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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain

Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain, is a joint venture of the BJA and The Royal College of Anaesthetists in collaboration with the Intensive Care Society and Pain Society.

The purpose of Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain is the publication of material to support the continuous medical education and professional development of specialists in anaesthesia, critical care medicine and pain management.

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About

Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain is published bimonthly and each issue contains structured, authoritative articles covering core knowledge, current controversies and future trends. Basic science is also included, but with a clinical emphasis. The senior authors are recognised specialists in the relevant field who also provide suggestions for further reading, key points and multiple choice questions.

Accreditation Statement

80% of questions must be answered correctly in order to complete a quiz successfully. CME within Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain is accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists for two credits. Once a course has been completed successfully, a certificate for your e-portfolio may be obtained by submitting an evaluation.

Credit Designation Statement

Each course is associated with two RCoA credits.

Intended Audience

The intended audience consists of anaesthetists and others involved in anaesthesia, critical care and pain.

Objectives

The questions affirm knowledge and understanding of the topic covered. Participants should be able to evaluate the appropriateness of the clinical information as it applies to the provision of patient care.

Faculty disclosure

Authors are required to disclose all activities and relationships that, if known to others, might be viewed as a conflict of interest. Any such author disclosures are published with the article in Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain.

Current Courses

Course	Expiry Date	Credits
Sympathetic blocks	Never	0.3
Antiplatelet drugs, coronary stents and non-cardiac surgery	Never	0.4
Anaesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy	Never	0.3
Anaesthesia for intestinal transplantation	Never	0.3
Obstructive sleep apnoea	Never	0.4
Carcinoid: the disease and its implications for anaesthesia	Never	0.4
Herbal medicines and anaesthesia	Never	0.4
Venous thromboembolism: risks and prevention	Never	0.4
Acute limb compartment syndrome	Never	0.3
Radiofrequency therapies in chronic pain	Never	0.3
Transdermal drug delivery in pain management	Never	0.4
Ultrasound-assisted vascular access in children	Never	0.5
Mathematical relationships in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine	Never	0.5
Supraglottic airway devices: recent advances	Never	0.3
Perioperative care of children with inherited metabolic disorders	Never	0.5
Diagnosis of death	Never	0.3
Donation after circulatory death	Never	0.4
Nerve blocks of the anterior abdominal wall	Never	0.4
Anaesthetic implications of psychoactive drugs	Never	0.4
‘It's your age’: the assessment and management of pain in older adults	Never	0.3
Clearing the cervical spine in the unconscious patient	Never	0.3
Anaesthesia for Bariatric Surgery	Never	0.4
Perioperative Cell Salvage	Never	0.4
Extravasation injuries and accidental intra-arterial injection	Never	0.4
Minimum local analgesic concentration of local anaesthetics	Never	0.3
Hypoxaemia during one-lung anaesthesia	Never	0.4
Analgesia for Neonates	Never	0.4
Paravertebral block	Never	0.4
Deep hypothermic circulatory arrrest	Never	0.4
Anaesthesia for children with neuromuscular disease	Never	0.4
Rigid indirect laryngoscopy and optical stylets	Never	0.3
Anaesthesia for paediatric urology	Never	0.4
Chronic pain and prescription opioid misuse	Never	0.3
Intensive care management of patients with haematological malignancy	Never	0.4
Paediatric neuroanaesthesia	Never	0.4
Neurogenic pulmonary oedema	Never	0.4
Anaesthesia and childhood epilepsy	Never	0.4
Cystic fibrosis and anaesthesia	Never	0.4
Drowning	Never	0.4
Dilemmas in the preoperative assessment of children	Never	0.4
Chronic pain problems in children and young people	Never	0.4
Basics of electricity for anaesthetists	Never	0.4
Pus in the thorax: management of empyema and lung abcess	Never	0.4
Diabetes and surgical inpatients	Never	0.4
Necrotizing enterocolitis	18/01/2015	0.4
Minimally invasive cardiac output monitors	18/01/2015	0.4
Regional anaesthesia and antithrombotic drugs	18/01/2015	0.4
Anaesthetic management of children with congenital heart disease for non-cardiac surgery	18/01/2015	0.4
Adult congenital heart disease (grown-up congenital heart disease)	18/01/2015	0.4
Anaesthesia for correction of congenital heart disease (for the specialist or senior trainee)	18/01/2015	0.4
Clinical applications of non-invasive ventilation in critical care	18/01/2015	0.4
Understanding vaporizers	Never	0.4
Resolution in ultrasound imaging	Never	0.4
Consent issues for children: a law unto themselves?	Never	0.4
Information technology in anaesthesia and critical care	Never	0.3
Neuromuscular disorders and anaesthesia. Part 1: generic anaesthetic management	Never	0.4
Neuromuscular disorders and anaesthesia. Part 2: specific neuromuscular disorders	Never	0.4
Duty of care and medical negligence	Never	0.4
Blood-brain barrier	Never	0.3
Educational tools in the assessment of trainees in anaesthesia	Never	0.4
Obesity in pregnancy	Never	0.3
Anaesthesia and pituitary disease	Never	0.5
Preventing postoperative infection: the anaesthetist's role	Never	0.4
Anaesthetic implications of neurological disease in pregnancy	Never	0.4
Perioperative care for lower limb amputation in vascular disease	Never	0.4
Novel techniques of local anaesthetic infiltration	Never	0.4
Ultrasound-guided peripheral upper limb nerve blocks for day-case surgery	Never	0.4
Anaesthesia for laparoscopic surgery	Never	0.4
Postpartum headache: diagnosis and management	Never	0.4
Perioperative peripheral nerve injuries	18/01/2015	0.4
CEMACH 2003–5 Saving Mothers' Lives: lessons for anaesthetists	Never	0.4
Communication skills in critical care	Never	1.5
Syphilis in pregnancy	Never	0.3
Anaesthesia for hepatic resection surgery	Never	0.3
Laryngeal mask airway and other supraglottic airway devices in paediatric practice	Never	0.4
Alcohol and anaesthesia	Never	0.4
Diagnosis and management of aortic dissection	Never	0.4
Respiratory gas analysis	Never	0.5
Principles of intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation	Never	0.5
Diastolic dysfunction	Never	0.5
Fast-track surgery and anaesthesia	Never	0.4
Management of cardiac disease in pregnancy	Never	0.4
Exomphalos and gastroschisis	Never	0.4
Anaesthesia for endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy	Never	0.3
Arterial tourniquets	Never	0.3
Anorexia nervosa: perioperative implications	Never	0.3
Gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma	Never	0.4
The prematurely born infant and anaesthesia	Never	0.4
Clinical tests: sensitivity and specificity	Never	0.4
Tracheal extubation	Never	0.5
Severe acute pancreatitis	Never	2
Disorders of sodium balance after brain injury	Never	2.5
Vasopressin and its role in critical care	Never	1.5
Headache and chronic facial pain	Never	2.5
Statistics V: Introduction to clinical trials and systematic reviews	Never	1
Anaesthesia and morbid obesity	Never	0.5
Large-bore cricothyroidotomy devices	Never	0.4
Heart failure: pathophysiology, risk assessment, community management and anaesthesia	Never	0.4
Inpatient management of advanced heart failure	Never	0.5
National UK audit projects in anaesthesia	Never	0.4
Perioperative renal protection	Never	0.4
Severity scoring systems in the critically ill	Never	0.5
Anaesthesia for shoulder surgery	Never	0.3
Portable ventilators	Never	0.3
Air leaks, pneumothorax, and chest drains	Never	0.4
Assessment of neuropathic pain	Never	0.3
Spinal cord stimulation and its anaesthetic implications	Never	0.3
Cervical cord injury and critical care	Never	0.5
Paediatric diabetic ketoacidosis	Never	0.3
Epidural steroids	Never	0.4
Oral Poisoning - an update	Never	0.3
Chronic post surgical pain	Never	0.3
Anaesthesia for patients with Liver disease	Never	0.4
Recent advances in cardiopulmonary bypass techniques	Never	0.4
Haemoglobinopathies	Never	0.3
Delirium in intensive care	Never	0.4
Preoperative cardiopulmonary exercise testing	Never	0.4
Anaesthetic preconditioning	Never	0.3
Anaesthesia for minimally invasive oesophagectomy	Never	0.3
Anaesthesia for the uncooperative child	Never	0.3
Airway stents : anaesthetic implications	Never	0.3
Optimal volaemic status and predicting fluid responsiveness	Never	0.3
Alcoholic Liver disease	Never	0.3
Cerebral Palsy & Anaesthesia	Never	0.3
Cardiomyopathy and anaesthesia	Never	0.3
Principles of antibiotic therapy	Never	0.3
Severe community-acquired pneumonia	Never	0.5
Anaesthesia for transurethral resection of the prostate	Never	0.4
Perioperative myocardial protection	Never	0.5
Physiology of apnoea and the benefits of preoxygenation	Never	0.4
Poisoning in children	Never	0.5
Antibiotic resistance in the intensive care unit	Never	0.5
Diagnosis and initial treatment of patients with suspected pulmonary thromboembolism	Never	0.2
Anaesthesia for robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery	Never	0.4
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation	Never	0.5
Infraclavicular brachial plexus blocks	Never	0.4
General anaesthesia for Caesarean section	Never	0.4
Anaesthesia and deep brain stimulation	Never	0.3
Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome	Never	0.4
Pain and fibromyalgia	Never	0.4
Practical gastric physiology	Never	0.3
Intensive care unit environment	Never	0.3
Lithium: mimicry, mania, and muscle relaxants	Never	0.4