| CODE | SUR5200 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Critical Care Management in a Surgical Setting | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Surgery | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit gives a systemic overview of organ pathophysiology in the acutely ill patient and goes into detailed management with pathophysiological background. Study-unit Aims: - Prepare the surgical trainee for clinical experience in a high-dependency setting. - Consolidate physiology concepts with a wholistic view of multiorgan damage and its management. - To gain confidence in clinical decision making in acutely unwell patients. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Explain how to systematically assess the acutely ill surgical patient; - Describe cardiovascular complications of blood loss and cardiovascular monitoring; - Describe perioperative respiratory complications together with airway management, ventilation and oxygen therapy; - Explain metabolic, endocrinological, hematological, renal and hepatic disturbances in the acutely-ill patient; - Describe the application of infection control measures in septic conditions, and the principles of prevention of sepsis in critical care; - Discuss non-technical aspects of critical care such as withholding and withdrawing care and communicating with relatives. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Assess organ failure in critically ill patient; -Apply severity of illness scoring systems; - Interpret arterial blood gases; - Recognize different cardiac output monitoring systems; - Improve communication skills with patient and relatives; - Manage perioperative cardiovascular complications; - Manage perioperative respiratory complications; - Manage metabolic, endocrinological, hematological, renal and hepatic disturbances presenting in perioperative period; - Identify conditions such as sepsis, polytrauma and ventilation. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Marino P L and Kenneth M S. The ICU Book; Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007. - Power I and Peter K (2012) Principles of Physiology for the Anaesthetist. London: Arnold, 2001. Supplementary Readings: - Pinnock, Colin A, Ted Lin, and Tim Smith. Fundamentals Of Anaesthesia. London: Greenwich Medical Media, 1999. - McConachie, I. Handbook Of ICU Therapy. London: Greenwich Medical Media, 1999. - Venkatesh, B. Data Interpretation In Critical Care Medicine. Philadelphia: Butterworth Heinemann, 2003. - Toy, Eugene C, Manuel S., and Terrence H Liu. Case Files. New York: McGraw-Hill Education Medical, 2013. - Hopkins, R. Carol P. and Sanjay G. Radiology for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. London: GMM, 2003. - McConachie, I. Anesthesia And Perioperative Care Of The High-Risk Patient. 2014. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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