Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS)

Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 7:30 AM - Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 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)

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.

Zoom Etiquette: Business casual is very appropriate for this conference. To earn full credit for the course, participants must enable their video feed and are asked to mute their audio. Participants may unmute to ask questions and participate in class discussions. 

This program is jointly sponsored by the Department of Critical Care Medicine and UMass Chan Medical School Office of Continuing Medical Education.

1. Prioritize assessment needs for the critically ill or injured
2. Select appropriate diagnostic tests.
3. Identify and respond to significant changes in the unstable patient.
4. Recognize and initiate management of acute life-threatening conditions.
5. Determine the need for expert consultation and/or patient transfer and prepare the practitioner for optimally accomplishing transfer.

Registration Fees:

Physicians (Attendings and Residents): $600.00

Non-Physicians (PAs, NPs): $500.00

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

Accreditation
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.

Designation Statement- 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.

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School adheres to ACCME Criteria, Standards and Policies regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of faculty and their commercial relationships will be made prior to the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

University Massachusetts Chan Medical School Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.