The Blood Conference 2018

The Blood Conference is organized by Ausmed Education Pty Ltd and will be held from Dec 10 - 11, 2018 at Oaks on Market, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The target audience for this medical event is all nurses. This CME Conference has been approved for a maximum of 11.00 CPD Hours.

Course Overview:
Blood is essential to human life yet also susceptible to a range of disorders. Attend this very popular two-day conference to refresh your knowledge on blood - the sustainer of life. Review common haematological disorders and clinical implications for the use of blood and its components.

Topics include:
• Hit that vein - a guide to venipuncture
• The dangers of disseminated intravascular coagulation
• Advances in aphesis - are novel therapies are ahead?
• Practical administration of tPA
• Considerations for massive blood transfusions
• Preventing bleeding in patients with inherited bleeding disorders and much

Need for Program:
Blood is essential to human life. However, disorders of the blood are common and manifest in a range of clinical settings. Blood and its components are a precious resource frequently administered by nurses, but this is not without risk. A conference that reviews our modern understanding of the physiology of the blood and evidence-based treatments of common haematological disorders is timely.

Purpose of Program:
The purpose of this conference is to provide nurses with an evidence-based update on the role of blood, its components and haematological disorders, so as to improve patient outcomes.

Learning Objectives:
• Clearly relate nursing practice to knowledge of the blood and apply this to improve patient outcomes
• Correlate the pathophysiology of a number of blood disorders to appraise the appropriateness of modern treatments
• Describe how certain medicines can affect the blood and how nursing actions can minimise risk to improve patient outcomes
• Implement evidence-based nursing strategies to reduce the incidence of iatrogenic venous thromboembolism