Primary Teaching Day
Category: Training - Regional Teaching Programme
Date: June 7th 2019 9:00am until 5:00pm
Location: Main Theatres, 1st Floor (Dave's Room), Great Western Hospital SN3 6BB
Renal Primary FRCA study day
09:15 Dr Tony Pickworth
◦ Definition of pH, strong and weak acids
◦ Acid Base Balance – buffers, Henderson-Hasselbalch eqn, anion gap
◦ Regulation of acid-base balance
◦ Osmolarity/ Osmolality, partition of fluids across membranes, tonicity
◦ Capillary dynamics and ISF, osmosis, filtration and convection
◦ Regulation of water and electrolyte balance, response to fluid loss/ hypovolaemia
10:15 Dr Edward Bick
◦Structure and function, renal circulation
◦Blood flow, glomerular filtration, plasma clearance, TG feedback
◦Tubular function and urine formation, transport processes
◦?Renal drugs: diuretics, classification, indications, side effects
◦ Micturition
11:15 Dr Rachel Prout
◦Practicalities of RRT
◦Haemofiltration/dialysis - who/what/when/why
12:15 Lunch break
13:00 Dr Tanaji Dasgupta
◦Pathophysiology of acute renal failure
◦Assessment of renal function
◦Role of urea and creatinine measurement
14:00 Drs Harrison and Storey
◦MCQ Practice