Equips healthcare professionals with the tools needed to provide bedside care for patients who are or may become critically ill. The Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) hosted Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) course combines expert-developed learning with interactive skill stations to provide non-intensivists and healthcare professionals with the realistic training they need to manage critically ill patients for the first 24 hours or until an appropriate critical care consultation can be arranged. The course concentrates on adult critical care. Lectures: • Recognition and Assessment of the Seriously Ill Patient • Airway Management • Cardiopulmonary/Cerebral Resuscitation • Diagnosis and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure • Mechanical Ventilation I • Mechanical Ventilation II • Monitoring Oxygen Balance and Acid-Base Status • Diagnosis and Management of Shock • Neurologic Support • Basic Trauma and Burn Support • Acute Coronary Syndromes • Life-Threatening Infections: Diagnosis and Antimicrobial Therapy Selection • Management of Life-Threatening Electrolyte and Metabolic Disturbances • Special Considerations Skill Stations: • Mechanical Ventilation I • Mechanical Ventilation II • Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation • Integrated Scenario(s)
Lesson Goal At the end of this 2-hour professional development seminar, EMS instructors will be able to use the breadth and depth terminology to determine what needs to be taught in their curriculum, and how to allocate time and resources within a course, in order to adapt to the changing level of rigor and expectation of EMS students. Objectives Evaluate the relationship between breadth of knowledge and depth of knowledge, given definitions of each, such that the level of student performance is determined. Articulate the importance of targeting depth and breadth in lesson planning, given information about the changes in national certification testing, such that a valuing of planning processes is demonstrated. Locations: All in-person sessions will be held at the Richard M. Flynn Fire Academy, 98 Smokey Bear Blvd, Concord, NH 03301. Links to the online sessions will be sent out the week prior to the start date. Portions of sessions may be recorded and made available online at a later date. Workshops require participants to bring an element of their practice to work on. Course Contact: For more information about these sessions, contact Max Dodge, FSTEMS Curriculum Administrator at, Peter.M.Dodge@dos.nh.gov or (603) 369-7980