ABOUT EMICC

Two Days of Crisis Management in ICU

EMICC is the only CRM and Human Factors Course for Intensive Care Medicine in Australasia

This 2-day interprofessional course is targeting senior trainees, consultants and senior nurses working in Intensive Care.

In this course you will learn the principles of effective teamwork in the Critical Care setting as well as essential skills for emergency management of the deteriorating ICU patient. The course program consist of a vibrant mixture of lectures, workshops and immersive simulation.

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Course Modules include

  • Errors in Medicine

  • Human Factors

  • Crisis Resource Management

  • Effective Communication

  • Teamwork

  • Airway and Ventilator Emergencies

  • Emergency Resternotomy

  • Emergency Vascular Access

  • Trauma Management

SCHEDULE

DAY 1
8:30-9:00 Registration

Human Factors, Errors and Crises

Human Factors and their central importance to health care and crisis management

Errors and the role of human factors in their causation, avoidance and management

9:00 – 10:00

Teamwork Challenge 1

10:00 – 10:30
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break and Familiarisation

Crisis Resource Management in Aviation

Air France 447

11:30 – 13:30

Crisis Resource Management (CRM)

11:30 – 12:20

Scenario Intensive Care Crisis

Teamwork (Leadership and Role Distribution)

Prioritisation

15:30 – 17:00

13:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break

Scenario Trauma Management

14:45 – 16:15
16:15 - 16:30 Wrap-Up and Evaluation
DAY 2

Teamwork Challenge 2

09:00 – 09:30

Errors in ICU

09:30 – 10:00
10:00-10:30 Coffee Break

Pacing Emergencies

10:30 – 11:00

Cardiothoracic Emergencies

11:00 – 11:30

Workshop Emergency Resternotomy and Internal defibrillation

11:30 – 12:15
12:15 - 13:00 Lunch Break

Scenario Cathlab Emergencies

13:00 – 14:00

Difficult Airway Management

14:00 – 14:30

Workshop FONA

14:30 – 15:30
15:30 - 16:00 Afternoon Tea

Airway Emergencies

16:00 – 17:00
17:00 Close and Evaluation

FACULTY

Dr Christian Karcher MD FCICM

Course Director

Intensive Care Specialist

Clinical Subdean Simulation (UoM)

Ms Jennifer Keast

Simulationist

Dr Jai Darvall FCICM FANZCA

Intensivist

Anaesthetist

Clinical Subdean Critical Care (UoM)

Dr Shyamala Sriram

Intensivist

A/Prof Neil Strathmore

Cardiologist

Dr James Anstey FCICM

Intensivist

Dr Tim Byrne FCICM FANZCA

Intensivist

Anaesthetist

COURSE FEE

Nurses $800

Registrars $1200

Consultants $1800

The course fee includes

  • Course Handbook
  • Fully catered (morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea
  • Drinks and nibbles at the end of day 2

Register your participation in EMICC today!

Contact us:

+ 61 3 9342 9254

admin@rmhicu.com.au

Registration:

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