New-2-ICU
This is a course designed for Foundation or junior ST grade doctors who have started or are due to start working on an intensive care unit.
The course provides practical, hands-on experience, making these doctors capable and proficient in the basic requirements of junior doctors in the day-to-day running of an intensive care unit both during the day and at night. It will also teach them the skills and knowledge they will require to manage emergency situations prior to the arrival of senior help.
The practical experience gleaned from the course is supplemented by podcasts and online learning material which may be downloaded as a course member, providing more of the theoretical knowledge which will be useful on topics such as sepsis. Links are provided to useful documents for additional reading. This online component of the course frees-up time on the course which may be better spent attaining practical skills taught by local experts and is an evidence based method of maximising learning opportunities.
In summary the course focuses on the requirements and duties of junior doctors who are new to intensive care. It arms them with the practical skills required on a day-to-day basis and teaches them a pragmatic approach to critical events, which they may need to manage prior to the arrival of senior help.
Course Details
Course Date: 7th February 2012 FULL
Course Fee £130 + VAT *
CEPD Points TBC
*Reduced fees are available for local trainees
Programme: New-2-ICU Course
Airway
Assessing the adequacy of an airway.
The capnograph
Management of emergency airway problems prior to the arrival of senior help:
- Bag and mask ventilation
- Using a waters circuit
- LMA and pLMA insertion
- The blocked or dislodged ETT or tracheostomy
- Assisting with intubation
Breathing
Blood gas interpretation
The basics of mechanical ventilation- what it all means and is it working?
Managing the grossly hypoxic patient who is being mechanically ventilated, prior to the arrival of senior help.
Ventilator care bundles
Circulation
Arterial and central venous lines:
- Indications
- The set up
- Insertion and post procedure checks
- Taking blood from
- Interpreting the readings
Central line care bundles
The basics of metaraminol, noradrenaline, dobutamine and adrenaline.
Disability, Electrolytes and Fluids
The basics of sedation
ICP monitoring
Fluid prescribing- which fluid and why?
NG insertion and confirmation
Infection
Sepsis
Infection control on ICU
How to take blood cultures
Oral chlorhexidine
Managing Cardiac Arrest and Critically Unwell Patients on the Ward
The ALS algorithm.
Hands on scenario training.
Structure
Presenting an ICU patient
ICNARC- why what you write matters.
See it in Action
Brief trip to BRI ICU to see it all in action and ask questions
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