Reaction Rates and Thermodynamics
Ben Messer and Kaye Cantlay
0.50 Hours
This session describes some of the early theories of heat, work and energy, including the laws of thermodynamics. The relevance of these laws to anaesthesia is also explored.
Physics - Light
Ian Hunter and Philip Michael Barrow
0.50 Hours
This session examines the physics of light, and how these physical principles apply to everyday equipment used by anaesthetists.
Pressure Regulator, Pressure Gauge, Flowmeters
Baha Al-Shaikh
0.50 Hours
Anaesthetists use the anaesthetic machine daily, both inside and outside the operating theatre. This session explores some of the main components of the anaesthetic machine, namely pressure gauges, regulators and flowmeters, looking at their functions and examining safety issues in their design.
Capnography
Sudha Garg
0.50 Hours
Anaesthetists measure the inflow and outflow of gases within the breathing system in order to monitor the internal milieu. This session examines the ways to measure inhaled and exhaled carbon dioxide and its implications.
BIS, Entropy and Evoked Potentials
Richard Stümpfle and Roger Sharpe
0.50 Hours
This session will describe BIS, entropy and evoked potentials (all commercially available as depth of anaesthesia monitors). The basic science of the electro-encephalogram (EEG) and EEG processing will be covered together with the changes that occur during anaesthesia. Each monitor will be described in detail. The session will a....
Oxygen Concentration Analysers
Nicolas Fauvel
0.50 Hours
This session begins with the importance of oxygen measurement in anaesthetic practice. It describes the scientific principles and practical points of analysers in clinical use. The session concludes with reference to current monitoring standards, reinforcing the point that quantitative measurement of oxygen is fundamental to saf....
Defibrillators and Pacemakers
Simon Stacey and David O´Hara
0.50 Hours
This session describes the different options for pacing a patient in any situation. The different options for defibrillation/cardioversion are also described.
Cutaneous Vasculitis I: Small Vessel Vasculitides
Caroline Champagne and Susan Burge
0.50 Hours
This session explores cases with different forms of small vessel cutaneous vasculitis. The diagnosis, investigation and treatment options are discussed.
Abnormal Blood Sugar Levels and Hypoglycaemia
Jan Idkowiak
0.50 Hours
This session outlines the management of intercurrent illness, high blood sugar levels and the prevention of diabetic ketoacidosis in children with diabetes. It also covers the aetiology, prevention and treatment of hypoglycaemia.
Planning Pregnancy
Anja Guttinger
0.50 Hours
This session explains how to identify women's and couples' needs in planning a pregnancy, the need for preconception advice and the potential difficulties that might be encountered.
Pain in Cancer Survivors
Matthew Brown
0.50 Hours
This session describes the interventions that are available to treat cancer and which are associated with the development of persistent pain in cancer survivors.
Pharmacological Cancer Pain Management
Jayne Wood
0.50 Hours
This session describes the principles of the pharmacological management of cancer pain including a review of strong opioids and adjuvant analgesics.
Pattern Recognition
Kerry Crawley
0.50 Hours
The aim of this session is to provide a brief overview of pattern recognition as a model of clinical decision making and how this may be applied to practice.
Acute Pain in Children
Glyn Williams and Anoo Jain
0.50 Hours
This session describes the principles of delivering effective analgesic management to children in acute pain associated with ongoing illness, surgery, trauma or painful procedures in a clinical setting.
Recognising Patients Nearing End of Life
Claire Norman
0.50 Hours
This session aims to develop a comprehensive approach to recognising that patients are nearing end of life. This will include a number of case studies at the end of the session.
Research and the EHR: Process Improvement Through Integration
Arash Naeim, MD, PhD and Marti Arvin, JD
1.00 Hours
The session will discuss the process for developing and implementing a system to improve the workflow and efficiency of the clinical trial submission and management process. The session will discuss the considerations around privacy and security for integrating the Institutional Review Board (IRB) submission system with the clin....
Building a Population Health Strategy That Physicians Love
Ann Marie Edwards and Cliff Frank
1.00 Hours
As the growth and popularity of value-base contracts increases, ACOs, CINs and health systems struggle to engage physicians in key practice initiatives that promise to optimize the health of the patient population while decreasing costs. Providers are reluctant to change care delivery practices, believing the source of network c....
Digital Command Center for EHR Implementation
Matthew Ernst and Neil D. Gomes
1.00 Hours
There is tremendous irony in many areas of IS&T. One of them is that so much of the go-live operations management process is often done on paper. One such example of this is how go-live command centers are managed. These command centers are often manned by staff who are constantly updating whiteboards, transcribing issues into e....
Designing From the Inside Out: Taking a Strategic Approach
Iris Berman, RN, MSN, CCRN-k
1.00 Hours
Northwell Health is anticipating the future of care, and it believes telehealth will be a critical component. The organization has a culture of “measuring twice, and cutting once.” So, when leadership decided to implement a telehealth program, it took the time to set a strategy and plan for success. This session will provide det....
Benchmarking and Iterative Usability Testing: A Case Study
Robert L. Gluck and William Plew
1.00 Hours
This topic is based on the work that the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Human Factors Engineering (HFE) team did for VHA’s Office of Connected Care over a 14-month period to assist with the design of the new My HealtheVet (MHV) Patient Portal. This speakers will cover the benefits of combining benchmarking studies with ite....
Pharmacogenomics Within the EHR
Jon W. McKeeby, DSC and Jharana J. Patel, PharmD, MBA
1.00 Hours
The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (NIH CC) is the largest research hospital in the United States. Patient safety and clinical quality is a major goal of the hospital. To this end, we implemented a pharmacogenomics program within the NIH CC Electronic Health Record. The program currently consists of genotyping fo....
Personalizing the Patient Experience Through Intelligence
David Bradshaw and Ryan Hamilton
1.00 Hours
Seventy-five percent of healthcare costs are related to preventable conditions, per the CDC, yet only 4% of healthcare spend is on healthy behaviors. By transitioning from reactive care to proactive health management and patient engagement, providers can adapt to market shifts that emphasize value-based care. But how do healthca....
Cybersecurity Risk Management at a National Post-Acute Care
Richard L Paul JR, MBA, BS and Jeffrey Bell, BS, CISSP, CPHIMS, GSLC, ACHE
1.00 Hours
In 2016, the Ponemon Institute revealed that nearly 90% of healthcare organizations had suffered a data breach in the previous 2 years. Often overlooked in the healthcare cybersecurity discussion, post-acute care providers face the same threats and regulations as acute care organizations. Covenant Care, a national post-acute car....
An Evaluation of the Nursing Care of Renal Transplant Recipients: A Qualitative Study
Renal Society of Australasia
Evaluation of a qualitative study on an evaluation of the nursing care of renal transplant recipients
Acute kidney injury secondary to Eastern Brown snake ( Pseudonaja textilis) bite: a case study - Journal Club May 2019
Renal Society of Australasia
Acute kidney injury secondary to Eastern Brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) Bite: A Case Study - A case of microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia following Eastern Brown snake envenomation, which resulted in acute kidney injury.