LO8
Manage patients with organ dysfunction and failure
Key Capabilities
At completion of ACCS a trainee:
Will be able to provide safe and effective care for critically ill patients across the spectrum of single or multiple organ failure.
Will be able to plan and communicate effectively with patients, relatives and the wider multi-professional team while attending to the clinical and holistic needs of patients.
Descriptors and Resources
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Guidelines/Frameworks:
FOAMed Resources:
General:
Shock:
Respiratory:
Cardiac:
GI:
Renal:
eLFH:
eLA Module 03 Introduction to Critical Care:
General ICU Care 🡪 Basic Care Bundles:
Stress ulceration
Principles of Nutrition in the Critically Ill
Recognition of the critically ill patient:
A structured approach to the critically ill patient
Organ failure:
Shock
Patient with respiratory failure
Patient with CVS failure
Patient with GI failure
Patient with AKI
Patient with liver disease
Patient with disordered consciousness
Patient with haematological failure
Additional reading:
Parenteral nutrition in critical care
Renal replacement therapy in critical care
YouTube:
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Guidelines/Frameworks:
Suspected sepsis in people aged 16 or over: recognition, assessment and management (NICE Guidelines)
FOAMed:
eLFH:
eLA Module 03 Introduction to Critical Care:
Sepsis
General ICU Care:
Microbiology:
Nosocomial infections
YouTube:
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Guidelines/Frameworks:
FOAMed Resources:
Airway:
Pleural procedures:
Bronchoscopy:
Arterial Line:
Central Access:
Lumbar Puncture:
NG Tube Insertion:
eLFH:
eLA Module 03 Introduction to Critical Care:
General ICU Care < Procedures:
Central venous access: indications, sites and complications
Central venous access: techniques
Arterial line: indications, insertion, complications
Nasogastric insertion
Catheter insertion
Bronchoscopy in critical care
Seldinger chest drain
Surgical chest drain
YouTube:
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FOAMed Resources:
Imaging:
NG Tube Placement:
Line Placement:
ETT Placement:
Respiratory disease:
eLFH:
eLA Module 03 Introduction to Critical Care:
General ICU:
Investigations
Radiography for Intensive Care
Articles:
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FOAMed Resources:
Respiratory:
Cardiac:
Holistic:
Teams:
Family-centred care:
Managing Complications:
eLFH:
eLA > Core Training – Clinical:
Module 03 Introduction to Critical Care:
Invasive Ventilation
General ICU Care:
Drugs in Critical Care:
Fluid Therapy
Management of delirium
Basic Care Bundles < Physiotherapy and rehabilitation
Rehab
YouTube:
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Guidelines/Frameworks:
FOAMed Resources:
Articles:
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Guidelines/Frameworks:
Care of dying adults in the last days of life (NICE Guidance)
Treatment and care towards the end of life: good practice in decision making (GMC)
FOAMed Resources:
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Guidelines/Frameworks:
FOAMed Resources:
eLFH:
eLA Module 03 Introduction to Critical Care > End of life care
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Guidelines/Frameworks:
Acutely ill adults in hospital: recognising and responding to deterioration (NICE)
NEWS systems that alert to deteriorating adult paitnets in hospital
FOAMed Resources:
eLFH:
eLA Module 03 – Introduction to Critical Care:
Recognition of the critically ill patient
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FY2 Emergency Medicine