Intensive Care Preparedness Training (ICPT) Course

In the climate of a disease outbreak, there is an urgent need for skilled nurses to provide safe care to patients requiring advance medical support. This course aims to equip nurses in a short period of time with the essential skills to deliver safe and holistic care that improve patients’ outcomes in ICU setting.

At this course, participants will learn to:

• Discuss the needs for assisted ventilation

• Assist in intubation and extubation

• Outline the roles of nurses in the different modalities in invasive ventilation

• Interpret arterial blood gas results and recommend corrective actions

• Recognize common arrhythmias in critically ill patients and manage the situations

• Recognize the haemodynamic changes in critically ill patients and escalation of management

• Discuss the infection control practices in ICU

• Outline the use of non- invasive ventilation

• Outline the use of inotropic and sedative drugs and neuromuscular blocking agents

• Discuss the sedation protocol in ICU

• Outline the care of patient with Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

• Discuss nursing care for patients with respiratory failure, shock/sepsis

• Discuss the nursing management of patient with neurological monitoring

• Discuss the nursing management of patient with acute coronary syndrome, congestive heart failure and open heart surgery

• Demonstrate the ability in:

• Endotracheal intubation and Extubation

• Management of patients on mechanical ventilation

• Management of patient on Non-invasive ventilation

• Endo tracheal Suctioning

• Performing Sedation Monitoring in ICU

• Operating Transport Ventilator Impact (EMV+)

Target Audience

Registered Nurses

• With a least 1 year of working experience in ICA or HD
  

• Identified to work in PACU

Exclusion criteria

Advanced Diploma in critical care or currently working in ICU

Dates

24 to 27 April 2023
6 to 9 November 2023

Duration

35 hours

Mode of Training

Classroom / Workshop

Venue

Alice Lee Institute of Advanced Nursing

20 College Road, Academia

Singapore 169856

Course Fee

*Course fee is subject to change.

Registration 

Please contact ian@sgh.com.sg for enquiries and registration.

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