Aim
To gain the theoretical and personal skills in a safe environment so that you can assess and manage critical situations in a systematic way.
Objectives
- Systematically and comprehensively assess critically ill surgical patients
- Recognise the deteriorating patient
- Identify the most at risk patients and plan to reduce their risk
- Understand the subtlety and variety of critical illness presentation
- Understand how to avoid complications
- Recognise their role in delivering multidisciplinary care to surgical patients
- Work effectively with other members of the care team
- Support and communicate with patients and their relatives
- Gain the knowledge and understanding of how manage the following:
– Airway and tracheostomy management
– Respiratory management
– Dysrhythmia management
– Chest radiology and respiratory function
– Acute kidney injury
– Sepsis
– Optimisation of recovery
– Shock and pressure monitoring
– Communication, organisation and leadership in surgical care
– Difficult decision making
– Surgical ward round
CCrISP is an interactive course that combines a variety of teaching and learning techniques, such as simulated patient scenarios, case-based skill stations and demonstrations. You will be encouraged to share knowledge and experience with your peers throughout the course.
Pre Course Instructions
- Attendees must read their CCrISP manual – a hardcopy will be provided prior to the commencement of the course.
- Attendees must also complete pre course MCQs, these can be accessed through the RCS online portal.
Certification
This is an assessed course and a certificate of completion will be awarded to successful participants.
Once participants have completed their online evaluation, they will be able to access their account via the RCS website and download/ print their course certificate.
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After attending this course, you should be able to:
- Adopt a structured, comprehensive approach to managing surgical patients
- Judge which patients are at most risk and plan to reduce their risk of adverse outcomes
- Recognise the deteriorating patient
- Model your non-operative technical skills in a safe environment