Pediatric Fundamental of Critical Care Support (FCCS)

Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS) trains non-intensivists to recognize critical illness and initiate care for the critically ill pediatric patient. The course addresses fundamental management principles for the first 24 hours of post-resuscitation management of the critically ill pediatric patient until transfer or appropriate critical care consultation can be arranged.

This course focuses on building the competency of healthcare professionals in pediatrics fundamentals of critical care support.The clinicians undergoing this training will be confident to manage clinical emergencies in children in a much better approach.

  • Didactic lectures
  • Case-based skill stations
  • Pre and Post tests
  • Companion textbook
  • Certificate of successful course completion
  • 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 Management 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

  • Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction

  • Mechanical Ventilation

  • Pediatric Transport

  • Sedation

  • Radiology/Invasive Devices

  • Advanced Integration Scenarios

  • Accidental and Abusive Trauma

  • Entry-level residents
  • Medical officers
  • Trainees in critical care & emergency medicine
  • Non-Intensivist taking care of critical care patients
  • A clinician working in the neonatal and pediatric critical care area 
  • A paediatrician inclined to develop competency in managing critically ill children and neonates
  • Attending all didactic sessions
  • Successful completion of all skill stations
  • Achieve a score of 70% or higher in the post-test examination