This 1 hour and 22 minute webinar presented by Primary Health Tasmania is on Cardiology at the interface of primary and secondary care: Syncope: An overview of investigation and management.
The webinar provided an overview of the assessment and management of syncope, summarising current international guidelines and providing an approach from initial outpatient consultation to appropriate investigations and subsequent management.
Learning outcomes:
- Provide an overview of types and mechanisms of syncope.
- Use a structured, risk-based approach to assess syncope in general practice, distinguishing patients who require urgent emergency referral from those suitable for outpatient assessment or reassurance.
- Select appropriate initial investigations for patients presenting with syncope, including ECGs and non-invasive cardiac investigations, based on clinical presentation.
- Explain the role, strengths and limitations of contemporary cardiac investigations, including 12 lead ECG, Holter/loop recorder monitoring and echocardiography.
- Provide an overview of management of syncope, from reassurance and conservative measures to specialist referral and indications for pacemaker therapy
Speaker information:
Dr Peregrine Green – Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Royal Hobart Hospital and Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Tasmania.
Dr Paul MacIntyre - Director of Acute Medical Services and Director of Cardiology, Royal Hobart Hospital - The statewide lead clinician for cardiac services and chair of the Tasmanian Cardiac Network.
Dr Graeme Bleach - Lead Clinical Editor Tasmanian HealthPathways.