01.+General+concepts


 * Module 1 :**

__10th of September 2009 - PIMS Auditorium__ 2-3PM Historical perspective - Dr Rubina Aman 3-4PM Organisation of care - Dr Vincent Ioos 4-5PM Minimal requirement for ICUs - Dr Rubina Aman 5-6PM Admission, discharge and triage criteria - Dr Vincent Ioos

__11th of September 2009 - PIMS Auditorium__ 3-4PM ICU scoring systems - Dr Vincent Ioos 4-5PM Patient safety - Dr Rubina Aman 5-6PM Learning resources - Dr Vincent Ioos 6-7PM Communicating with the patients and their families - Dr Rubina Aman

[|Societe de Reanimation de Langue Francaise] [|CoBaTrICE] [|European Society of Intensive Care Medicine] [|The Intensive Care Society] [|Society of Critical Care Medicine] [|Patient safety in the ICU] [|Anaesthesia UK / Intensive Care Medicine]
 * Useful web links**


 * Lectures**


 * References**


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 * 2) Carson SS; Stocking C; Podsadecki T; Christenson J; Pohlman A; MacRae S; Jordan J; Humphrey H; Siegler M; Hall J. Effects of organizational change in the medical intensive care unit of a teaching hospital: a comparison of 'open' and 'closed' formats. JAMA 1996 Jul 24-31;276(4):322-8.
 * 3) Pronovost PJ; Angus DC; Dorman T; Robinson KA; Dremsizov TT; Young TL. Physician staffing patterns and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients: a systematic review. JAMA 2002 Nov 6; 288(17):2151-62.
 * 4) Cantor MD; Braddock CH 3rd; Derse AR; Edwards DM; Logue GL; Nelson W; Prudhomme AM; Pearlman RA; Reagan JE; Wlody GS; Fox E. Do-not-resuscitate orders and medical futility. Arch Intern Med 2003 Dec 8-22; 163(22):2689-94.
 * 5) Duke GJ; Green JV; Briedis JH. Night-shift discharge from intensive care unit increases the mortality-risk of ICU survivors. Anaesth Intensive Care 2004 Oct; 32(5):697-701.
 * 6) Bernat JL. Medical futility: definition, determination, and disputes in critical care. Neurocrit Care. 2005;2(2):198-205.
 * 7) Zimmerman JE; Kramer AA; McNair DS; Malila FM. Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) IV: Hospital mortality assessment for today's critically ill patients. Crit Care Med. 2006 May; 34(5):1297-310.
 * 8) Lautrette A; Darmon M; Megarbane B; Joly LM; Chevret S; Adrie C; Barnoud D; Bleichner G; Bruel C; Choukroun G; Curtis JR; Fieux F; Galliot R; Garrouste-Orgeas M; Georges H; Goldgran-Toledano D; Jourdain M; Loubert G; Reignier J; Saidi F; Souweine B; Vincent F; Barnes NK; Pochard F; Schlemmer B; Azoulay E. A communication strategy and brochure for relatives of patients dying in the ICU. N Engl J Med. 2007 Feb 1; 356(5):469-78.
 * 9) Wall RJ; Engelberg RA; Gries CJ; Glavan B; Curtis JR. Spiritual care of families in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med. 2007 Apr; 35(4):1084-90.
 * 10) Wall RJ; Curtis JR; Cooke CR; Engelberg RA. Family Satisfaction in the ICU: Differences between Families of Survivors and Non survivors. Chest. 2007 Nov; 132(5):1425-33.