CPD conferences

Some forthcoming CPD courses that may be of interest to our members. There is a 20% discount for BOPA members with the code hcuk20bopa

IV Therapy Summit: Extravasation: Improving Practice and Patient Safety 

FRIDAY 15^th MARCH 2024

Hallam Conference Centre, London or VIRTUAL, Online

This conference focuses on improving practice and patient safety to reduce Extravasation Injury, ensuring front line clinicians are aware of the risk of extravasation and how to recognise, treat and escalate extravasation injuries when they do occur.

This conference will enable you to:

• Network with colleagues who are working to reduce Extravasation Injury
• Learn from outstanding practice in recognizing, treating and escalating extravasation injury
• Reflect on national developments and learning
• Ensure vesicants are administered in the safest way
• Develop your skills in training frontline staff to recognize evolving injuries
• Understand how you can implement preventative measures
• Identify key strategies for improvement
• Educate patients to raise alarm and improve consent procedures
• Develop protocols to support practice
• Understand the role and competencies of the NHS trust lead for extravasation
• Ensure effective treatment, and early intervention in severe wounds
• Learn from case studies in cancer, maternity, radiology and paediatrics
• Ensure you are up to date with the latest legal cases
• Self assess and reflect on your own practice
• Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes

For further information and to book your place visit

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/conferences-masterclasses/iv-therapy-summit-2023 or click on the title above or email [email protected]

Prehabilitation: Principles & Practice for Supporting Patients to Get Fit for Surgery/Treatment

WEDNESDAY 20^th MARCH 2024

VIRTUAL, Online

This conference focuses on Prehabilitation – Principles and Practice, and will provide a practical guide to delivering an effective prehabilitation programme, ensuring patients are fit and optimised for surgery/treatment. This is even more important in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns which have had a negative effect on many individual’s health and fitness levels, and currently high waiting lists could be used as preparation time to ensure the best outcomes.

https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-online-courses/prehabilitation-fit-for-surgery-treatment or click on the title above or email kate@hc-uk.org.uk

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