Fundamental Critical Care Support: Pediatrics Self-Study

Fundamental Critical Care Support: Pediatrics (FCCS: Pediatrics) trains nonintensivists to recognize critical illness and initiate care for the critically ill pediatric patient and is recommended for any healthcare professional who may encounter a critically ill or injured pediatric patient.

The course addresses fundamental management principles for the first 24 hours of post-resuscitation management of the critically ill pediatric patient or until transfer or appropriate critical care consultation can be arranged.

FCCS: Pediatrics provides a relaxed learning experience with access to online, interactive didactic sessions, pre- and posttests, and complementary textbook or eBook. The textbook and eBook are also available for individual purchase.

Twenty-two interactive learning modules with corresponding textbook chapters are included in FCCS: Pediatrics.

• Acute Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation
• Cardiovascular Evaluation and Pediatric Shock
• Fluids, Electrolytes, and Metabolic Disorders
• Pediatric Neurologic Emergencies
• Postoperative Management
• Sedation, Analgesia, and Neuromuscular Blockade
• Acute Infections
• Abusive Trauma in Children
• Acute Kidney Injury
• Acute Upper and Lower Airway Disease
• Airway Management

• Assessment of the Critically Ill Child
• Critical Care Managment of the Child with Congenital Heart Disease
• Management of the Poisoned Child and Adolescent
• Oncologic and Hematologic Emergencies
• Noninvasive and Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
• Pediatric Burn Injury
• Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Pediatric Emergency Preparedness
• Transport of the Critically Ill Child
• Trauma Injuries in Children