The C19_SPACE course is a resource for health professionals, based on the latest evidence and available in six languages
The C19_SPACE course is a resource for health professionals, based on the latest evidence and available in six languages. With the support of the European Union early in the COVID-19 pandemic, ESICM developed the C19 Skills Preparation Course (C19_SPACE) to orientate and supplement clinical learning for nurses and doctors not regularly or newly engaged in intensive care units (ICUs). C19_SPACE provided the most recent evidence-based information, video lectures and clinical case videos delivered by critical care experts to continue supporting the healthcare community worldwide.
In a new collaboration with WHO and ESICM the C19_SPACE interactive programme has been delivered inArabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanishto ensure the course can reach a wider global healthcare audience.
Along with multiple hours of training, the course includes a series of downloadable checklists to guide health professionals through decision-making at the patient’s bedside.
WHO and ESICM have been working closely to identify and enroll the participants in the new multilanguage learning platform.
Local training events
Programme
The face-to-face local training reinforces the fundamentals in intensive care studied during the online self-learning component. The local training addresses healthcare professionals (doctors and nurses alike) not regularly working in the ICU, willing to improve their knowledge and skills on fundamentals in intensive care.
Location: Lesotho Format: Face to Face Date: 20-22 June, 2023
Location: Zambia Format: Face to Face Date: 01-03 August 2023
Location: Tanzania Format: Face to Face Date: 04-06 October 2023
Location: Mauritania Format: Face to Face Date: 06-08 November 2023
Location: Togo Format: Face to Face Date: 27-29 November 2023
Location: Lesotho Format: Face to Face Date: 18-20 December 2023
Amro region
Location: Belize
Format: Face to Face
Date: 07-08 November 2023
Emro region
Location: Yemen
Format: Face to Face
Date: 17-19 December 2023
Euro region
Information coming soon.
Searo region
Information coming soon.
Wpro region
Information coming soon.
Self-paced online learning
The course consists of 24 hours of training for both nurses and doctors. Enrolled participants can engage in self-paced learning online at home. The course includes:
Video lectures
This includes 8 online modules:
Personal safety, donning and doffing of personal protective equipment (PPE)
Introduction to ICU
The ICU patient: general aspects and admission sequence
Basics of respiratory support
Basics of haemodynamic monitoring
Sepsis and infections in ICU
Other aspects of ICU care
Team care
Video clinical cases
This includes:
Basics of Respiratory Support
Basics of Haemodynamic Monitoring
Sepsis and Infection
Sedation in the ICU: Applied Clinical Pharmacology
2D Virtual reality simulation
This includes:
ICU tour (organizational aspects of ICU, ICU care principles: multidisciplinary care team, roles and tasks, ICU care pathway: short- and long-term planning, patient room specifications)
Exploration tour
Admission sequence of the ICU patient, bundles of care, decision-making pathways
Two master cases which reinforce the fundamentals studied during the online component regarding respiratory and haemodynamic monitoring, sepsis and infections, and other important aspects to be considered such as sedation and nutrition in ICU patients.
2 master cases
Master case 1: Deteriorating patient
Admission and line-up
Daily routine
Troubleshooting ventilation
Troubleshooting haemodynamically unstable patient
Master case 2: Stabilized patient
Troubleshooting ventilation
Daily routine
ICU checklists
A series of translated checklists are available for easy use at the local level on the most relevant ICU activities/actions.
Recommendations for sepsis: the 1-hour sepsis bundle
Upon the successful completion of the course, participants will obtain a certificate with 24 CME/CE credits.
The C19_SPACE programme does not replace comprehensive training in intensive care, nor does it confer the qualification of Intensivist. The programme offers an introduction or review of the fundamentals of Intensive Care.