Managing Cardiovascular Dysfunction in the Clinical Setting Seminar

8:30am - Registration and Refreshments

9:00am

Welcome and Overview

9:10am

Understanding the Cardiovascular System

This introductory session will provide the foundation for understanding how the cardiovascular system works and how to assess for cardiac dysfunction in your patient. You will have an opportunity to reflect on your current level of knowledge and brush up on the following:

• Cardiac anatomy and physiology
• The electrical and mechanical events within the heart
• Relevance of cardiovascular vital signs when assessing a patient
• Preload assessment
• Starling’s law
• CVP and JVP measurements
• Fluid/hydration status and fluid balance
• Intravascular versus interstitial fluid
• Contractility assessment
• Heart rate and rhythm
• Pulse strength
• Stroke volume and cardiac output
• Cardiomegaly on chest x-ray
• Afterload assessment
• Core v skin temperature
• Capillary refill
• Skin colour
• End organ perfusion assessment

11:00am - Morning Tea

11:30am

Understanding the Different Types of Shock

This session builds on the previous session to solidify your understanding of preload, contractility and afterload in relation to various shock states. It will aid your understanding regarding:

• The pathophysiology of shock
• The relationship between preload, contractility and afterload
• The differences between hypovolemic, cardiogenic and distributive shock

12:00pm

Managing the Patient with Hypovolemic Shock

Once you have learnt how to identify the patient experiencing hypovolemic shock, this session will go into more detail of the various causes and management principles, including:

• Isotonic v hypertonic fluid choices
• Massive blood transfusion
• Electrolyte considerations when managing the hypovolemic patient

1:15pm - Lunch and Networking

2:15pm

Managing the Patient with Cardiogenic Shock

Once you have learnt how to identify the patient experiencing cardiogenic shock, this session will go into more detail of the various causes and management principles, including:

• The impact of obstructive shock, including pulmonary embolism, cardiac tamponade and tension pneumothorax
• The impact of various cardiomyopathies
• Supportive v corrective management considerations

3:15pm - Afternoon Tea

3:30pm

Managing the Patient with Distributive Shock

Once you have learnt how to identify the patient experiencing distributive shock, this session will go into more detail of the various causes and management principles, including:

• Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis and anaphylaxis
• The pathophysiology of sepsis and septic shock
• Clinical utilisation of the SOFA score in sepsis
• Current evidence-based management principles of sepsis and anaphylaxis

4:45pm - Close of Day One of Seminar