Anaesthesia Plans for Clinical Cases
A six week online tutored CPD course with Colette Jolliffe
Following completion of the tutored course, you now have unlimited lifetime access to the learning resources. These are provided for future reference only, and no further CPD hours may be claimed for reviewing the materials.
Week 1
What is an Anaesthesia Plan?
- How to construct an individual anaesthesia plan
- Common anaesthesia-related complications
- What you need to know about the drugs
- Very old and very young patients
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Construct an individualised anaesthesia plan
- Understand common anaesthesia and surgery related complications
- Appreciate the important effects and side effects of drugs commonly used in the peri-anaesthetic period
- Understand specific considerations for geriatric and paediatric patients
Week 2
The Anaesthetist’s Worst Nightmares!
- Brachycephalic dogs
- Obese patients
- Care! Difficult temperament
- Some endocrine and medical conditions
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Provide safe anaesthesia for brachycephalic and obese patients
- Understand how to anaesthetise ‘aggressive’ dogs safely
- Understand the priorities for sick patients and those with concurrent disease
Week 3
Let’s get Cutting – Abdominal Surgery
- Anaesthetic considerations for laparotomy and laparoscopy
- Case examples
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Provide analgesia and local anaesthesia for abdominal surgery
- Understand the effects of laparoscopy on the patient’s physiology and how to manage them
- Discuss the considerations for some particular examples of abdominal surgery
Week 4
Heart and Lungs
- Anaesthetic considerations for respiratory disease and thoracic surgery
- Anaesthetising patients with common cardiac diseases
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Know the requirements of patients with intra-thoracic disease
- Understand how to manage a patient undergoing a thoracotomy
- Appreciate the basics of controlled ventilation
- Provide analgesia and local anaesthesia for thoracic surgery
- Manage patients with common cardiac diseases
Week 5
Eyes, Brains and Spines
- Anaesthetic considerations for neurology and ophthalmology patients
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Understand practical and physiological considerations for ocular surgery
- Explain the basics of neuromuscular blockade
- Know how to provide analgesia and local anaesthesia for spinal surgery
- Identify the pathophysiology of intracranial disease and how to manage it
- Understand the particular difficulties of anaesthesia for magnetic resonance imaging
Week 6
Bringing it all Together – Case Examples
- Complex procedures and sick patients, plus some orthopaedic procedures
Learning objectives:
By the end of this week, delegates should be able to:
- Understand how to combine patient and procedure related requirements
- Construct advanced anaesthesia plans
- Understand how to prioritise the importance of different anaesthetic considerations
- Provide analgesia and local anaesthesia for some orthopaedic procedures
CPD Course Content
Anaesthesia Plans for Clinical Cases
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