Category Cardiothoracic Surgery

H’s And T’s Of ACLS

Knowing the H’s and T’s of ACLS will help prepare you for any ACLS scenario. The H’s and T’s of ACLS is a mnemonic used to help recall the major contributing factors to pulseless arrest including PEA, Asystole, Ventricular Fibrillation, and Ventricular Tachycardia. These H’s and T’s will most commonly be associated with PEA, but they will help direct your search for underlying causes to any of arrhythmias associated with ACLS. Each is discussed more thoroughly below…. …

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 Experience hands-on training, interactive case discussions, and more in the Interactive Learning Lab at the upcoming Cardiac Society Congress

‘The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the Emirates Cardiac Society (ECS) invite you to participate in the ACC Middle East 2022 Together With 13th Emirates Cardiac Society Congress to be held at Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 7 – 9 October, 2022. 

Accreditation is sought from the European Board for Accreditation of Continuing Education for Health Professionals (EBAC®) & Dubai Health Authority (DHA).

Meet world-renowned cardiovascular thought leaders who will tackle a wide range of topics in cardiology and get ready to critically examine evidence-based strategies as well as contemporary best practices and clinical decision-making.

Campfire Discussions: Challenging Clinical Cases in Heart Failure, Prevention, Electrophysiology, Valvular Heart Disease, Multimodality Imaging, Interventional Cardiology, Ischemic Heart DiseaseTips and Tricks to Submitting an Abstract…’ …

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Preparing for Thoracic Surgery: What you need to know!

‘Patients presenting for thoracic surgery either acutely or chronically will always be demanding and require extensive planning for anaesthesia, surgery and recovery with many factors needing to be considered and resolved before beginning…’ …

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Preparing for Thoracic Surgery: What you need to know!

‘Patients presenting for thoracic surgery either acutely or chronically will always be demanding and require extensive planning for anaesthesia, surgery and recovery with many factors needing to be considered and resolved before beginning…’ …

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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

‘Minimally invasive thoracic surgery is a way of performing surgery in the chest through small incisions, without making large cuts or incisions in the body, and does not require spreading apart of the ribs. Surgeons use a camera and instruments to get to the lung through small incisions in between the ribs. There are two different options… ‘ …

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