2025 Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult Online-Section 1 Handouts

Section 1 Handouts

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The Multiprofessional Critical Care Review Course: Adult, Section One, provides an extensive overview of various critical care topics, focusing on evidence-based management practices for adult ICU patients. Key sections include:<br /><br />1. <strong>Sepsis and Septic Shock:</strong> Defines sepsis as a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection, focusing on early identification and management through fluid resuscitation, antibiotics, and vasopressors. Emphasizes the importance of recognizing septic shock characterized by persistent hypotension and elevated lactate levels. Outcomes improve with early intervention.<br /><br />2. <strong>Severe Infections:</strong> Covers bacterial, fungal, and viral infections, detailing specific pathogens and their implications in critical care, emphasizing early detection, infection source control, and appropriate antimicrobial therapy to prevent complications like organ failures.<br /><br />3. <strong>Trauma Management:</strong> Highlights the ATLS protocol for assessing trauma patients, focusing on airway management, hemorrhage control, and stabilization. The integration of imaging (eFAST) and advanced resuscitation techniques like REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta) are discussed for severe cases.<br /><br />4. <strong>Hepatic Failure:</strong> Explores acute liver failure's causes, complications, and treatment strategies, including corticosteroids and liver transplantation criteria. Management of associated organ failures and initiating early nutrition support are fundamental aspects.<br /><br />5. <strong>Monitoring Environmental Injury:</strong> Discusses the management of environmental injuries like hypothermia, burns, and poisoning, underlining the significance of recognizing symptoms early and providing appropriate interventions, such as rewarming techniques or hyperbaric oxygen therapy.<br /><br />6. <strong>Nutritional Support in ICU:</strong> Stresses early initiation of enteral nutrition to preserve gut function and prevent nutritional deficits, with special considerations for patients at high nutritional risk or malnutrition.<br /><br />Each section is backed by recent studies and consensus guidelines, emphasizing tailored patient management to improve clinical outcomes. These guidelines stress a multidisciplinary approach to critical care, encouraging effective communication and collaboration across healthcare teams.

Keywords

critical care

sepsis management

septic shock

severe infections

trauma management

hepatic failure

environmental injury

nutritional support

multidisciplinary approach

ICU guidelines

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