BASIC – Basic Assessment and Support in ICU

This two-day course covers the essential elements of Intensive Care medicine, pitched at junior doctors 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. 

2027 dates

• Round 1: February 4 and 5
• Round 2: March 31 and April 1
• Round 3: June 17 and 18
• Round 4: August 25 and 26
• Round 5: November 4 and 5

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.