01
February 20th
Approach to the emergency patient
Preparation for the emergency, drugs and equipment, primary patient assessment and recognition of life-threatening disorders, secondary survey: major body system evaluation and laboratory assessment of the emergency
02
March 26th
Anaesthesia, analgesia and monitoring
Drugs and the emergency patient, sedation versus anaesthesia, induction and maintenance, monitoring equipment and techniques and analgesia – drugs and techniques
03
April 23rd
Emergency surgery
The surgical abdomen, trauma: the surgeon’s perspective, acute wound management and general trauma
04
May 28th
Ophthalmic emergencies
Ophthalmic examination, ocular trauma, the red eye, acute blindness and acute medicine and surgery of the
05
June 25th
Neurologic emergencies
Neurologic assessment and lesion localisation, seizures and SE, acute vestibular disease, altered consciousness, paraplegia and tetraplegia and head trauma and spinal cord trauma
06
July 30th
Respiratory distress
Examination, recognition and stabilisation, respiratory disorders requiring surgery, pleural and chest wall disorders, pulmonary parenchymal disorders and upper and lower airway disorders
07
August 27th
Shock & haemodynamic support
Assessment of tissue perfusion, pathophysiology of shock, vascular access, fluid selection and administration and haemodynamic monitoring
08
October 1st
Cardiac emergencies
Cardiovascular assessment, acute CHF, thromboembolic disease, arrhythmias, cardiac drugs and cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation
09 and 10
October 29th and 30th
Two-day case-based session
Delegates to discuss emergency scenarios and expand upon taught modules, plus discussion of topics not covered by taught modules. Delegates encouraged to bring own cases.
11 and 12
November 26th and 27th
Two-day practical session
Procedures to include tracheotomy, intraoseous access, central venous access, thoracocentesis, chest drain placement and emergency thoracotomy |