MLS LVAD Course (Half-Day)
Wed, 13 Apr
|Star Center (Harefield Hospital)
This is suitable for all healthcare professionals who may encounter a patient with a LVAD. You will be taught everything you need to know on the course and no prior experience with LVADs is necessary. Accredited for 3.5 CPD points.
Time & Location
13 Apr 2022, 08:30 – 13:00
Star Center (Harefield Hospital), Hill End Rd, Harefield, Uxbridge UB9 6JH, UK
About
Heart failure
a. Epidemiology
b. Diagnosis
c. Management
Advanced Heart failure
a. Medical and intensive care management
b. Temporary mechanical support devices
Heart Transplantation
a. Indications for routine, urgent, super-urgent listing
b. Perioperative and longer-term care
Ventricular assist devices
a. Anatomical considerations
b. Device types
c. Physiological changes
d. Perioperative & longer-term management
e. Common complications
LVAD Mechanical Life Support Algorithm
a. Algorithm rationale
b. Common emergency scenarios
c. Simulation experience
Programme
15 minutesIntroduction
20 minutesLecture: Advanced Heart Failure