FCCS is a 2 day (16 hour) course
The goal of this course is to introduce principles important in the initial care of critically ill or injured patients to physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers who are not skilled in critical care, but, who must care for such a patient in anticipation of the arrival of an intensivist, or pending transport of the patient to a more suitable facility. During this course, the students will:
- Prioritize assessment needs for the critically ill or injured patient, select appropriate diagnostic tests.
- Identify and respond to significant changes in the unstable patient,
- Recognize and initiate management of acute life-threatening conditions, and
- Determine the need for expert consultation and/or patient transfer and preparing the practitioner for optimally accomplishing that transfer.
Approved for 16 hours (CAPCE) 14.75 (Nsg)ASTNA Nursing CEU approved.