Short Courses for Medical Doctors

This session will cover the assessment and treatment of post-operative pain and management of early post-operative nausea and vomiting (PONV).

This session introduces the concepts of balanced anaesthesia, balanced analgesia and the stress response to surgery.

This session discusses which tests may be useful before surgery, including the NICE guidelines. It explains why false positives will outnumber true positives for most screening tests in most populations, even tests that are 99 % sensitive and 99 % specifi

This session describes why history and examination are important when planning anaesthesia. Identifying factors putting the patient at additional risk should be identified prior to surgery so that peri-operative planning can take them into account.

This session describes the preoperative visit. The visit confirms that the preadmission assessment service has prepared the patient, home and hospital so that scheduled surgery may proceed safely. The patient decides whether they are happy for you to anae

This session provides an introduction to a limited number of analgesic agents used during and after anaesthesia.

This session outlines preoperative checks, as well as the handling of the unconscious patient, infection control issues, and good practice in theatre.

This session outlines the members of the anaesthesia team in an operating theatre, and describes their interactions with the teams involved in preoperative assessment, acute pain management and critical care. It explains the importance of working as a tea

This session looks at the basics of peripheral intravenous cannulation including the ideal sites for insertion, the size of cannula to use and the need for local anaesthetic. This session presents how to recognize arterial placement in a shocked patient a

The session begins by describing the body fluid compartments and daily fluid requirements. It then considers how each type of IV fluid available is best suited to replacing losses from each compartment.