Organised by Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dates: 29 – 30 June 2009
The aim of the BASIC course is to teach participants to rapidly assess seriously ill patients and provide initial treatment and organ support.
Venue: Postgraduate Education Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
Cost: $2000 (inclusive of textbook)
Official website here.
Excerpted from its poster: The course, which is designed for doctors with little experience of Intensive Care, consists of a series of lectures and skill stations covering many aspects of the care of critically ill patients with an emphasis on supportive management, particularly mechanical ventilation.
Topics will include: airway management, CPR, acute respiratory failure, mechancial ventilation, haemodynamic monitoring, diagnosis and management of shock, trauma, severe sepsis, transport of the critically ill, acute renal failure, metabolic disturbances and acid base disturbances.
Participants limited to 30