This Hybrid Master's Degree aims to meet the training needs of physicians working in an Intensive Care Unit” 

Intensive Care Medicine is the specialty in charge of treating critically ill patients. In this field, procedures are constantly being updated to support the various life-saving tasks of professionals. Therefore, experts in this field are required to master the use of novel high-tech equipment for patient monitoring or the particularities of newly developed drugs, among other aspects. Given this situation, this program is oriented to respond to the academic updating needs of these specialists, in order to develop their medical practice in the Intensive Care Unit.

This Hybrid Master's Degree addresses a selection of the most interesting topics in which there have been new developments and allows you to have the most current view of each of them. During 12 months of learning, the student will identify the most updated techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of sepsis or master the novel procedures for the management of subarachnoid hemorrhage for patients in the Intensive Care Unit. You will also acquire state-of-the-art knowledge in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Likewise, the Intensive Care Medicine professional must have adequate skills to transmit both good and bad news to the patient's relatives. Therefore, this program also places special emphasis on the most appropriate communication strategies from a psychological approach.

Thanks to the 100% online mode in which the theoretical part of this program is taught, students will be able to manage their study time according to their personal or work needs. In addition, after completing this learning phase, you will transfer your knowledge to practice in a highly prestigious hospital environment. Thus, together with the advice of a private tutor and integrated in a multidisciplinary work team, you will incorporate new skills applicable in your professional life.

With this academic program, you will assimilate new procedures for the management of various infectious pathologies”

This Hybrid Master's Degree in Update in Intensive Care Medicine contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• Development of more than 100 clinical cases presented by professionals in Intensive Care Medicine and specialists in critical patient care
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice
• Diagnostic and therapeutic novelties on the management of patients in the Intensive Care Unit
• Presentation of practical workshops on procedures, diagnosis, and Psychotherapeutic treatment Psychopharmacological treatment techniques
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Updated methods and novel tools for neurological management of the critically ill patient
• All of this will be complemented by theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection
• In addition, you will be able to do an internship in one of the best hospitals in the world

Add to your online study the clinical internship in an Intensive Care Unit with the highest quality standards and in an elite hospital center. All thanks to this program”

In this Hybrid Master's Degree proposal, of a professionalizing nature and blended learning modality, the program is aimed at updating medical professionals who perform their functions in the Intensive Care Unit, and who require a high level of qualification. The contents are based on the latest scientific evidence, and oriented in a didactic way to integrate theoretical knowledge into medical practice, and the theoretical-practical elements will facilitate the updating of knowledge and will allow decision making in patient management.

Thanks to their multimedia content developed with the latest educational technology, they will allow the medical professional a situated and contextual learning, that is, a simulated environment that will provide an immersive learning programmed to train in real situations. This program is designed around Problem-Based Learning, whereby the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise throughout the program. For this purpose, the student will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned experts.

Get an excellent learning experience from prestigious professionals with this intensive program designed by experts in the medical sector"

Do not miss the opportunity to update your knowledge through this Hybrid Master's Degree of the highest quality, in a practical way and adapted to your needs"

The syllabus of this program has a curriculum consisting of 10 modules through which the professional will update and expand their knowledge in the field of Intensive Care Medicine. Likewise, the didactic resources to which you will have access during the duration of this program are present in formats as diverse as the interactive summary, the explanatory video or the complementary readings. Thanks to this, the student will obtain an enjoyable learning experience that is 
completely adapted to their individualized needs.

Through excellent theoretical content, you will completely update and expand your knowledge in Intensive Care Medicine”

Module 1. Management in the Intensive Care Unit

1.1. Patient Safety

1.1.1. Concept
1.1.2. Evolution of Patient Safety
1.1.3. Medical Errors
1.1.4. Various Definitions
1.1.5. Security Culture
1.1.6. Risk Management
1.1.7. Where Are We?
1.1.8. Patient Safety in Intensive Care Units

1.2. Information Systems
1.3. ICU Without Walls

1.3.1. Problem: Why Did the ICU Without Walls Model Emerge?
1.3.2. Solution: Early Detection of Severity
1.3.3. ICU Without Walls Project

1.4. Humanization in the Care of Critically Ill Patients

1.4.1. Introduction. HU-CI Project
1.4.2. Involvement of Family Members in the Care and Presence in Certain Proceedings
1.4.3. Perceived Quality. Satisfaction Surveys
1.4.4. Communication Between Professionals
1.4.5. Professional Needs. Professional Burnout
1.4.6. Post- ICU Syndrome. Psychological Results
1.4.7. Humanized Architecture

1.5. Quality and Excellence in the ICU

1.5.1. Quality Models
1.5.2. EFQM Excellence Model
1.5.3. Quality Group in the ICU

1.6. Prognosis in ICU

1.6.1. History of Severity Scales
1.6.2. Prognosis Scales
1.6.3. Comparison of Scales
1.6.4. Unresolved Issues

1.7. The Family of the Critically Ill Patient

1.7.1. Communicating Bad News
1.7.2. Family in the ICU
1.7.3. Participation in Care

1.8. Open Door ICU

1.8.1. Family, Relatives and Visitors
1.8.2. About the Visits and their Organization
1.8.3. Why Are they Organized this Way?
1.8.4. What Do Patients and Families Want?
1.8.5. Is a Change Possible?
1.8.6. Proposals for the Future

1.9. The ICU at the End of Life

1.9.1. Ethical Principles of Limitation of Life-Sustaining Treatments (LST)
1.9.2. Limitation of Life-Sustaining Treatments and Patient's Autonomy
1.9.3. Decision-Making Process at Limitation of LST
1.9.4. Palliative Care Plan
1.9.5. Conflict Management
1.9.6. Support to Professionals
1.9.7. Decision Not to Resuscitate
1.9.8. Organ Donation Considerations
1.9.9. Rule Out ICU Admission

1.10. Mortality Stratification Systems in the ICU

Module 2. Cardiovascular Disorders in the Patient

2.1. Hemodynamic Monitoring

2.1.1. Basics of Hemodynamic Monitoring
2.1.2. Current Utility of the Swan Ganz in Intensive Care Medicine
2.1.3. Minimally Invasive Monitoring
2.1.4. Non-invasive Monitoring
2.1.5. Practical Approach to Hemodynamic Monitoring

2.2. Current Management of Acute Heart Failure and Cardiogenic Shock

2.2.1. Prehospital Management
2.2.2. Initial Management of AHF without Cardiogenic Shock
2.2.3. Cardiogenic Shock

2.3. Role of Echocardiography in the Hemodynamic Management of the Critically Ill Patient

2.3.1. Obtaining an Echocardiogram
2.3.2. Detection of Structural Alterations
2.3.3. Global Cardiac Assessment
2.3.4. Preload Assessment
2.3.5. Contractility Assessment
2.3.6. Afterload Assessment
2.3.7. Echocardiogram in the Severe Cardiological and Non-Cardiological Patient

2.4. Key Points in the Current Cardiac Surgery Postoperative Period

2.4.1. Patient Reception
2.4.2. Uncomplicated Postoperative Period
2.4.3. Complications
2.4.4. Specific Considerations

2.5. Current Management of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS)

2.5.1. Introduction. Epidemiology
2.5.2. Concept: Definition and Classification
2.5.3. Risk Factors. Precipitating Factors
2.5.4. Clinical Presentation
2.5.5. Diagnosis. ECG, Biomarkers, Non-invasive Imaging Techniques
2.5.6. Risk Stratification
2.5.7. ACS Treatment: Pharmacological Strategy, Reperfusion Strategy ( Coronary Intervention, Fibrinolysis, Coronary Artery Revascularization Surgery)
2.5.8. Systemic Complications of ACS
2.5.9. Cardiological Complications of ACS
2.5.10. Mechanical Complications of ACS

2.6. Arrhythmias in ICU

2.6.1. Bradyarrhythmias
2.6.2. Tachyarrhythmias

2.7. Acute Aortic Disease
2.8. Use of Blood Products in the Critically Ill Patient
2.9. New Anticoagulants
2.10. Venous Thromboembolic Disease

2.10.1. Pathophysiology
2.10.2. Deep Vein Thrombosis
2.10.3. Acute Pulmonary Embolism

2.11. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Adults (ECMO)

Module 3. Update on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in intensive care medicine and management of the critically ill respiratory patient

3.1. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Algorithm

3.1.1. Basic Life Support (BLS)
3.1.2. Advanced Life Support (ALS)
3.1.3. Post-Resuscitation Care (PRC)
3.1.4. PRC Training

3.2. Management of Post-Resuscitation Syndrome

3.2.1. Post-Cardiac Arrest Syndrome
3.2.2. Airway and Breathing
3.2.3. Circulation
3.2.4. Disability: Measures for Neurological Recovery
3.2.5. Neurological Prognostic Assessment Protocol

3.3. Neurological Damage After Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. Management and Prognostic Assessment

3.3.1. Pathophysiology of Brain Damage
3.3.2. Therapeutic Measures aimed at the Control of the Brain Injury
3.3.3. Prognosis

3.4. Difficult Airway in the Intensive Care Unit: Assessment and Management
3.5. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
3.6. Alternatives to Conventional Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS
3.7. Recruitment Strategies Based on Increasing Airway Pressure
3.8. Disconnection of Mechanical Ventilation
3.9. Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation (NIMV): Indications
3.10. Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
3.11. Electrical Impedance Tomography for Respiratory Monitoring

Module 4. Infectious Pathology in Intensive Care Medicine

4.1. Current Management of Sepsis

4.1.1. Definitions of Sepsis
4.1.2. Septic Shock
4.1.3. Epidemiology of Sepsis
4.1.4. Surviving Sepsis Campaign
4.1.5. Sepsis Code
4.1.6. Treatment of Sepsis
4.1.7. Diagnosis and Treatment of Infection

4.2. Antibiotherapy in Intensive Care Units

4.2.1. Impact of Antibiotic Use
4.2.2. Antibiotic Use Policy at the Individual Level
4.2.3. Quality Indicators
4.2.4. Resistance Management
4.2.5. Zero Resistance Project

4.3. Severe Abdominal Infections in ICU

4.3.1. Acute Abdomen and Peritonitis
4.3.2. Infectious Complications in the Abdominal Postoperative Period
4.3.3. Tertiary Peritonitis

4.4. Intravascular Infections in the ICU

4.4.1. Bacteremia
4.4.2. Catheter-Related Bacteremia
4.4.3. Long-Term Central Venous Catheter-Related Infections
4.4.4. Infections Related to Cardiac Devices: Pacemakers and Defibrillators
4.4.5. Antibiotic Treatment

4.5. Procalcitonin as a Marker of Sepsis
4.6. Key Points in the Management of Invasive Fungal Infection in the ICU

4.6.1. Filamentous Hyphae
4.6.2. Invasive Aspergillosis (IA)
4.6.3. Mucormycosis
4.6.4. Other Filamentous Fungi
4.6.5. Yeast
4.6.6. Invasive Candidiasis (IC)
4.6.7. Cryptococcosis

4.7. Severe Pneumonia
4.8. Bacterial Meningitis, Viral Encephalitis and Other Encephalitis

4.8.1. Bacterial Meningitis. Key Management Points
4.8.2. Viral Encephalitis and Other Encephalitides

4.9. Endocarditis

4.9.1. Classification and Definitions in Infective Endocarditis
4.9.2. Diagnosis
4.9.3. Modified Duke Criteria
4.9.4. Clinical Manifestations of Infective Endocarditis
4.9.5. Etiology of Infective Endocarditis
4.9.6. Microbiological Diagnosis
4.9.7. Echocardiographic Diagnosis
4.9.8. Treatment

4.10. Multiresistant Bacteria

4.10.1. The Challenge of Multidrug-Resistant Microorganisms
4.10.2. Resistances of Gram-Positive Bacteria
4.10.3. Resistances of Gram-Negative Bacteria

Module 5. Neurologic Management of the Critically Ill Patient

5.1. Monitoring in the Neurocritical Patient

5.1.1. Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
5.1.2. Jugular Bulb Oxygen Saturation
5.1.3. BIS and Continuous EEG
5.1.4. Transcraneal Doppler
5.1.5. Role of Imaging Tests (CT and MRI)

5.2. Coma Management

5.2.1. Definition
5.2.2. Epidemiology
5.2.3. Anatomy of Awakening
5.2.4. Management of the Comatose Patient
5.2.5. Complementary

5.3. Update on the Management of Ischemic Stroke
5.4. Current Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the Intensive Care Unit

5.4.1. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
5.4.2. Non-Aneurysmal Spontaneous Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

5.5. Current Management of Intraparenchymal Hemorrhage Initial Treatment

5.5.1. Initial Treatment
5.5.2. Treatment of Hypertensive Emergency
5.5.3. Indication for surgery

5.6. Status Epilepticus

5.6.1. Medical treatment
5.6.2. Refractory Status Epilepticus
5.6.3. Protocol Proposal

5.7. Sedation, Analgesia and Relaxation in the ICU: Current Management

5.7.1. Analgesia
5.7.2. Pain Classification
5.7.3. Sedation
5.7.4. Neuromuscular Blockade
5.7.5. Monitoring of Analgesia
5.7.6. Sedation Monitoring
5.7.7. Neuromuscular Blockade Monitoring
5.7.8. Delirium Monitoring

5.8. Mental Status Alterations in the Critically Ill Patient. Delirium, Agitation and Acute Confusional Syndrome

5.8.1. Alterations of the Mental State
5.8.2. Delirium
5.8.3. Final Considerations

5.9. Management of Cerebral Edema in the ICU
5.10. ICU-Acquired Weakness (ICU-AW)

5.10.1. Definition and Epidemiology of UCI-Acquired Weakness (DACI)
5.10.2. Clinical Manifestations
5.10.3. Pathophysiology
5.10.4. Diagnosis
5.10.5. Risk Factors
5.10.6. Clinical and Prognostic Unraveling
5.10.7. Prevention and Treatment

Module 6. Trauma in Intensive Care Medicine

6.1. Initial Trauma Care
6.2. Fluids and Vasoactive Support in the Severe Trauma Patient

6.2.1. New Strategies for Trauma Resuscitation

6.2.1.1. Ensuring Adequate Tissue Perfusion
6.2.1.2. Rational Fluid Management
6.2.1.3. Use of Vasopressors
6.2.1.4. Avoidance of Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy
6.2.1.5. Proportionate Transfusion of Blood Products
6.2.1.6. Prohemostatic Drugs

6.3. Transfusion in Elderly Patients
6.4. Cranioencephalic Trauma
6.5. Thoracic Trauma

6.5.1. General: Prehospital Management of Thoracic Trauma
6.5.2. General: Initial In-Hospital Management of Blunt Thoracic Trauma
6.5.3. General: Initial In-Hospital Management of Penetrating Thoracic Trauma
6.5.4. Thoracic Wall Injuries
6.5.5. Rib Injuries
6.5.6. Sternum and Scapula Injuries
6.5.7. Pulmonary Injury
6.5.8. Aortic Injury
6.5.9. Cardiac Injuries
6.5.10. Other Mediastinal Injuries

6.6. Abdominal Trauma

6.6.1. General Aspects
6.6.2. Hepatic Trauma
6.6.3. Splenic Trauma
6.6.4. Genitourinary Trauma
6.6.5. Pelvic Trauma
6.6.6. Gastrointestinal Trauma

6.7. Spinal Cord Injury. Initial Care

6.7.1. Introduction and Epidemiology
6.7.2. Pathophysiology
6.7.3. Prehospital Management of MRT
6.7.4. Primary Assessment: Initial Evaluation and Resuscitation
6.7.5. Second Evaluation
6.7.6. Radiological Assessment
6.7.7. Acute Management of the MRT Patient

6.8. Trauma of Extremities with Vascular Injury
6.9. The Critically Ill Burned Patient
6.10. Mortality in the Polytraumatized Patient

Module 7. Digestive Critical Care, Nutrition and Metabolism in Critically Ill Patients

7.1. Current Management of Severe Pancreatitis

7.1.1. Diagnosis and Prognosis. Value of Imaging Tests
7.1.2. Complications of Pancreatitis
7.1.3. Therapeutic Approach

7.2. The Cirrhotic Patient in the ICU

7.2.1. Acute-On-Chronic Liver Failure Syndrome
7.2.2. Pathophysiological Bases
7.2.3. Organic Damage in the ACLF
7.2.4. Nutritional Support
7.2.5. Infection Management
7.2.6. Specific Aspects of Advanced Cirrhotic Management in the ICU

7.3. Current Management of Acute Liver Failure

7.3.1. Introduction, Definition and Etiology
7.3.2. Diagnosis
7.3.3. Extrahepatic Manifestations
7.3.4. Prognostic Severity Scales
7.3.5. Management of Acute Liver Failure

7.4. Acute Mesenteric Ischemia

7.4.1. General Mesenteric Ischemia
7.4.2. Occlusive Acute Mesenteric Ischemia
7.4.3. Mesenteric Ischemia Due to Venous Thrombosis
7.4.4. Colonic Ischemia or Ischemic Colitis

7.5. High Non-Varicose Digestive Hemorrhage

7.5.1. Causes of Upper Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (UGH)
7.5.2. Initial Therapeutic Management
7.5.3. Risk Stratification
7.5.4. Management of Specific Causes of ADH Not Caused by Varicose Diseases
7.5.5. Endoscopic treatment
7.5.6. Angiographic Treatment
7.5.7. Surgical Management

7.6. Artificial Nutrition in the ICU
7.7. Protocol for Glycemic Control in the Critically Ill Patient
7.8. Hyperglycemic Crises: Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Coma
7.9. Management of Complications Associated with Nutrition
7.10. Critical Thyroid Pathology

Module 8. Renal Management of the Critically Ill Patient and Organ Donation and Transplantation in Intensive Care Medicine

8.1. Key Points in the Use of Continuous Extrarenal Clearance Techniques in the ICU

8.1.1. Acute Renal Failure in the ICU
8.1.2. Continuous Renal Replacement Techniques (CRRT)
8.1.3. Indications for CRRT
8.1.4. Selection of Extrarenal Depuration Modality
8.1.5. Dose
8.1.6. Anticoagulation
8.1.7. Technique and Materials

8.2. Anticoagulation with Citrate in Continuous Extrarenal Clearance Techniques

8.2.1. Indications for Citrate Anticoagulation
8.2.2. Contraindications for Citrate Anticoagulation
8.2.3. Metabolic Aspects of Regional Anticoagulation with Citrate
8.2.4. Diagram of Calcium Contents and Ci-Ca Complexes Along the Extracorporeal and Blood Circuit
8.2.5. Dialysis Liquids
8.2.6. Indicative Initial Treatments
8.2.7. Anticoagulation and Calcium Replenishment Controls
8.2.8. Acid-Base Balance Controls
8.2.9. Recommended Laboratory Tests for Citrate Treatment

8.3. Diagnosis of Brain Death
8.4. Current Management of the Organ Donor
8.5. Non-Heart-Beating Donation
8.6. Management of the Cardiac Transplant Recipient Patient
8.7. Management of the Liver Transplant Recipient Patient
8.8. Management of the Lung Transplant Recipient Patient
8.9. Key Points in the Use of Continuous Extrarenal Clearance Techniques in the ICU

Module 9. Water, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance Disorders

9.1. Physiology of Water-Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance
9.2. Use of Blood Gases and Ionograms in Critically Ill Patients
9.3. Alterations in Water Balance
9.4. Sodium Alterations
9.5. Potassium Alterations
9.6. Chlorine Alterations
9.7. Calcium, Phosphorus and Magnesium Alterations
9.8. Respiratory and Metabolic Acidosis
9.9. Respiratory and Metabolic Alkalosis

Module 10. Other Pathologies of Interest in the Critically Ill Patient

10.1. Involvement of Pharmacokinetics in Optimizing Antimicrobial Treatment in Critical Patients
10.2. Critical Care in Pregnancy and Peripartum

10.2.1. Physiological Changes of Pregnancy
10.2.2. Cardiovascular Diseases and Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
10.2.3. Acute Respiratory Failure
10.2.4. Preeclampsia
10.2.5. Pharmacological Considerations in Pregnant Women
10.2.6. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pregnant Patients
10.2.7. Trauma in the Pregnant Woman
10.2.8. Septic Shock

10.3. Patient with Acute Intoxication in the ICU

10.3.1. General Measures
10.3.2. Special Measures
10.3.3. Toxidrome

10.4. Ultrasound in the ICU: an Essential Tool for the Severe Patient

10.4.1. Ultrasound imaging
10.4.2. Clinical Ultrasound in the ICU
10.4.3. Training in Clinical Ultrasound

10.5. Intrahospital Transport of the Critically Ill Patient

10.5.1. General Measures
10.5.2. Procedure
10.5.3. Annex 1: List of Material in the Carrying Case
10.5.4. Annex 2: Critical Patient In-Hospital Transport Checklist

10.6. Post-Intensive Care Syndrome
10.7. The Oncohematological Patient with Autoimmune Pathology in ICU

10.7.1. Epidemiology of the Oncological Patient in ICU
10.7.2. Admission of the Oncohematological Patient in ICU
10.7.3. Prognosis of Oncological Patients in ICU
10.7.4. Admission Criteria of Oncological Patients in ICU
10.7.5. ICU Test
10.7.6. Periodic Assessment and Transition to Palliative Treatment
10.7.7. Patient with Autoimmune Pathology in ICU
10.7.8. Prognosis
10.7.9. Rheumatological Emergencies
10.7.10. Diagnosis

10.8. The Critically Ill Patient with COVID-19 in the ICU
10.9. Abdominal CT in the Critically Ill Patient
10.10. Thoracic CT in the Critically Ill Patient

This program will give you the ability to study on numerous didactic supports such as video or evaluative tests, in order to provide you with optimized learning”