Introduction to Critical Care Medicine
Learn how to handle complex issues faced in Critical Care Units when other options on the ward have been exhausted.
Who is the course for?
The course is aimed at medical students, medical trainees, consultants and other health professionals with an interest in critical care. Learners need no prior experience or qualifications.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
Describe the meaning of Critical Care Unit and how support is different to that provided in the ward
Discuss which patients should be managed in Critical Care
Summarise the management of respiratory failure in critically ill patients in the High Dependency Unit and Intensive Care Unit
Debate appropriate triage of multiple patients involved in trauma
Discuss the management of polytrauma patients including the management of major haemorrhage
Summarise the initial management of a patient with sepsis
