What you'll learn:
• Indications for fluid therapy
• Types of fluid; what is available and when should we use them?
• Hypovolaemia vs dehydration. ‘Shock’ and hypoperfusion
• How to calculate fluid requirements and rates
• How to get vascular access: peripheral and central catheters
• Which blood products are used and when
• All about blood donors and transfusion medicine
• Practical Nursing for your fluid therapy patients
• Case studies; what are you actually going to do?
