Australia Permanent Healthcare and Medical Courses

This session considers three important abnormalities of the endocrine system and how they might present in primary care. This session was reviewed by Khyati Bakhai and last updated in June 2019.

The role of the anaesthetist in caring for children who are known or suspected to be victims of abuse; explaining local child protection procedures with reference to the joint RCPCH/RCoA/APA guideline ‘Child Protection And The Anaesthetist: Safegua

This session focuses on the diagnosis of diabetes and pre-diabetes. It describes when we should and should not use HbA1c or the oral glucose tolerance test. The session also touches on monitoring options for diabetes.

This session will discuss the management of critically-ill patients with abnormalities in serum potassium (K+), magnesium (Mg2+) and phosphate (PO42-).

This session describes the haematological investigations commonly used when assessing and managing critically-ill patients.

This session gives a brief overview of normal physiological mechanisms regulating body pH, followed by case studies with a particular focus on abnormalities pertaining to the respiratory system.

This session covers the interpretation of arterial blood gases and describes common types and causes of metabolic acid-base disturbance.

This session contains a link to the BJA Education article followed by a series of self assessment multiple choice questions.<br><br>The article will open in a new window or tab depending on your browser.<br><br> CPD credits are awarded by the RCoA for the

This session describes which sedative agent(s) to use, when and why, for the critically-ill patient.

This session will describe how pain in the intensive care unit (ICU) is multi-factorial and difficult to assess. It will show how potentially useful drugs may also have adverse effects and how non-pharmacological treatment effects must be maximized. <br>