Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS)

Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 7:30 AM - Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 5:00 PM, Online

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (14.25 hours), Contact Hours (MA Board of Nursing) (17.10 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (14.25 hours)

We are no longer taking registration for this course.

Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) training prepares non-intensivists to manage critically ill patients for the first 24 hours until transfer or appropriate critical care consultation can be arranged. The course and its companion text assist the non-intensivist in dealing with the sudden deterioration of critically ill patients and prepares house staff and nurses for ICU coverage. The course is often used to prepare residents for rotations in the ICU.

The two day course is via Zoom. Zoom Etiquette: Business casual is very appropriate for this conference. To earn full credit for the course, participants must enable their video feed for the entire two day course (7:30am - 5:00pm EST) and are asked to mute their audio. Participants may unmute to ask questions and participate in class discussions.  Participants must pass the post-test with a score of 70% in order to receive certification which is valid for four (4) years; course is offered by UMass biannually (spring and fall).

Featured Topics:

* Respiratory Failure

* Ventilator Management

* Neurologic Emergencies

* Sepsis/Shock

* Trauma/Surgery

* Obstetric Emergencies

* Antibiotic Emergencies

* Ethics

* And More!

Key Speakers from:

* Pulmonary/Critical Care

* Anesthesiology

* Trauma Surgery

* Palliative Care

* Pharmacy

Further Questions?  Please reach out to:

Amanda Thole:  [email protected]

Sarah Skinner:  [email protected]

 

1. Prioritize assessment needs for the critically ill patients
2. Provide providers with the basic understanding of managing patients in the ICU
3. Learn how to identify and respond to clinical instability

Registration Fees: 

Physicians (Attendings and Residents): $600.00

Non-Physicians (PAs, NPs): $500.00

Allied Health (RN, EMT, RT, Students): $400.00

* Manuals will be mailed to the address provided on the registration confirmation 30 days prior to the course date, or with-in 3 business days if registration is within a month of the course.

* An Informational email, agenda, and Zoom link will be sent out one week prior to the course start date or within 48 hours if participant registers within one week from the start of the course. 

Accreditation & Designation Statement
UMass Chan Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.  Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing: This offering meets the requirements for a maximum of 17.1 contact hours, as specified by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing (244-CMR 5.04). Each nurse should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

All other healthcare professionals:  Will receive a certificate which states the activity was designated for 14.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received in writing no less than 20 days before the course will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be made on cancellations received after that date. Please send cancellation requests to [email protected].

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Office of Continuing Medical Education reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred such as non-refundable airline tickets or hotel penalties.

Accessibility Statement
 
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Office of Continuing Medical Education is committed to ensuring that its programs, services, goods and facilities are accessible to individuals with disabilities as specified under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008.  If you have needs that require special accommodations, including dietary concerns, please contact the OCME Conference Coordinator.

Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. 

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.