Working in a critical care environment can be overwhelming. Clinicians provide expert care to patients with complex problems in high stress situations. These webinars are designed to provide a case based approach to the delivery of care in a critical care environment and includes content on pathophysiology, therapies, troubleshooting complex life support equipment, decision making and communication.
Live sessions are designed to be interactive to enhance learning, with follow up opportunities and on-demand interaction available via Community forum.
Audience: Participants enrolled in the CCN Bundle, and SURGE ongoing access will automatically be enrolled in this course. These sessions are suitable for nurses with previous critical care experience or currently working in a critical care environment. Clinicians looking at moving to into an HDU or ICU setting may use these webinar as an introduction or platform for development.
Topics:
- Working in the critical care environment - assessment, communication, documentation, escalation, deterioration and resuscitation.
- Respiratory physiology, and ABG interpretation,
- Respiratory failure, Non-invasive and mechanical ventilation
- Cardiovascular physiology
- Acute coronary syndrome and arrhythmia management
- Haemodynamic monitoring
- Neurological disorders, agitation, delirium and ICP monitoring
- Acute Kidney Injury and Renal replacement therapies
- Endocrine and metabolic disorders
- Sepsis and management of shock syndromes