Fundamental Critical Care Support Hosted Course

Host an FCCS course and prepare healthcare professionals to manage critically ill patients.

Equip healthcare professionals with the tools they need to provide bedside care for patients who are or may become critically ill. The Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) hosted Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) course combines expert-developed learning with interactive skill stations to provide nonintensivists and healthcare professionals with the realistic training they need to manage critically ill patients for the first 24 hours or until an appropriate critical care consultation can be arranged. The course concentrates on adult critical care and includes separate sections on critical care for pregnant and surgical patients.

Course features:

In-person and online learning formats
Expert-developed presentations
Interactive skill stations
Online pre- and posttests
Companion eBook for all learners (print books are available*)
Administrative materials to guide course planning and management
Certificate of successful course completion
Learner evaluations at the time of and after course completion
Accredited continuing education credit for completion of online course materials
Continuing education credit hours for live course attendance (if offered by the course site)
Available in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Polish

*Hosting site is responsible for shipping charges.

Contact the SCCM Hosted Training Team to learn more about
bringing training to your institution.

To receive the certificate of successful completion, course participants must complete or attend all assigned presentations and skill stations, achieve a score of 70% or higher on the posttest, and complete the learner evaluation.

Bring the Fundamentals to Your Institution

Hear from Fundamentals instructors, directors, and consultants on the value of Fundamentals training.

Introducing a New Hosted Training Model

Exciting changes are here for SCCM's hosted training programs! SCCM's goal is to provide:

Flexible options for course delivery and learning
An exceptional user experience through streamlined accessibility to course materials
A simplified purchase process

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DescriptionLectures and Skill Stations PricingPlanning

Lectures and skill stations are developed through SCCM'S FCCS Program Committee.

Lectures
Required:

Recognition and Assessment of the Seriously Ill Patient
Airway Management*
Cardiopulmonary/Cerebral Resuscitation**
Diagnosis and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure
Mechanical Ventilation I
Mechanical Ventilation II
Monitoring Oxygen Balance and Acid-Base Status
Diagnosis and Management of Shock
Neurologic Support
Basic Trauma and Burn Support***
Acute Coronary Syndromes**
Life-Threatening Infections: Diagnosis and Antimicrobial Therapy Selection
Management of Life-Threatening Electrolyte and Metabolic Disturbances
Special Considerations

Optional (selected by hosted training site):

Critical Care in Pregnancy
Ethics in Critical Care Medicine
Surgery in Critical Care

Skill Stations
Required:

Mechanical Ventilation I
Mechanical Ventilation II
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation

And choose one integrated station:

Integrated Sepsis A Scenario
Integrated Sepsis B Scenario
Integrated Airway Management and Hemorrhagic Shock Scenario
Integrated Traumatic Brain Injury Scenario
Integrated Hypovolemic Shock Scenario
Recognition and Assessment of the Seriously Ill Patient

* May be removed if all participants are certified in advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) or advanced trauma life support (ATLS)
** May be removed if all participants are certified in ACLS.
*** May be removed if all participants are certified in ATLS

Hosting sites are encouraged to train and run the course as many times as they like and can purchase additional course access for learners as often as needed. Because there is no separate license fee, there is no expiration date for running the course as long as the site has purchased learner access.

SCCM will continue to support fair and flexible pricing using its tiered pricing structure. Pricing tiers are based on a country’s gross domestic product at purchasing power parity per capita as reported by the World Bank in its most current World Development Indicators database. This allows SCCM to accommodate ranges in needs and available financial resources.

For-profit sites, U.S. government and military sites, and sites interested in training more than 1000 learners for Fundamentals courses are encouraged to contact the Hosted Training Team to discuss pricing.

Number of Learners*	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3
1-99	$21	$58	$110
100-499	Custom	Custom	$105
500-999	Custom	Custom	$98

*Course access for learners per single purchase

In addition to payment methods currently in place, the hosted training model will allow sites to pay with a credit card online. Full payment will be required before accessing course materials. Please consider this when planning your course.

Select your country to determine the correct pricing tier.

Please contact the Hosted Training Team at +1 847 827-6888 or hostedtraining@sccm.org if you would like to discuss special pricing consideration.

Free Fundamentals Training

SCCM has funding to provide financial support for critical care training for organizations in developing or impoverished nations and underserved areas of the United States.

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The FCCS course provides an ideal medium for trauma centers and tertiary/quaternary hospitals to outreach to their community partners.

Babak Sarani, MD, FACS, FCCM

Individual Self-Study Options

For individuals seeking FCCS self-study options, an online course and the textbook are available for purchase as well as the option to search for a course scheduled nearby.

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