A76 Screening for cardiac disease - from first presentation to optimal treatment

Course summary

Whether you are a nurse, pharmacist, physiotherapist or GP - this course will challenge experienced primary care practitioners. It will help you to identify patients with cardiac disease early, initiate appropriate tests, interpret basic test results and choose the most appropriate treatment pathway.

Who should attend?

Nurse practitioners
Practice nurses
Community matrons
Allied health professionals
Pharmacists
GPs

Important notes

Course material, evaluations and certificate of attendance provided.

Cost

Course duration	Course CPD	In-house Course
1 day(s)	8 hour(s)	POA

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Aims / objectives

Know the benefits of primary and secondary prevention of CHD
Apply a systematic approach to case finding in primary care
Identify signs and symptoms of CHD, AF and heart failure
Review history taking in patients with cardiac disease
Understand the diagnostic pathways of CHD, Heart Failure and AF
Interpret treatment pathways (NSF / NICE etc.)
Explore management options for the difficult cardiac patient
Gain confidence in implementing gold standard care for the patient with heart disease

Course programme

Overview

Heart disease a growing public health problem
Pathophysiology of a mal-functioning heart; CHD, AF and heart failure explained
Theory of primary and secondary prevention

Screening & Assessing

Detecting patients at risk of heart disease.
Systematic approaches to identifying patients with cardiac disease in primary care including early presentations.
Exploring diagnostic pathways and tests in cardiac disease
Interpreting test results, basic interpretation of ECGs and ECHOs

Treatment

Starting the patient on the appropriate pathway
Linking treatment options to the underlying pathophysiology - 'when it all starts to make sense'
Managing the challenging patient: what to do when the treatment pathway cannot be easily applied

The Wider Picture: How to implement a preventive cardiology programme in hospital, primary care and community settings

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