Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

Definitions of Shock and Pathophysiology of Shock States
Definition and classification of shock
Approach to the undifferentiated shock patient
Peri-arrest scenarios
Anaphylaxis and angioedema
Pericardiocentesis technique
Management of super-refractory ventricular tachycardia
Cardiac tamponade
Resuscitation of the Cardiac Arrest Patient
Post-cardiac arrest syndrome ("Post-Resuscitation Syndrome")
Approach to cardiac arrest and peri-arrest scenarios
Asystole and pulseless electrical activity
Ventricular fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia and defibrillation
Antiarrhythmic drugs in cardiac arrest
The evidence base for current advanced life support practice
Medical leadership during cardiac arrest
Basic life support techniques
Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Cardiac arrest in the pregnant patient
Cardiac arrest following cardiac surgery
Cardiac arrest in extreme hypothermia
Intensive Care for the Cardiac Arrest Survivor
Role of post-resuscitative coronary angiography
Supportive management of the recently resuscitated patient
Mild therapeutic hypothermia for survivors of cardiac arrest
Prognostication after cardiac arrest
Extended indications for therapeutic hypothermia
Radiological findings in hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy
Somatosensory evoked potentials in post-arrest prognostication
Brain Death and Organ Donation
Clinical testing for brain death
Radiological testing for brain death
Organ donation
Care for the brain-dead organ donor
Donation after circulatory determination of death

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