EM Essential Training Day

Category: Training - Emergency Medicine Teaching Days

Date: November 12th 2013 9:00am until 5:00pm

Location: Musgrove Park Hosptial, Taunton TA1 5DA

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Emergency Medicine essential training day: Respiratory

 

Respiratory

Start 0900-0930

Topic/Time

Notes

 

PE

0930

30 mins

Pathophysiology, BTS guidelines, Wells Score, use of D-Dimer, investigations (VQ vs CTPA), management of massive/sub-massive etc, ix for thrombolysis.

Dr Pepperell

Pneumonia

1000

30 mins

Clinical, Micobiology, BTS guidelines, scoring (CURB65)

Dr Pepperell

Coffee Break    15 mins

 

 

Mock mcem (MCQs and SAQs)

30mins

 

Alex

 

Blood Gas Interpretation

1115

30 mins

Differential diagnosis (Met acidosis etc)

Examples, management, SAQs

??Sue/Alex

OR SImman Alex and Hannah Berry if working

Pneumothorax

1145

30 mins

Types, BTS guidelines, management.

 

Jason Louis

Lunch      1215

 45mins

 

 

Ventilatory Support

1300

45 mins

Indications                    Types: CPAP, NIV, IPPV

How to start CPAP/NIV in ED – Demo of Vision?

Monitoring: Capnography   ALI  - causes, mgmt, proning etc

Scenarios – management of ventilation problems

Alistair Billington

Skills

1345

45 mins

NIV/Chest drain insertion/SimMan3G  TBC

Alex Cross/Alistair Billington

Coffee break    15 mins

 

 

Physiology

1445

45 mins     

As per Basic Sciences Curriculum

Include pathophysiology of breathlessnes

Alistair Billington

Wheeze: Asthma and COPD

1530

45 mins

Diff Dx of wheeze.

Asthma: Pathophysiology, classification, management, disposal. BTS guidelines

 

Cliff Mann

Close and Feedback 1630

 

 

Curriculum: CAP6, CAP10, CAP35

 

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