FCCS Resource Limited - February 22-23, 2027

Danville, PA US
February 22, 2027 to February 23, 2027
This is an in-person educational activity. The Society of Critical Care Medicine's Fundamentals of Critical Care Support: Resource Limited (FCCS-RL) course prepares healthcare professionals to recognize, stabilize, and manage critically ill patients in environments where personnel, equipment, medications, diagnostics, or intensive care resources are limited. Using evidence-based principles adapted to austere and resource-constrained settings, the course emphasizes early recognition of critical illness, systematic patient assessment, prioritization of life-saving interventions, ethical resource stewardship, and effective multidisciplinary teamwork. FCCS-RL is designed for physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and other healthcare professionals who care for critically ill patients in rural hospitals, disaster settings, humanitarian missions, military operations, and other resource-limited healthcare environments.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for physicians, APPs, nurses, pharmacists, emergency physicians, hospitalists, surgeons, intensivists, military and humanitarian healthcare professionals.  Other learner groups such as respiratory therapists, residents, fellows, students, EMS providers, disaster response personnel, and public health professionals would also benefit from this education. 

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this course, the participant should be able to:

  • recognize critically ill patients requiring immediate stabilization
  • prioritize diagnostic and therapeutic interventions despite limited resources
  • apply management strategies for shock, respiratory failure, sepsis, neurologic emergencies, and trauma
  • demonstrate effective triage, communication, and teamwork
  • incorporate ethical resource stewardship into clinical decision making
Refund Policy
A full refund will be given for any cancellations received up to one week prior to the course.  No refunds for no-shows. 
 
Course Cancellation Policy
In the unusual circumstance that this course is cancelled, you will be called and/or emailed, and any tuition fees received would be refunded in full.  Geisinger is not responsible for any airfare, hotel or other costs incurred.
 
Attendance
Attendance will be recorded within three to four days of the conclusion of the activity.  Credit will display on your continuing education transcript once the activity evaluation is completed.  
 

    Course summary

    Available credit: 
    • 13.50 AAPA Category I CME
    • 0.00 ACPE
    • 13.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 13.50 ANCC
    Course opens: 
    01/01/2027
    Course expires: 
    12/31/2027
    Event starts: 
    02/22/2027 - 7:30am EST
    Event ends: 
    02/23/2027 - 4:00pm EST
    Cost:
    $350.00
    Add to calendar: 
    Rating: 
    0

    Geisinger FCCS RL: Feb 22, 2027 

    7:30 AM  
    Registration/breakfast
     
    8:00 AM
    Welcome/Course Announcements 
    Introduction to Austere/Operational Environments (AOE’s)
     
    8:15 AM
    Recognition/Assessment of the Critically Ill Patient
     
    8:45 AM
    Hands On Patient Management
     
    9:15 AM
    Scenario 1: Diarrhea Discussion
     
    9:45 AM
    Break
     
    10:00 AM
    Diagnosis/Management of Shock
     
    10:30 AM
    Life-Threatening Infections 
     
    11:00 AM
    Scenario 2: Fever in the Tropic Discussion
     
    11:30 AM
    Lunch
     
    12:15 PM
    Airway Management w/ NIV 
     
    12:45 PM
    Mechanical Ventilation
     
    1:15 PM
    Pediatric Critical Care
     
    1:45 PM
    Preparation for Evacuation or Transfer
     
    2:00 PM
    Break
     
    2:15 PM
    Skill Stations (20 minutes each) (see handout)
    • Transport Ventilation Setup 
    • IV Infusion Setup Without a Pump
    • Packaging the Patient
    3:15 PM
    Burn Injury
     
    3:45 PM
    Scenario 3: Pediatric Burn Event Discussion and Burn Calculation Exercise (see handout)
     
    4:30 PM
    Review of day, wrap up; review of day 2            
     

    Geisinger FCCS RL:  February 23, 2027 

    7:30 AM
    Breakfast
     
    8:00 AM
    Principles of Chemical, Biological, and Radiologic Injury 
     
    8:30 AM
    Trauma and Blast Injury Care
     
    9:00 AM
    Analgesia and Sedation
     
    9:30 AM
    Break
     
    9:45 AM
    Triage (from Scenario 4 PPT)
     
    10:00 AM
    Neurologic Injury and Support (from Scenario 4 PPT) 
     
    10:30 AM
    Damage Control Resuscitation and Crush (from Scenario 4 PPT) 
     
    11:00 AM
    Telemedical Support in the AOE 
     
    11:30 AM
    Lunch
     
    12:15 PM
    Environmental Exposures 
     
    12:45 PM
    Management of Pregnancy
     
    1:15 PM
    Break
     
    1:30 PM
    Scenario 4: Mass Casualty Exercise (small groups) 
     
    2:45 PM
    Break
     
    3:00 PM
    Ethics and Palliative Care
     
    3:30 PM
    Course Review/Final Questions/Post Test 
     
    4:00 PM
    Adjournment
    Henry Hood Center for Health Research
    100 North Academy Avenue
    Danville, PA 17822
    United States

    All visitors to the Geisinger campus, please park in the patient parking lot. A shuttle bus will take you to the Henry Hood Center for Health Research, please notify the driver when boarding the bus of your final destination.

    Travel

    Henry Hood Center for Health Research is located on the Geisinger Campus in Danville, Pennsylvania (Montour County), Exit 224 on Interstate 80. Routes 11 and 54 also intersect in Danville.

    Geisinger Faculty

    Brenda Engler, CRNP
    Activity Planner
    Director, GSON AGAC Nurse Practitioner Program
    Geisinger Wyoming Valley
     
    Carly Kunkel, PA-C
    Activity Planner
    Physician Assistant Lead, Critical Care Medicine
    Geisinger Medical Center
     
    Jessica Laubach, RRT
    Activity Planner
    Respiratory Therapist Team Lead, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
    Geisinger Medical Center
     
    Angela Slampak Cindric PharmD
    Activity Planner
    Pharmacy Coordinator, Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine
    Geisinger Medical Center
     
    Jason Stamm MD
    Activity Director and Activity Planner
    Division Chief, Critical Care Medicine
    Geisinger Medical Center
     
     
     
     

    Content Disclosure

    The faculty has attested that their presentations and/or content are HIPAA compliant.  
     
    Individuals in a position to control educational content for this activity have disclosed no relevant financial relationships. 
     
    CE Committee Members/Content Reviewer(s) have disclosed no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. 
     
    *Any/All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.  

    Accreditation 

    In support of improving patient care, Geisinger College of Health Sciences is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

     

     

     

    Credit Designation 

    Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 

    Geisinger College of Health Sciences designates this live activity for 13.5 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the educational activity. 

    This live activity is approved for <XX> contact hours (___ CEUs) of continuing pharmacy education credit JA0008072-0000-27-pending. 

    Geisinger College of Health Sciences has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 13.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. 

     

    Disclosure Policy 

    Faculty and all others who have the ability to control the content of continuing education activity sponsored by Geisinger College of Health Sciences must disclose to the program audience whether they do or do not have any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest or other relationships related to the content of their presentation(s). 

    Commercial Support

    None

    Available Credit

    • 13.50 AAPA Category I CME
    • 0.00 ACPE
    • 13.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    • 13.50 ANCC

    Price

    Cost:
    $350.00
    Please login or register to take this course.

    To register, click "Add to Cart". Once the cart appears, proceed by clicking "Checkout" and follow the on-screen prompts to complete your payment and finalize your registration.  

    If you have any questions or require assistance, please contact the Continuing Education Office at 570-271-6692 or email us at [email protected].