Eid Mubarak

Tutorial (Dr Azrina)

I am away this whole week for my CLA course at Gombak. I will reschedule my tutorial (both ICU tutorial and ABG tutorial) to next Monday 30/11/2009 after the Crisis Management Class. Please do the tutorial in the following website (http://www.ekgusa.com/ceol/abgmap/abgindex.html) before you come for this tutorial. Please also clerk 1 case from ICU for the ICU tutorial.

Welcome Block 2 Students

The scheduled learning activities are as follow;

1. Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Management Workshop

Date: 1st week Friday for each group

Time: 930am to 11am

Venue: Basic Clinical Skill Laboratory, 3rd Floor, JHC

Please divide yourself into 4 groups;

Please read the following topics. You need to present them to your colleagues during the workshop.

Group 1:

Spinal Anaesthesia and Analgesia

- Anatomy

- Physiology

- Indication / Contraindication

- Technique of insertion (on mannikin)

Group 2:

Epidural Anaesthesia and Analgesia

- Anatomy

- Physiology

- Indication / Contraindication

- Technique of insertion (on mannikin)

Group 3:

Intravenous Analgesia - Patient-Controlled Analgesia (PCA) and Continuous Infusion

Subcutaneous Analgesia

- Physiology

- Indication / Contraindication

- Technique

Group 4:

Pharmacology of drugs - Local Anaesthesia, Opioid, Non-opioid analgesia

- Mechanism of Action

- Side Effects

Please liase with SN Norliza for any extra information on the above topics.

2. ICU Tutorial (2nd week - date to be confirmed later)

Please clerk 2 patients in ICU

3. ABG Tutorial (2nd week - date to be confirmed later)

Please refer to this website for a tutorial on Arterial Blood Gases (ABG)

http://www.ekgusa.com/ceol/abgmap/abgindex.html

2nd Year Module

CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1. Appreciate normal heart sound and its relation to the anatomy of the heart and cardiac cycle
2. Differentiate between different abnormal heart sounds and their anatomical and physiological abnormalities
3. Elicit the effects of different cardiovascular drugs on normal physiology and abnormal physiology.
4. Appreciate normal breath sound and its relation to the anatomy and physiology of the lung
5. Differentiate between different abnormal breath sounds and their anatomical and physiological abnormalities

LEARNING ACTIVITIES
1. Overview of anatomy of the heart and cardiac cycle
2. Normal heart sound and abnormal heart sound
3. CVS Pharmacology
4. Overview of anatomy of the lung
5. Normal breath sound and abnormal breath sound

INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS
Please divide yourself into 3 groups. Please read the following topics. You are expected to present during the discussion to the whole group during the session. The session will be facilitated by a facilitator.

GROUP 1: CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY
1. Overview of anatomy of the heart and cardiac cycle in relation to normal heart sound
2. Anatomical and physiological abnormalities of cardiovascular system in relation to abnormal heart sound
Reference:
http://www.cvphysiology.com/Heart%20Disease/HD010.htm
http://www.cvphysiology.com/Heart%20Disease/Murmurs.htm

GROUP 2: CARDIOVASCULAR PHARMACOLOGY
1. Pharmacology of cardiovascular drugs: Beta-blockers, Diuretics, Vasoconstrictors, Vasodilators,
Reference: http://www.cvpharmacology.com/

GROUP 3: RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY
1. Overview of anatomy of the lung in relation to normal breath sound
2. Anatomical and physiological abnormalities of the lung in relation to abnormal breath sounds
Reference:
http://www.rnceus.com/resp/respnorm.html http://www.rnceus.com/resp/respabn.html

Happy Eid Mubarak To All

ICU Tutorial for Group C1

Venue: ICU, 3rd Floor, HTAA

Time: 200 pm

Task: MS 4 (Hamzah) and MS 5 (Nabil) - Please clerk one case each tomorrow morning, and present the case during the ICU tutorial

You are advised to do the Intensive Care Medicine and Trauma tutorial here.

Amendment of Student Roster for Group C1

Due to the public holidays on both Monday of your posting in Anaesthesia, your roster has been amended. You could download the roster from here.