Essentia Health

Fundamental Critical Care Support

(FCCS) Course
Thursday-Friday, March 30 & 31, 2017
Essentia Health-Duluth, Dwan Auditorium
502 East Second Street | Duluth, Minnesota
The activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM

Register online at: www.essentiainstitute.org/cme

Overview
This popular course will follow the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s rigorous standardized course and text in
the fundamental principles of critical care. This comprehensive course is designed to prepare non-intensivists to
deliver the first 24 hours of care for the critically ill or injured patient. Two days of lecture and skill-based training
will be taught by Essentia Health experts in Trauma, Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Infectious Disease,
Pulmonary Medicine, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Cardiology, Neurosurgery and Ethics.

Learning Objectives
At the completion of the course, learners will be able to:
• Prioritize assessment needs for the critically ill patient
• Select appropriate diagnostic tests
• Identify and respond to significant changes in the unstable patient
• Recognize and initiate management of acute life-threatening conditions
• D
 etermine the need for expert consultation and/or patient transfer and prepare the practitioner
for optimally accomplishing transfer

Course Agenda
Requirements for successful course completion are to attend all didactic sessions, successfully complete all skill
stations, and achieve a score of 70% or higher on the post-test. Didactic lectures and skill stations include:
• Seriously Ill Patient • Neurologic Support
• Airway Management • Basic Trauma and Burn Support
• Cardiopulmonary/Cerebral Resuscitation • Acute Coronary Syndromes
• Acute Respiratory Failure • Life-Threatening Infections, including Sepsis
• Mechanical Ventilation • Electrolyte and Metabolic Disturbances
• Monitoring Oxygen Balance and Acid-Base Status • Critical Care in Pregnancy and Infants
• Shock Management • Ethics

Accommodations
Hotel rooms are available at reduced prices at the Sheraton in Duluth. Call 218.733.5660, select
option 1 and request a room with the Essentia Health rate.

Questions
Contact the Essentia Health CME Office at 218.786.4764 or cmeoffice3@essentiahealth.org.
 6:30 a.m. - 7:30 a.m. Registration, Pre-Test & Breakfast at Lake Winds
Complete 15 Question Pre-Test onsite, turn in before 7:30
7:30 a.m. - 7:40 a.m. Welcome & FCCS Overview
Jay Shoaps, MD
7:40 a.m. - 8:25 a.m. Recognition & Assessment of the Seriously Ill Patient
Trauma Surgeon
8:25 a.m. - 8:55 a.m. Diagnosis & Management of Acute Respiratory Failure
Critical Care Medicine Physician
8:55 a.m. - 9:25 a.m. Mechanical Ventilation 1
Critical Care Medicine Physician
9:25 a.m. - 9:55 a.m. Mechanical Ventilation 2
Critical Care Medicine Physician
9:55 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. Stretch Break
10:05 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. Skills Stations:
Room 1 Room 2
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Recognition & Assessment of the
Ventilation (NPPV) Seriously Ill Patient
Respiratory Therapist Trauma Surgeon
10:50 a.m. - 11:35 a.m. Skills Stations: swap rooms
11:35 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Lunch at Lake Winds
12:20 p.m. - 12:55 p.m. Critical Care in Infants & Children
Pediatric Hospitalist
12:55 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Life-Threatening Infections
Infectious Disease Physician
1:30 p.m. - 2:20 p.m. Airway Management
Emergency Medicine Physician
2:20 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Refreshment Break
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Skills Stations:
Room 1 Room 2
Mechanical Ventilation 1 & 2 Integrated Severe Sepsis Scenario
Respiratory Therapist Trauma Surgeon
+ Airway Management
Emergency Medicine Physician
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Skills Stations: swap rooms
 6:30 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast at Lake Winds
7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m. Review of the Pre-Test using Audience Response System
Trauma Surgeon
7:45 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Management of Life-Threatening Electrolyte & Metabolic Disturbances
Trauma Surgeon
8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Critical Care in Pregnancy
OB/GYN Physician
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Monitoring Oxygen Balance & Acid-Base Status
Trauma Surgeon
9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. Stretch Break
9:40 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. Acute Coronary Syndromes
Cardiologist
10:10 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Cardiopulmonary/Cerebral Resuscitation
Cardiologist
10:40 a.m. - 11:25 a.m. Neurologic Support
Neurosurgeon
11:25 a.m. - 12:10 p.m. Lunch at Lake Winds
12:10 p.m. - 12:55 p.m. Special Considerations
Trauma Surgeon
12:55 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Ethics in Critical Care Medicine
Ethics Director
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Diagnosis & Management of Shock
Trauma Surgeon
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Basic Trauma & Burn Support
Trauma Surgeon
2:45 a.m. - 2:55 a.m. Refreshment Break
2:55 p.m. - 3:40 p.m. Skills Station: in Auditorium as one group
Integrated Hemorrhagic Shock Scenario
Trauma Surgeon
3:40 p.m. - 4:40 p.m. Post-Test & Evaluation
Adjourn after completed