New 2 ICU
Category: Training - Mandatory Courses
Date: July 22nd 2015
Location: Bristol Medical Simulation Centre BS2 8AE
This course is relevant for all ACCS trainees beginning an ICU post in either August 2015 or January 2016. If this applies to you then secure a place by email: bookings@bmsc.co.uk or call the SimCentre on +44 (0)117 3420108.
This is a one-day course for junior doctors due to start work on ICU which includes:
- How to cope with likely or life threatening scenarios until senior help arrives e.g. tracheostomy emergencies;
- The basics of how to use a ventilator;
- Central line insertion using ultrasound;
- The basics of inotropes and vasopressors; and
- Likely scenario simulation.
Emphasis on safety.
Material has allowed junior doctors to save lives on ICUs in the region.
Evidenced based approach to content.
Pre-course online material means no lectures- hands on approach to experience and learning directed at the level of the junior doctor.
Excellent feedback from previous delegates.
Cost: Free for Severn School of ACCS trainees or £130 for others including ongoing access to online material and lunch. This course if fully funded by the ACCS School so ACCS trainees are not liable for any fees.
For more information, see the Sim Centre website.