Short Courses for Medical Doctors

This session looks at interpreting arterial blood gases with particular emphasis on respiratory causes of pH disturbance using case-based examples

Overview of the approach to dealing with an unconscious patient.

This session describes how to assess a patient with suspected sepsis and recognize the differential diagnoses in suspected sepsis both on admission to hospital and in hospital.

Oxygen is one of the most commonly used drugs in the hospital, especially in patients with or at risk of critical illness. This session will outline the principles of safe oxygen administration in critically ill patients.

This session will be an introduction to critical care medicine for someone who has very little previous experience of the specialty. It provides a structured approach to the clinical management and introduces some commonly used terminology.

This session covers the basic principles of taking a history from the patient to identify, and thus minimise the risks of anaesthesia.

This session describes patient review on the ward following major surgery, the issues that may require attention as a result of the surgery and the potential complications of anaesthesia and surgery, and provides a systematic approach to the management of

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

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.