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Beyond Basic – Basic Assessment and Support Intensive Care
07/12/15 - 08/12/15
$420A 2-day dynamic course of lectures and skills stations introducing basic concepts relevant for nurses and
junior doctors starting in Intensive Care Medicine.
Topics include:
• Assessment of the seriously ill patient
• Acute respiratory failure
• Airway management & airway obstruction
• Mechanical ventilation
• Basic haemodynamic monitoring
• Shock
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• Life threatening arrhythmias
• Oliguria and acute renal failure
• Fluids
• Transport of the critically ill patient
• Severe sepsis & septic shock
• Severe trauma
• Neurological emergencies
• Interpretation of arterial blood gases
• Sedation & analgesia
• Nutritional support
• Thromboembolic disease
• Stress ulcer prophylaxis & bleeding
• Metabolic & electrolyte disturbances