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

This session explains the use of analgesia provided by the inhalational route. It concentrates on the use of nitrous oxide and oxygen mixtures.

Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are commonly prescribed to relieve acute and postoperative pain. It is therefore important to understand the mechanism of their action, side effects and complications of administration.

This session explores the uses and mechanism of action of paracetamol.

This session is an introduction to the assessment of acute pain. It will cover history taking and physical examination, concentrating on the measurement of pain, particularly the use of simple unidimensional tools.

This session will describe how the diagnosis of nociceptive pain can be made from the patient’s history, a physical examination and other relevant investigations. The deleterious effects of unmanaged nociceptive pain will also be covered.

This session describes the role of venous oxygen saturations when assessing the adequacy of tissue oxygenation in critically-ill patients, interpretation of the values in different clinical scenarios and how these values affect the choice of a management

This session will explain the physiology behind central venous pressure monitoring, the techniques available to measure it and how to use the results to guide therapy at the bedside.

This third and final session about the ECG discusses cardiac conduction and arrhythmias.

This session follows on from ECG I and presents the ECG as an electrical map of the heart. It details the abnormalities expected with myocardial infarction and left ventricular hypertrophy.