Basic Assessment & Support in ICU (BASIC)

BASIC – Basic Assessment & Support in ICU

This two day course covers the essential elements of Intensive Care medicine, pitched at new doctors and nurses entering into critical care environments.

Topics covered include assessing seriously ill patients, airway management, managing respiratory failure, ventilation basics and strategies, haemodynamic monitoring and shock, trauma management, neurological emergencies, sepsis, nutrition, renal impairment and electrolyte disturbances, sedation and transport of the critically ill patient.

2025 dates

6-7 February

27-28 March

12-13 June

28-29 August

30-31 October

 

The ICU BASIC is hosted at the SCGH Simulation Centre but is run by the SCGH ICU Department.

To register for this course, please contact SCGH.ICUAdmin@health.wa.gov.au