With the professional master’s degree in Update in Intensive Care Medicine you have the opportunity to update your knowledge in a practical way and without sacrificing scientific accuracy, in order to incorporate the latest advances in patient management in the Intensive Care Unit"

To treat critically ill patients, the professional must update their knowledge in order to identify, diagnose and execute a rapid action plan for any emergency that may arise. It is of vital importance to know the procedures and protocols to follow in cases of extreme emergency.  

This professional master’s degree aims to respond to the educational needs of physicians who work in an Intensive Care Unit based on three fundamental pillars.  

The first of these is the constant need for physicians specializing in Intensive Care Medicine to update their knowledge, always in a continuous learning process. It is important to make the most of the time spent studying and updating. Second, a practical and useful approach for daily clinical practice. When treating critically ill patients, decisions need to be made quickly and in accordance with specific criteria. And, last but not least, an interactive and enjoyable teaching methodology that facilitates learning. The use of audiovisual resources, interactive graphics, enriched texts and online platforms that allow to receive the information and have a real learning experience. 

This professional master’s degree is not intended to be a program on Intensive Care Medicine that makes a systematic and exhaustive review of the entire body of knowledge of the specialty, but rather, one that seeks to select the most relevant topics for clinical practice and offer a useful update on each of them. 

Improve your patient care with the knowledge offered by the professional master’s degree in Update in Intensive Care Medicine"

This professional 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:

• More than 80 clinical cases presented by experts in the different specialities
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide provide scientific and healthcare information on those medical disciplines that are essential to professional practice
• Diagnostic and therapeutic novelties on the management of patients in the Intensive Care Unit
• Presentation of practical workshops on procedures, diagnosis, and treatment techniques
• An algorithm-based interactive learning system for decision-making in the clinical situations presented throughout the course
• Clinical practice guidelines on the different pathologies. These guides follow the scientific and pedagogical criteria of the main scientific reference
• 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

This professional master’s degree is the best investment you can make when selecting a refresher program, for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge in Intensive Care Medicine, you will obtain a qualification endorsed by TECH Technological University"

Its teaching staff includes specialists of recognized prestige in the field of Intensive Care Medicine, who bring to this program the experience of their work.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training, programmed for training in real situations.

This program is focused on Problem-Based Learning, whereby the physician must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the course. For this purpose, the specialist will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system, created by renowned and experienced experts in treating critical patients.

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This program is oriented to achieve an effective update of the specialist's knowledge in order to provide quality care based on the latest scientific evidence that guarantees patient safety.

This refresher program will generate a sense of confidence when practising medicine, which will help you grow both personally and professionally”

General objectives

• Ensure optimal care for the critically ill patient
• Address the stabilization, diagnosis and treatment of patients who routinely require intensive care, with a current and evidence-based approach

Specific objectives

Module 1. Management in the Intensive Care Unit 

• Describe a patient safety program  
• Define the usefulness of the electronic medical record in the ICU  
• Explain the ICU without walls project for early detection of patients at risk  
• Update the principles of ICU humanization and incorporate them into daily practice  
• Describe keys to achieving greater quality and excellence in ICU service delivery  
• Identify prognostic indicators in the ICU  
• Point out and incorporate processes to improve communication, relationship and participation in the care of the family of the critically ill patient  
• Explain the different special situations that the intensivist may face in relation to the limitation of therapeutic effort, the decision not to resuscitate or to rule out admission to the ICU 

Module 2. Cardiovascular Disorders in the Patient 

• Describe the procedure for cardiovascular monitoring of the critically ill patients in order to assess their hemodynamic status   
• Address the current management of cardiogenic shock
• Describe the role of echocardiography in the hemodynamic management of the critically ill patient
• Point out the key points in the current postoperative period of cardiac surgery
• Address the current management of acute coronary syndrome
• Indicate the treatment of arrhythmias in the ICU
• Point out the key points in acute aortic pathology 
• Analyze the use of blood products in the critically ill patient 
• Point out the indications, advantages, disadvantages and reversal of the new anticoagulants 
• Explain the prevention and treatment of thromboembolic disease in the ICU 
• Describe the current use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Module 3. Update on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in Intensive Care Medicine and Management of Critically Ill Respiratory Patients 

• Explain the procedure for performing excellent cardiopulmonary resuscitation according to current criteria  
• Address the management of post-resuscitation syndrome: hypothermia, hemodynamic and respiratory management  
• Explain the management of the diagnostic and therapeutic means of the most frequent and relevant pathologies that affect the hemodynamic status of the patient  
• Analyze the neurological prognosis after resuscitation 
• Describe current strategies for difficult airway management  
• Explain the current management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)  
• Point out alternatives to conventional mechanical ventilation in ARDS  
• Address strategies and monitoring of recruitment maneuvers in mechanical ventilation  
• Analyze the key points of weaning from mechanical ventilation and extubation  
• Describe the function and indications of high flow glasses and noninvasive mechanical ventilation  
• Address the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia 

Module 4. Infectious Pathology in Intensive Care Medicine 

• Update the procedures in the management of severe sepsis  
• Analyze antibiotic policy in the ICU and resistance management  
• Describe bacteremia, catheter sepsis and endocarditis in ICU  
• Analyze the role of procalcitonin in the management of infection in the ICU  
• Point out the key points in the management of fungal infection in the ICU  
• Define severe pneumonia: community-acquired, nosocomial and ventilator-associated  
• Describe the signs and symptoms of meningoencephalitis 

Module 5. Neurologic Management of Critically Ill Patients 

• Update procedures for sedation, analgesia and patient relaxation in the ICU  
• Explain the situations that most frequently complicate the evolution of critically ill patients, such as delirium and polyneuropathy in critically ill patients  
• Describe the monitoring procedure in the neurocritical patient  
• Explain the process of assessing the comatose patient  
• Update in the management procedures for hemispheric ischemic stroke, subarachnoid and intraparenchymal hemorrhage  
• Define status epilepticus and update management procedures  
• Address the prevention and treatment of polyneuropathy in critically ill patients 

Module 6. Trauma in Intensive Care Medicine 

• Describe the process of initial assessment and stabilization of the severe trauma patient  
• Update in the procedures for approaching severe traumatic brain injury  
• Explain the role, indications and importance of fluids, transfusion and vasoactive support in the severe trauma patient  
• Point out the approach to coagulopathy in the severe trauma patient  
• Define and approach the management of the thoracic trauma patient  
• Define and approach the management of the patient with abdominal trauma 

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

• Update procedures for the management of severe pancreatitis  
• Describe the admission, prognosis and complications of the cirrhotic patient in the ICU  
• Update in the procedures for the management of acute liver failure in the critically ill patient  
• Define the current management of acute mesenteric ischemia  
• Establish the prevention and management of acute non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding 
• Update in the ICU blood glucose management procedures  
• Describe hyperglycemic crises: ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar coma  
• Update in the procedures for the management of enteral nutrition complications  
• Define thyrotoxicosis and myxedema coma and explain their diagnostic and therapeutic management 

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

• Update in the management procedures for renal management of the critically ill patient  
• Describe the signs and symptoms of Renal Pathology  
• Incorporate up-to-date therapeutic procedures in renal pathology into clinical practice  
• Identify the key points in the use of continuous extrarenal depuration techniques in the ICU  
• Analyze the use of citrate in continuous techniques 
• Describe the process of diagnosing brain death  
• Update in the organ donor management procedures  
• Explain the process of donation to a stopped heart  
• Update the procedures for the management of heart transplant recipient patients  
• Gain an up-to-date understanding of the procedures for dealing with the recipient of liver transplantation patients  
• Gain an up-to-date understanding of the procedures for dealing with the recipient of lung transplantation patients 

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

• Define the physiology of water-electrolyte and acid-base equilibrium 
• Delve into the alterations of water, potassium, chlorine, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium balance  
• Delve into respiratory and metabolic acidosis and alkalosis 

Module 10. Other Pathologies of Interest in Critically Ill Patients 

• Analyze the key points of pharmacology in the critical patient and update the procedures for use in different pathologies  
• Describe the key points in the management of preeclampsia and hemorrhage in the seriously pregnant and postpartum patient  
• Identify the diagnostic role of ultrasound in the ICU and incorporate it into clinical practice  
• Update procedures in the initial management of the patient with suspected severe poisoning  
• Describe the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of intoxication in the critically ill patient  
• Assess the diagnostic use of ultrasound in the intensive care unit  
• Develop the most important aspects of in-hospital and inter-hospital transport of critically ill patients  
• Describe the complications of rheumatic pathology in the intensive care unit  
• Explain the most relevant aspects in the approach to the oncologic patient in the ICU

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