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FCCS: Surgical Online Course
Continuing Education

Accredited continuing education (ACE) release date: January 17, 2025 
SCCM Product Code: FCCSSU25ON
ACE expiration date: October 1, 2027
Estimated time for activity completion: 10.75 hours 

Learning Objectives
  • Describe the physiologic derangements that occur with surgical care
  • Identify common complications that occur in critically ill surgical patients
  • Identify adverse events and drug interactions from anesthetics in the postoperative period
  • Recognize the signs and symptoms of a surgical emergency based on a patient's history and clinical presentation.
  • Recognize wound dehiscence and infection
  • Recognize diagnostic methods and management of principles of gastrointestinal bleeding
  • Recognize tracheostomy complications and outline steps for immediate action
Target Audience

This enduring continuing education activity is intended to meet the needs of all practitioners who care for critically ill patients, including: 

  • Advanced practice nurse
  • Anesthesiologists
  • Clinical nurse specialist
  • In-training practitioners
  • Medical directors
  • Nurses
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Physician assistant
  • Respiratory care practitioners
Type of Activity

This online activity is designed for clinicians who will optimize treatment and address the needs of the critically ill surgical patient, facilitating better utilization of surgical specialties or stabilizing patients when immediate surgical or critical care expertise is not available. 

Competencies

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) supports recommendations that will promote lifelong learning through continuing education. SCCM promotes activities that encourage the highest quality in education that will enhance knowledge, competence, or performance in critical care practice. This activity will meet the following competencies: 

  • Interpersonal communication
  • Medical knowledge
  • Patient care
  • Practice-based learning and improvement
Claiming Credit

You can access the pretest, course materials, and posttest; complete your evaluation; and claim your ACE credit by logging in to your MySCCM account with your SCCM Customer ID and password, then clicking on the icon for the course you are enrolled in under the MyLearning tab. If needed, you can click "Forgot my password" to reset your secure password.  

Credit Hours

Physicians:

Accreditation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Designation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine designates this enduring educational activity for a maximum of 10.75 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent in the educational activity.

 

CME Passport LogoThe ACCME credits that physicians earn from this activity will be submitted to ACCME’s CME Passport, a free, centralized web application where you can create a personalized account to view, track, and generate transcripts of your reported ACCME credit. Visit www.cmepassport.org to create your account.

 

Nurses: The FCCS: Surgical activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 10.75 contact hours.  

 

ACPE LogoPharmacists: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This enduring educational activity provides up to 10.75 contact hours of continuing education credit.  

(0236-0000-25-172-H01-P)

 

SCCM reports to a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) tracking service, CPE Monitor, which will authenticate and store data for completed CPE units received by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. The tracking system will make CPE data for each participant available to the state boards of pharmacy where the participant is licensed or registered. After CPE units are processed by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to log in to a comprehensive electronic profile to access information about their completed CPE. 

 

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physicians Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 10.75 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.
SCCM Grievance Procedures Policy

To provide due process in the evaluation and mediation of grievances concerning ACE activities, this Grievance Procedures Policy was developed. Grievances may concern, but are not limited to, the awarding of credit for individual participation and/or registration fees issues.

  • A written complaint or grievance should be submitted to the Education Department.
  • The Education Department will attempt to resolve the grievance of the complainant.
  • If the initial response is unsatisfactory to the complainant, the matter will be referred to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/Executive Vice President (EVP) for action.
  • If the response from the CEO/EVP is unsatisfactory to the complainant, the matter will be referred to the SCCM Executive Committee. The ruling of the Executive Committee will be final.
Disclosures
The content of this activity has been peer reviewed and has been approved for compliance. The faculty and contributors have indicated the following financial relationships, which have been mitigated through an established conflict-of-interest resolution process and have stated that these reported relationships will not have any impact on their ability to provide unbiased content. 
Planner and Faculty Disclosure Information

Planners:

Antonio Gandra D’Almeida, MD, MDM, FACS, FCCM

Coimbra Military Health Center

Cimbra, Portugal

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Keith Killu, MD, FCCM

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Mary Reed, MD, FCCM

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Janet Thron

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Faculty:

Kwame Akuamoah-Boateng, DNP, MSN, RN

Virginia Commonwealth University Health

Barboursville, Virginia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Darrell Alley, MBA, MD, FACS, FCCP

Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital

Houston, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Promise Ariyo, MD

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Marie Baldisseri, MD, MPH, FCCM

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Michael Banks, MD, MEHP

John Hopkins Hospital  

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Dionne Blyden, MD

Henry Ford Hospital

Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Michael Bryan Boling, ACNP, DNP

University of Kentucky Medical Center

Lexington, Kentucky, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Melissa Brunsvold, MD, FACS, FCCM

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Victor Coba, MD

Henry Ford Hospital

Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Bryan Collier, DO, FACS, CNSC

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital

Roanoke, Virginia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Gary Collin, MD, FACS, FCCM

Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Roanoke, Virginia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Craig Coopersmith, MD, FACS, MCCM

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, Georgia

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Michaelia Cucci, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS

Cleveland Clinic Akron General

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Patrick Delaplain, MD

Orange, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Leandro De Carvalho, MD

Sociedade Mineira De Terapia Intesiva

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Lauren Donatelli-Seyler, DO, FACOS, FACS

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Todd Dorman, MD, MCCM

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

David Dries, MD, MSE, MCCM

Regions Hospital

Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Antonio Gandra D’Almeida, MD, MDM, FACS, FCCM

Coimbra Military Health Center

Cimbra, Portugal

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Vanessa Goldenberg

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, New York, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

John Gruen, MD

Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center

Los Angeles, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Mehrnaz Hadian, MD, MS, JD

Hadian Law

West Hollywood, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Mark Hamill, MD

Omaha, Nebraska

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kristie Hertel, ACNP, CCRN, MSN

Vidant Medical Center

Winterville, North Carolina, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jorge Hidalgo, MD, MACP, MCCM

Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital/Belize Healthcare Partners

Belize City, Belize

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Stuart Hurst

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Ella Illuzzi, ANP

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, New York, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kaori Ito, MD, PhD, FACS

Teikyo University

Tokyo, Japan

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Shabbar Joad, MD, FNB, FICCM, FCCP, FCCM

Fortis Hospital

Jaipur, India

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Victor Joe, MD, FACS

UC Irvine Healthcare

Irvine, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Keith Killu, MD, FCCM

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Stefan Leichtle, MD, FACS

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Francis Lytle, MD

University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Anthony Manasia, MD

Mount Sinai Medical Center

New York, New York, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Nazia Mashriqi, MD, MBA

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, New York, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Bushra Mina, MD, FCCM

Lenox Hill Hospital

Cresskill, New Jersey, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Douglas Naylor, JR, MD, FACS, MCCM

UH Cleveland Medical Center

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Mark Newell, MD FACS

Brody School of Medicine at ECU

Greenville, North Carolina, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Frank O’Connell, MD, FACP, FCCP

AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center

Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

John Oropello, MD, FCCM

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York, New York, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Richard Patch, III, MD

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Michael Pisa, ACNP, ACNP-BC

Hospital of The University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Sujanthy Rajaram, MD, MPH, FCCP

Morristown Medical Center

Morristown, New Jersey, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Mary Reed, MD, FCCM

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Sophia Rodgers, ACNP, MSN, DNP

Lovelace Medical Center

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Mark Safford, MD, FCCP, FACP

NYC Health + Hospitals Queens

Merrick, New York, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Raul Sanchez Leon, MD, FACP, FCCP, CNSC

Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Gregory Schaefer, DO

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Morgantown, West Virginia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Varothayan Sriskantharajah

University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Colombo, Sri Lanka

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Daniel Storzer, ACNP, DNP, FCCM

Neenah, Wisconsin, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Denise Torres, MD

University of Maryland Medical Center, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Daniel Wu, DO, FACOS

Penn Medical Lancaster General Hospital

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Summary
Availability: On-Demand
Expires on Oct 01, 2027
Credit Offered:
10.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit Credits
10.75 ACPE (Pharmacy) – Home Study Credits
10.75 CABN (Nursing) Credits
10.75 Certificate of Participation Credits
10.75 Physician Assistant Credits
Contains: 3 Courses
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