Fundamental Critical Care Support: Surgical Hosted Course

Host an FCCS: Surgical course and prepare nonsurgical healthcare professionals to manage critically ill surgical patients.

The Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS): Surgical hosted course combines expert-developed presentations with interactive skill stations to provide nonsurgical healthcare professionals with the training they need to provide initial care to critically ill surgical patients. The course augments and expands on FCCS core concepts and provides a deeper understanding of the pathophysiology of the surgical patient.

Course features:

Flexible learning formats: in-person and online
Expert-developed presentations
Interactive skill stations
Pre- and posttests
Companion textbook
Certificate of successful course completion
Continuing education credit hours (if offered by the course site)
Available in Spanish

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

The hosted course is available in in-person and online formats. The in-person hosted course consists of face-to-face presentations and skill stations. The online hosted course consists of web-based presentations and in-person skill stations.

To receive the certificate of successful completion, course participants must attend or view all presentations, successfully complete all skill stations, and achieve a minimum score of 70% on the posttest.

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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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Presentations

All presentations contain core material and must be taught unless otherwise noted below.

Recognition and Assessment of the Seriously Ill Patient
Approach to the Surgical Patient, Part 1: Overview of the Care of the Critically Ill Patient
Approach to the Surgical Patient, Part 2: Surgical Emergencies
Diagnosis and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure
Surgical Airway Emergencies
Mechanical Ventilation I
Mechanical Ventilation II
Monitoring Oxygen Balance and Acid- Base Status
Diagnosis and Management of Shock
Neurologic Support
Neurosurgical ICU
Life-Threatening Infections: Diagnosis and Antimicrobial Therapy Selection
Basic Trauma and Burn Support (may be eliminated if all participants are ATLS certified)
Abdominal Surgical Emergencies: Part 1
Abdominal Surgical Emergencies: Part 2
Acute Coronary Syndromes (may be eliminated if all participants are ACLS certified)
Cardiovascular Surgical Emergencies
Management of Life-Threatening Electrolyte and Metabolic Disturbances
Management of Special Populations
Surgical Soft Tissue Complications and Urgencies

Skill Stations

Required:

Mechanical Ventilation I
Mechanical Ventilation II
Assessment of the Critically Ill Postoperative Patient
Hypertension After Abdominal Operation
Integrated Abdominal Sepsis

Course directors must choose one of the following:

ICU Care of the Multisystem Trauma Patient
Integrated Severe Sepsis A Scenario
Integrated Airway Management and Hemorrhagic Shock Scenario
Recognition and Assessment of the Seriously Ill Patient
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation

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.

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Please contact the Hosted Training Team at +1 847 827-6888 or hostedtraining@sccm.org with any circumstances that may require 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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Individual Self-Study Options

For individuals seeking FCCS: Surgical 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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