PIECEs Course V01 | Practical Intensive Care by Experts

Course Overview

PIECEs Scope:

The PIECEs course is covering the main topics and skills an intensivist should know to keep up with every day’s challenges.

PIECEs Target Audience:

This continuous education format is suitable for junior / senior residents, ICU specialist, up to young ICU Consultants who are aiming to have a focused review on main CCM topics and guidelines.

PIECEs Course Structure:

The structure of the PIECES course focuses on evidence based medical knowledge, summarizing the main CCM guidelines. The course’s main focus is to provide practical content, rich with case scenarios & tree-algorithms.

Session Format: 

• In-target Practical Presentations format:
  • Disease Management (Including disease diagnosis, lines of treatment and indications for each line).
  • Case Presentations: Demonstration of latest guidelines through practical cases.
  • Tree-Algorithm: Decision making algorithms according to definite therapeutic targets or investigation findings.

Course Guidelines:

• Latest evidence based data
• To the point practical education
• Focus on management & decision making
• Emphasize on hands-on practice
• Deliver experts’ experience through tips & pearls

PIECEs Topics:

1. Antibiotics
2. Antifungal
3. Anti-viral
4. Anti-epileptic & Sedatives
5. Anti-Hypertension
6. EGDT Sepsis Guidelines
7. GOLD COPD Guidelines
8. ARDS Guidelines
9. Heart Failure / Cardiogenic shock
10. Tachyarrhythmias
11. Bradycardias, Syncope & CEIDs
12. ACS
13. Stroke Guidelines
14. ATLS / ACLS Station
15. Assessment of fluid responsiveness
16. Traumatic Brain Injury
17. Trauma Team – Disaster Management
18. Our Ethics, Communication, Quality & Patient Safety
19. Parenteral nutrition & Potentiation of Enteral feed
20. Infection control

Hands-on & Skill Stations:

1. Bronchoscopy in ICU
2. Difficult Airway Management
3. Echo in ICU & assessment of Fluid responsiveness
4. Renal Replacement
5. Intravascular Access
6. US lung
7. FAST US
8. Disease oriented Protocols of MV
9. ICU Equations & Risk Stratification Scores
10. ATLS / ACLS scenarios