EM TUPOEmergency Medicine Education at its bestSign in to ICU AcademyBasics in Critical Care
Fri 15 – Sun 17 January 2027 · Venue to be confirmed in the course group
Welcome to Basics in Critical Care. This three-day course is for every clinician who looks after a patient before the ICU team arrives — and for those joining ICU for the first time. Friday covers recognising the critically ill patient, shock, sepsis and blood gases; Saturday the organ systems — respiratory failure, kidneys and electrolytes, glucose emergencies and the unconscious patient; Sunday daily ICU care, safe transfer and communication. Stations put it into your hands: an ABCDE assessment on a simulated patient, starting peripheral noradrenaline, fitting HFNC and NIV, protocol drug preparation and POCUS basics, with case workshops and simulation throughout.
| Dates | Fri 15 – Sun 17 January 2027 (3 days) |
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| Times (EAT) | Fri 09:00–12:00 and 14:00–16:30 · Sat 08:30–16:30 · Sun 08:30–15:30 |
| Venue | Venue to be confirmed in the course group. Please arrive by 08:30 on Friday 15 January for registration — bring photo ID. |
| Group | Shared after registration. |
What you will be able to do by the end
- Assess a deteriorating patient with ABCDE, score NEWS2, escalate at the right moment and hand over with SBAR
- Classify shock, give fluids sensibly, and start a vasopressor to a defined target
- Interpret a blood gas in five steps and manage respiratory failure with oxygen, HFNC or NIV
- Recognise and start treatment for AKI, hyperkalaemia, DKA and the unconscious patient
- Deliver the sepsis hour-1 bundle, apply FAST HUGS BID to daily ICU care, and transfer a critically ill patient safely
Assessment and certificate
Certification requires attendance on all three days, a pass in the assessed ABCDE and handover station on Sunday, and a 15-question post-test score of at least 80%. The app marks the post-test instantly, so certificates are printed and presented at the close of the final day.