CARDIAC SURGERY
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Angina
- CHF
- Pacemakers & defibrillators
- Arrhythmias
- Valvular heart disease
- Congenital heart disease
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NEUROSURGERY
- Head injury
- Craniotomy and burr holes
- Brain death
- Spinal immobilization
- Stroke and TIA
- Stroke prevention
- Central disc prolapse
- Tumours of the spinal cord
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ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
- Joint examination
- Dislocations
- Knee injuries – ligaments and menisci
- Shoulder injuries – cuff and instability
- Joint injection and aspiration
- Osteoarthritis
- Joint replacement
- Fracture management principles & terms
- Fracture healing and complications
- Common fractures
- Compound fractures
- Cast application
- Soft tissue tumours
- Benign and malignant bone tumours
- Disc prolapse
- Spinal stenosis
- Pediatric Orthopedics – CHD, Perthe’s, SUFE, TEV, scoliosis
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ENT
- Head and neck exam
- Cricothyroidotomy
- Airway obstruction
- Tracheostomy
- Otitis media
- Otitis externa
- Nasal obstruction
- Sinusitis
- Pharyngotonsillitis
- OSA
- Tonsillectomy
- Speech disturbance and hoarseness
- Swallowing disturbance
- Head and neck masses
- Tumours of the oral cavity
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GENERAL SURGERY & ANESTHESIA
- Regional anesthesia
- Time management
- Breast exam
- Head and neck exam
- Airway exam
- Common diagnostic tests in surgery
- Dealing with uncertainty
- Sharps
- Suturing
- Removing staples
- NG tube
- Removing a central line
- IV insertion
- Foley insertion
- X-rays: pneumothorax
- Airway
- Indications for emergency surgery
- The surgical team
- Ethics in surgery
- The body’s response to surgery
- Wound healing
- Bleeding disorders
- Blood transfusion
- Post-op complications: bleeding, pain, low BP, SOB, oliguria, chest pain
- Post-op fever
- Post-op wound infection
- IV fluids
- Nutritional support
- The acute abdomen
- Dysphagia
- Oesophageal cancer
- GERD
- Weight loss
- Jaundice
- Portal HTN and liver failure
- Liver resection
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PLASTIC SURGERY
- Skin tumours
- Burns
- Wounds of the soft tissues
- Soft tissue infections
- The infected wound
- Wounds of the hand
- Facial fractures
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THORACIC SURGERY
- Chest trauma
- Pleural effusion
- Empyema
- Dysphagia
- GERD
- Bronchoscopy and upper endoscopy
- Hemopytsis and stridor
- Pulmonary nodule on X-ray
- Lung cancer
- Tumours of the mediastinum
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UROLOGY
- Catheterization
- Cystoscopy
- PSA screening
- Imaging in Urology
- Urinary Tract Obstruction
- Vasectomy
- Problems with the foreskin
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VASCULAR SURGERY
- Peripheral pulses and ABPI
- Interventional radiology & vascular disease
- PVD: Gangrene, critical ischemia, claudication
- Acute limb ischemia
- Chronic limb ischemia
- Amputation
- Varicose veins
- DVT
- Venous insufficiency
- Venous ulceration
- Stroke prevention
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