Fundamental Critical Care Support: Resource Limited Online Course (2026)
Continuing Education

Accredited continuing education (ACE) release date: February 11, 2026 
SCCM Product Code: FCCSRLON26 
ACE expiration date: February 1, 2029 
Estimated time for activity completion: 5.75 hours 

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Learning Objectives
  • Summarize the fundamentals of resource-limited critical care and how they apply to clinician knowledge, skills, abilities, and time availability 
  • Describe the epidemiology and management of unique illnesses and injuries associated with armed conflicts and disasters and the implications of risk to caregivers 
  • Employ the principles of resource-limited critical care management, including preplanning, the minimum-better-best paradigm, resource utilization, and telemedicine 
Target Audience

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

  • Advanced practice practitioners
  • Anesthesiologists
  • Clinical nurse specialists
  • In-Training practitioners
  • Nurses
  • Nurse educators
  • Nurse managers
  • Medical directors
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Physician assistants
  • Respiratory care practitioners
  • Surgeons
Type of Activity

This online activity will provide education for healthcare professionals who may encounter critically ill or injured patients in resource-limited environments. 

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: 

  • Adaptability and flexibility
  • Cultural Competence
  • Organizational skills
  • Teamwork and collaboration
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.  

By registering for and completing this continuing medical education activity, I give permission to the Society of Critical care Medicine to share my accredited continuing education (ACE) completion information and related personal information (e.g. name, National Provider Identifier, birthdate MM/DD) with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) for inclusion in my CME Passport transcript and, potentially, reporting to my certifying and licensing bodies and any other regulatory authority that I specify. 

Credit Hours

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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 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent in the educational activity.

 

The 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: Resource Limited activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 5.75 contact hours.  

 

A picture containing text, window, clipart, picture frameDescription automatically generatedPharmacists: 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 5.75 contact hours of continuing education credit.

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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 5.75 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. 

Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this accredited continuing education (ACE) activity, which includes participation and a passing score of 70% in the evaluation component/posttest, enables the participant to earn up to 5.75 medical knowledge maintenance of certification (MOC) points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) MOC programs. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of ACE credits claimed for the activity.

This course meets the requirements for MOC for up to 5.75 credits.

The MOC 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.

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. 
 
Planners and Faculty: 

Craig Ainsworth, MD

US Army Institute of Surgical Research

San Antonio, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Heatherlee Bailey, MD, MCCM, FAAEM

Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Alice Barsoumian, MD, FIDSA, FACP

San Antonio Military Medical Center

San Antonio, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Dana Blyth, MD

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Bethesda, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Matthew Borgman, MD, FCCM

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Elizabeth Bridges, CCNS, MSN, PhD, RN, FCCM

University of Washington, Medical Center

Seattle, Washington, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kelvin Bush, MD

San Antonio Military Medical Center

San Antonio, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Leopoldo Cancio, MD, FCCM

United States Army Institute of Surgical Research

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA

Inventor: Burn Navigator

 

Mike Christian, MD, MSc

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Christopher Colombo, MD, MA, FCCM

Madigan Army Medical Center

Lewis-McChord, Washington, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Ryan Costantino, MCPS, MS, PharmD, BCGP

Sn Antonio, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jeffrey DellaVolpe, MD

Methodist Hospital

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

David Dries, MD, MCCM, MSE

Regions Hospital

St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Raymond Fang, MD, FACS

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

David Ferraro, MD, FCCM

National Jewish Health

Denver, Colorado, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

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

Vila Nova De Gaia, Portugal

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

James Geiling MD, MPH, FCCM

White River Junction Veterans Medical Center

White River Junction, Vermont, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Michael Green, MD

UT Southwester Children’s Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jennifer Gurney, MD

United States Army Institute of Surgical Research

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Mitchell Hamele, MD

Tripler Army Medical Center

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Scott Harvey, MD, MS, FCCM

University of California, San Diego

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kristie Hertel, DNP, CCRN, ACNP, FCCM

ECU Health Medical Center

Greenville, North Carolina, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Lewis Kaplan, MD, MCCM

Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jim Lantry, MD

University of Maryland Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Elizabeth Mann-Salinas, PhD, FCCM

United States Institute of Surgical Research

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Renee Matos, MD, MPH, FCCM

San Antonio Military Medical Center

San Antonio, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Ryan Maves, MD, FCCM

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Stewart McCarver, MD

Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Clinton Murray

San Antonio Military Medical Center

San Antonio, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Erika O’Neil, MD

San Antonio Military Medical Center

San Antonio, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jeremy Pamplin, MD, FCCM

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Arlington, Virginia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Michele Papo, MD, MPH, FCCM

Medical City Children’s Hospital

Dallas, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

John Parrish, MD, FCCM

Naval Medical Center San Diego

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Joelle Pierre-Louis, MD

New York, New York, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Sharon Plenner

Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Travis Polk, MD

DoD Combat Casualty Care Research Program

Frederick, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Douglas Powell, MD

West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute

Morgantown, West Virginia, 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

 

Gloria Rodriguez-Vega, MD, MCCM

San Juan, Puerto Rico

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Babak Sarani, MD, FCCM, FACS

George Washinton University

District of Columbia, Washington, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Michael Tripp, MD, FCCM

Sharp

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Philbert Van, MD, FACS

Oregon Health and Science University

Portland, Oregon, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Christopher Van Fosson, PhD, RN, MHA

Us Army Institute of Surgical Research

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Robert Walter, MD, DHCE, FACP, FCCP

Brooke Army Medical Center

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Christopher Watson, MD, MPH, FCCM

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta

Augusta, Georgia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

James Watts, MD

Fort Stewart

Fort Stewart, Georgia, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Sabrena Wells, BS, BSN, CCRN, MSN, RN

Brooke Army Medical Center

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Heather Yun, MD

Brooke Army Medical Center

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

David Zonies, MD, MPH, MBA, FCCM

Harborview Medical Center

Seattle, Washington, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Summary
Availability:
On-Demand
Expires on Feb 01, 2029
Credit Offered:
5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit Credits
5.75 ACPE (Pharmacy) – Home Study Credits
5.75 CABN (Nursing) Credits
5.75 Certificate of Participation Credits
5.75 Physician Assistant Credits
5.75 MOC – ABIM Points
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