but rely on practitioners to report the event to them. This session aims to inform trainees about how to reco....
Paediatric - Non-epileptic Attack Disorders
Alasdair Parker
This session looks at paroxysmal episodes that mimic epilepsy in children and when/where parents should go for further advice.
Paediatric - The Child Not At School
Mandy Rose
0.50 Hours
This session will give an overview of common reasons why children may not be attending school and the role of the health professional in identifying, managing and supporting children out of school.
Classic ECGs and Infarct Territories
Chris Critoph
This session provides an overview of ischaemic electrocardiograms (ECGs) in acute medicine. It is not intended to teach how to interpret ECGs, but to understand the underlying coronary anatomy relative to their interpretation.
Criteria for Diagnosing Osteoporosis
Nicola Cooper
0.25 Hours
This session discusses the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis.