Australia Permanent Healthcare and Medical Courses

COPD and asthma are both common conditions that affect the airways and can present in similar ways. It is important to differentiate between the two and understand how this can be done. This session is designed to address these questions.

This session will show you how to assess your patients' inhaler techniques, and describes the different range of inhalers that are available and when different types of inhalers or a nebuliser should be prescribed.

This session will cover the initiation of treatment in patients diagnosed with asthma and when to step up or step down treatment. It will also describe how to assess the inhaler technique of your patients.

This session will cover the presentation and investigation of chronic asthma in an outpatient setting.

A description of abnormal movements that can occur during syncope.

This session will help you understand about syncope and the various different types. It will discuss the mechanism of vasovagal syncope to some extent.

This session covers how to take a history for a patient who presents with collapse.

This session explores the triggers, pathogenesis, presentation, clinical diagnosis and natural history of anaphylaxis, as well as the use of laboratory confirmatory markers.

This session focuses on the recognition, investigation and management of delirium. It also identifies common illnesses that might be confused with delirium and highlights prevention techniques.

This session focuses on the recognition, investigation and management of delirium. It also identifies common illnesses that might be confused with delirium and highlights prevention techniques.