Australia Permanent Healthcare and Medical Courses

This session covers the indications for central venous catheterization as well as sites of access. It also covers both short- and long-term complication of CVCs.

This session describes the contraindications for central venous catheter insertion, the use of ultrasound in insertion, the technique of insertion, and the nuances associated with different sites of insertion. It also promotes a safe insertion culture and

This session describes the technique of insertion of nasogastric tubes (NGTs).

This session will look at airspace disease. It will focus on practical aspects of identification of airspace pathology on chest radiographs, and consider the possible causes for the appearances. Radiographic case studies/examples will be used to demonstra

This session focuses on chest radiographs in the Emergency Department and devices seen on chest radiographs. The findings in life-threatening conditions, the indications for devices and the relevant anatomy are described. Mistakes and complications of pla

This session looks at the action of opioids given by epidural and intrathecal routes and considers the key adverse effects; it will enable you to execute a management strategy for these adverse effects.

This session describes the optimization of pain control through the rational combination of drug and non-drug modalities.

This session examines how and why acute pain services came into existence by exploring antecedents and important landmarks. It also looks at their organization and explains how this helps to support its objectives. Challenges that the services face now an

This session will describe some of the basic respiratory investigations, and explain the relevance of the results obtained.

This session explains how to record an ECG, the structure of the ECG and how to interpret the results. It further explains the use of the ECG in clinical practice.