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.

Learning Management System (Elearn) Update

I have uploaded my powerpoint slides on General Anaesthesia and ABG, and also Dr Fahmi's powerpoint slides on Common Anaesthetic Drugs, Massive Blood Transfusion, Fluid Management and Spinal and Epidural Anaesthesia.
These are available on the DOCUMENTS tabs at left hand corner. Please also note that there are more than one pages. You can view them by clicking on the page number besides the FOLDER VIEW tabs.

Announcement to Group C1 for Anaesthesia Posting

There will be some amendments to the timetable due to the presence of public holiday on the 31/8/2009 (Merdeka Day) and 7/9/2009 (Nuzul Quran). The changes are as follow;

Airway Management Workshop and Introduction to HPS
Date and Time: Tuesday (1/9/2009) at 930am
Venue: Advanced Clinical Skill Centre, Ground Floor, Indera Mahkota Campus

Crisis Management Scenario

Date and Time: Friday (5/9/2009) at 1000am
Venue: Advanced Clinical Skill Centre, Ground Floor, Indera Mahkota Campus

Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Management Workshop

Date and Time: Tuesday (8/9/2009) at 200pm

Venue: Basic Clinical Skill Laboratory, 3rd Floor, Jalan Hospital Campus

Please divide yourself into 4 groups for this workshop.

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.

Ramadhan Mubarak