Fundamentals Critical Care Support (FCCS)
Course Overview
The Fundamentals Critical Care Support (FCCS) course is an engaging and dynamic learning experience designed to enhance your critical care skills through a hybrid approach. The course combines online lectures with hands-on training at the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS). This format allows participants to access essential content remotely and then apply their knowledge in a practical setting under the guidance of experienced instructors.
FCCS, the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s highly recognized national curriculum course introduces 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 the pending transfer of the patient to a more suitable facility.
Location
Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS)
124 S. Franklin St., Tampa, FL 33602
Course Fees
Payment will not be accepted on site.
Target Audience
Non-Intensivists, Hospitalists, Emergency and Trauma Physicians, APPs, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists and Pharmacists involved in the stabilization and management of critically ill patients.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the Physician, ARNP or PA participant should be able to:
- Prioritize assessment needs for critically ill and injured patients
- Select appropriate diagnostic tests
- Identify and respond to significant changes in unstable patients
- Recognize and initiate management of acute life threatening conditions
- Determine the need for expert consultation and/or patient transfer
Upon completion of the course, the RN and Pharmacist participant should be able to:
- Evaluate assessment needs for the critically ill or injured patient.
- Review appropriate diagnostic test results.
- Recognize and communicate significant changes in the unstable patient.
- Recognize and initiate management of acute life-threatening conditions.
- Recognize and communicate the need for expert consultation and/or patient transfer.
- Prepare for optimal transfer.
Agenda
Registration and Breakfast
Review and Gameshow
Participate in a team of 4-6 in an interactive style recap of the online lectures.
Break
Intro to Simulation at CAMLS
Move to skill stations
Ventilator session 1
Airway skills
Team simulation scenario
Move to lunch
Lunch
Move to skills
Ventilator session 1
Airway skills
Team simulation scenario
Break
Ventilator session 2
In-depth burn lecture
Team simulation scenario
Ventilator session 2
Trauma and Burns case presentation
Team simulation scenario
great ready for the transfer skill station
Transfer skill station
Prepare to work with a team and communicate important details in receiving a patient and transferring them out of your location
Move to lecture hall
Debrief and evaluation
Accreditations
USF Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
USF Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The CME credits that physicians earn from this activity will be submitted to ACCME’s CME Passport, a free, centralized web application where physicians can create a personalized account to view, track, and generate transcripts of their reported CME credit. Visit www.cmepassport.org to create an account.
You must claim credit for this activity in order to have your credit uploaded on your behalf. Credit will be uploaded within 30 days of claiming credit.
Florida Board of Medicine: USF Health is an approved provider of continuing education for physicians through FBN 50-2970. This program has been approved for 7.75 contact hours.
Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine: USF Health is an approved provider of continuing education for osteopathic physicians through Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine (FBOM) 2970. This program has been approved for up to 7.75 contact hours.
Florida Board of Nursing: USF Health is an approved provider of continuing education for nurses through FBN 50-2970. This program has been approved for 7.50 contact hours.
Advanced Practice Nurses: AANPCP accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME. Nurse Practitioners who participate will receive a certificate of completion commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Florida Physician Assistant Continuing Education Credit: USF Health is an approved provider (50-2970) of Florida Physician Assistant continuing education credit through the Florida Board of Medicine. This activity has been approved for 7.75 continuing education credits.
PAs may claim a maximum of 7.75 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.
Florida Board of Pharmacy: USF Health is an approved provider of continuing education for Pharmacists through the Florida Board of Pharmacy (provider number 2970). This program has been reviewed and approved for up to 7.75 contact hours.
Luis E. Llerena, MD, is the Medical Director of USF HEALTH CAMLS and Professor, Department of Surgery at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine.
He holds both national and state leadership positions: Surgical Director of the American College of Surgeons Accredited Educational Institute (ACS AEI) at USF CAMLS, ACS AEI Committees (Accreditation Review and Curriculum), Florida Committee of Trauma (FCOT) Vice Chair, and Florida Trauma State Faculty. He is a course director for key surgical and critical care curriculum, including Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS®), Advanced Trauma Operative Management (ATOM®), and Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET®), Stop the Bleed®, and the Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) program. He is an FCCS consultant. Additionally, Dr Llerena is a trauma site surveyor for the Pennsylvania Trauma System Foundation.
Dr. Llerena received both his undergraduate and his medical degrees from the University of Maryland. He completed his surgical residency at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University in Philadelphia and UMDNJ – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Camden, New Jersey. He received his trauma/surgical critical care fellowship training at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Florida. He is board certified in Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.
Dr. Llerena is an associate member of the American College of Surgeons’ Academy of Master Surgical Educators, master trainer for TeamSTEPPS® and the Patient Safety Education Program (PSEP), and Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator – Advanced (CHSE-A) by the Society for Simulation Healthcare (SSH). His main research interests include military medicine, simulation-based education, patient safety, and trauma education.
Additional Information
Relevant Financial Relationships
Prior to the activity, USF Health will disclose and mitigate all relevant financial relationships that relate to the content of the activity.
Prerequisites and Completion Requirements
Participants must complete the FCCS pre-test prior to attending the course. For successful course completion, participants must participate in all skill stations, complete the course evaluation, and score 70% or higher on the posttest.
Accommodations
CAMLS has a partnership with the Hyatt in Downtown Tampa. To learn more and to receive the CAMLS discount, click here.
Questions
If you have activity related questions please contact camlsoperations@usf.edu, or call 813-224-7860.
Cancellation Policy
Due to instructors, tissue and resources being procured based on course attendance, USF Health Professions Conferencing Corporation must adhere to the following cancellation policy.
- All requests for cancellation, transfer or refunds much be received in writing to camlsoperations@usf.edu.
- Cancellations received at least 31 calendar days prior to the start of the activity, a refund will be provided minus a $75 administrative fee and the cost of the book and shipping (up to a total $165.00 combined with shipping, textbook and admin fee).
- Requests for a transfer to another course date at least 31 calendar days prior to the start of the activity will be honored with no additional fees. The new course date must be within 6 months of the original course date.
- No refunds or requests for transfer will be provided if cancellation is received within (and including) 30 calendar days of the start date of the activity
- No-shows are not eligible for a refund or transfer.
- For internal USF participants or organizations wishing to be invoiced for registrations, your department or organization will be invoiced according to the above guidelines.
USF Health Professions Conferencing Corporation reserves the right to cancel this activity due to unforeseen circumstances, in which you will be contacted via phone and/or email to reschedule or issue a refund. USF Health Professions Conferencing Corporation is not responsible for travel expenses incurred by the participants in the rare event that this activity is canceled or postponed.