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Module 1

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Introduction
Referral to critical care

How would you proceed?

Airway and Breathing

C for Circulation

C for Circulation

D for disability

D for disability

ABCDEF assessment

Equations of life

The equations of life

What’s the diagnosis?

Diagnosis and next steps

Respiratory failure Introduction
Mr Jones

Respiratory failure

Mr Jones
Management of acute respiratory failure
Oxygen delivery devices

Oxygen delivery

Diagnosis
Advanced respiratory support
CPAP
NIV
Indications for respiratory support
Ventilation

Indications for respiratory support

Ventilation
Ventilation

How would you set up the ventilator for Mr Jones?

Ventilation
Modes of Ventilation
Side Effects of Mechanical Ventilation

Sedation and Analgesia
Mr Jones

The aims of sedation and analgesia

Pain
Anxiety and agitation
Complications
Sedation and analgesia
Assessment of pain
Assessment of agitation and sedation
considerations
Mr Jones

Sedation and analgesia

Hypoxia Introduction

Strategic considerations

potential diagnoses

ARDS
Management of ARDS
Hypercapnia
Mr Jones

emergency assessment

Hypoxia

Introduction to Sepsis
Mr Jones

causes of infection

Sepsis - Introduction and Epidemiology
Sepsis
Pathophysiology of sepsis
SIRS
Bacteria
Components
Types of infection
Clinical presentation and diagnosis of sepsis
Clinical Features

Management of sepsis
Mr Jones’ Medical notes
Management of sepsis
Management of sepsis
Rivers protocol
Surviving Sepsis Campaign
Ongoing management of sepsis
Additional therapies

Management of sepsis

Circulatory shock Introduction
Physiology
Effects of the autonomic nervous system on the circulation
Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
The effects of the sympathetic nervous system on the heart
Parasympathetic effects
Receptors in the ANS
Neurotransmitters in ANS
The definition of shock
Pathophysiology of circulatory shock
mechanisms

Circulatory shock

oxygen delivery

Diagnosis of shock
Stages of Shock

What type and stage of shock is Mr Jones exhibiting?

What type and stage of shock is Mr Jones exhibiting?

What type and stage of shock is Mr Jones exhibiting? *

Septic shock

Progressive

Cardiogenic

Refractory

Hypovolaemic

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