48th Medical Emergencies Course for Consultants 2022

This virtual course is designed for consultants and other senior doctors working in any field of medicine where a medical emergency may be encountered.

Topics/Speakers: 

Thursday 26th May

Platform briefing by technician

•  Introduction
  Mervyn Singer
  Professor of Intensive Care Medicine
  University College London

 

•  Dermatology emergencies
  Claire Martyn-Simmons
  Consultant Dermatologist
  UCLH NHS Foundation Trust

 

• Haematology emergencies
  John-Paul Westwood
  Consultant Haematologist
  University College London

 

• Respiratory emergencies
  David Howell
  Divisional Clinical Director
  UCL Critical Care Unit

 

•  Liver failure
  Mark McPhail
  Senior Lecturer & Consultant in Liver Critical Care
  King’s College London

 

•  Acute GI emergencies
  Ed Seward
  Consultant Gastroenterologist
  UCLH NHS Foundation Trust

 

•  Status epilepticus
  Sanjeev Rajakulendran
  Consultant Neurologist
  UCL Institute of Neurology

 

•  Overdose & poisoning
  David Wood
  Consultant Clinical Toxicologist
  St Thomas’ Hospital

 

• Hypertensive crisis
  Mervyn Singer
  Professor of Intensive Care Medicine
  University College London

 

•  Sepsis and the hypotensive patient
  Manu Shankar-Hari
  Chair of Translational Critical Care Medicine
  University of Edinburgh

Friday 27th May

 

•  Acute coronary syndromes

Mick Ozkor
Interventional and Congenital Cardiologist
Barts Heart Centre

 

• Heart failure
  Mervyn Singer
  Professor of Intensive Care Medicine
  University College London

 

•  Acute stroke
  Rob Simister
  Consultant Stroke Neurologist
  UCLH NHS Foundation Trust

 

•  Oliguria & acute renal failure
  Marlies Ostermann
  Consultant in Critical Care & Nephrology
  Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

 

• Metabolic emergenciees
  Mervyn Singer
  Professor of Intensive Care Medicine
  University College London

 

•  Infectious disease emergencies
  Philip Gothard
  Consultant in Infectious Diseases
  UCLH NHS Foundation Trust

 

• Arrhythmias
  Jaswinder Gill
  Consultant Cardiologist
  St Thomas’ Hospital

Release Date : Thursday 26th & Friday 27th May 2022