Atrial Fibrillation and Anticoagulation Training
9th June 2015 7:30 to 9:30 (buffet from 6:45)
Yeovil Court Hotel, West Coker Road, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 2HE (tel: 01935 863746)
Somerset LPC and CPPE wish to support NMS in your pharmacy
Reflection: Have a go at this quiz: http://northeast.devonformularyguidance.nhs.uk/learning/atrial-fibrillation
How did you do?
- Do you need help to help your patients with their anticoagulants for atrial fibrillation (AF)?
- Do you need more information about the new oral anticoagulants?
- Do you want to know more about the management of anticoagulants?
Action
- Attend evening training with a specialist stroke nurse
- Discuss anticoagulation related issues with specialist stroke nurse
- Discuss patient centred practical issues with specialist stroke nurse
EXPERT SPEAKER: Ian Evans – Consultant Nurse for Stroke, Somerset Partnership NHS Trust:
– What is AF?
– Risk factors and prevalence
– ECGs/pulse and changes in AF
– NICE guidance
– Non-drug treatment approaches
– Anticoagulation
– why, what, how
– communication with the patient
– monitoring
– drug interactions
– antidotes
To get the most out of the evening it would be useful if you could complete some background learning prior to the event:
- Complete the Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy Learning and Development (NICPLD) Cardiovascular disease: anticoagulation e-learning programme at: www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/anticoag-e-03/
- Read the NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries: Atrial fibrillation: http://cks.nice.org.uk/atrial-fibrillation Anticoagulation – oral: http://cks.nice.org.uk/anticoagulation-oral
- Have a look at the MD+CALC – CHADS2 Score for Atrial Fibrillation Stroke Risk at: www.mdcalc.com/chads2-score-for-atrial-fibrillation-stroke-risk/
- Read the NPSA Safety Alert “Actions that can make anticoagulant therapy safer” (March 2007) at: www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/patient-safety-topics/medication-safety/?entryid45=59814&p=3
- There will be limited spaces, so please book early by completing the form below -minimum 7 days prior to course start.
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Post to: Nigel Woollcombe-Adams, Somerset LPC, Huntswell House, West Lydford, Somerton, Somerset TA11 7DG
email to: woollcombeadams@btinternet.com
Tel: 01963 240327