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Thursday, April 29 & Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday from 7:30 am - 5:00 pm & Friday from 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA (Room: Faculty Conference Room)

  

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A two-day comprehensive course addressing fundamental management principles for the first 24 hours of critical care.

Program Overview: The FCCS Curriculum is intended to introduce principles important in the initial care of critically ill/injured patients to physicians, physicians-in-training, nurses, and other healthcare providers who may or may not be skilled in critical care but who must care for such patients during early stabilization and in anticipation of the arrival of an intensivists, specialist or pending transfer of the patient to a tertiary center. As such, the course is designed:

  • To better prepare the non-intensivist for the first 24 hours of management of the critically ill patient until transfer or appropriate critical care consultation can be arranged.
  • To assist the non-intensivist in dealing with sudden deterioration of the critically ill patient.
  • To prepare house staff for ICU coverage.
  • To prepare nurses and other critical care practitioners to deal with acute deterioration in the critically ill patient.

Target Audience: Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) is designed to prepare health care providers caring for unstable, critically ill or injured patients. Likely participants include:

  • Hospitalists caring for potentially unstable, critically ill or injured patients
  • Advance Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants with limited responsibility for critically ill patients
  • Rapid Response/Medical Emergency Team members
  • Critical Care Fellows beginning their training
  • Emergency Medicine physicians
  • Nurses caring for complex and potentially unstable patients
  • Pre-hospital providers with lengthy patient transfer times

Educational Objectives: At the conclusion of the program, the participant should be able to:

  • Prioritize assessment needs for the critically ill or injured
  • Select appropriate diagnostic tests.
  • Identify and respond to significant changes in the unstable patient.
  • Recognize and initiate management of acute life-threatening conditions.
  • Determine the need for expert consultation and/or patient transfer and prepare the practitioner for optimally accomplishing transfer.

Comfort: Business casual is very appropriate for this conference. Although every attempt will be made to insure the comfort of our attendees, we suggest that you may wish to bring a sweater/jacket if you tend to be chilly.

Registration Fees:

Physicians: $400


Non-Physicians: $300


To Register please call 508-856-6928

Deadline: Registration will be closed when space is full or at 5:00 p.m. on April 22nd at the latest. Registration should not be mailed unless receipt before that time is guaranteed.

Confirmation: All who are accepted for registration will receive written confirmation and directions.

Information and Special Needs: Please call the UMMS Office of Continuing Medical Education (508-856-1671) for assistance will special dietary needs, or any other information you may need.

Refund Policy: Your fee is non-refundable if you cancel after April 15th or after course materials have been mailed (whichever comes first)

AGENDA 

Day One, Thursday, April 29, 2010

7:30am - 8:00am

Welcome/FCCS Overview

8:00am - 8:30am

Assessment of the Seriously Ill Patient

8:30am - 9:00am

Special Considerations

9:00am - 9:30am

Airway Management

9:30am - 10:00am

Diagnosis and Management of Shock

10:00am - 10:15am

Break

10:15am - 11:00am

Cardiopulmonary/Cerebral Resuscitation

11:00am - 11:30am

Monitoring Blood Flow, Oxygenation, and Acid Base Disturbances

11:30am - 12:00pm

Mechanical Ventilation I

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch/Instructor Curriculum

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Mechanical Ventilation II

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Diagnosis and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure

2:00pm - 5:00pm

Skill Stations

  1. Airway Management
  2. Vascular Access
  3. ACS
  4. NIPPV
  5. Mechanical Ventilation A

  

Day Two, Friday, April 30, 2010

8:00am - 8:30am

Neurologic Support

8:30am - 9:00am

Basic Trauma and Burn Support

9:00am - 9:30am

Life-Threatening Infections

9:30am - 10:00am

Electrolyte and Metabolic Disturbances

10:00am - 10:15am

Break

10:15am - 10:45am

Acute Coronary Syndrome

10:45am - 11:15am

Critical Care in Pregnancy

11:15am - 11:45am

Ethical Considerations During Acute Care

11:45am - 12:15pm

Critical Care in Infants and Children

12:15pm - 1:15pm

Lunch/Instructor Curriculum (if not completed)

1:15pm - 4:15pm

Skill Stations**

  1. Shock/Trauma/Burns
  2. Mechanical Ventilation B 
  3. ACLS Interventions

4:15pm - 5:30pm

Test and Evaluations

This program is jointly Sponsored by the Department of Critical Care Medicine and the University of Massachusetts Medical School Office of Continuing Education.

Disclosure
It is the policy of the University of Massachusetts Medical School to ensure fair balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all activities. All faculty participating in CME activities sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Medical School are required to present evidence-based data, identify and reference off-label product use and disclose all relevant financial relationships with those supporting the activity or others whose products or services are discussed. Faculty disclosure will be provided in the activity materials.

Continuing Education Credit
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The University of Massachusetts Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The UMMS designates this continuing medical education activity for a maximum of 14.75 AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physicians
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS). The University of Massachusetts Medical School is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Nurses
This offering meets the requirements for 17.7 contact hours for nurses as specified by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in nursing (244-CMR 5.04). Each nurse should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Others
Other professionals will be eligible for 14.75 continuing education hours from the University of Massachusetts Medical School.