Short Courses for Medical Doctors

This session explores the preoperative issues of <br><br>(1) Restriction of oral food and fluid prior to anaesthesia and <br><br>(2) Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis, to increase patient safety and decrease perioperative morbidity.

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 equipment and drugs used during the perioperative period, and the importance of adequate preparation and preoperative checks. It explains the special considerations relevant to using controlled drugs in the theatre environment.

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 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 module will enable you to use patient controlled analgesia (PCA) techniques according to patient need and to manage common problems and side-effects.

This session will provide a rationale for the prescription of analgesia for patients with moderate acute pain.

This session describes the principles of opioid therapy in particular dose titration and analgesic failure. It discusses how to control some of the adverse effects of opioid therapies.

This session introduces commonly available opioids. It then goes on to discuss their associated side effects and clinical management of these side effects.

This session describes the effective and safe use of paracetamol and NSAIDs in the treatment of acute pain.