11th Care of the Critically III Surgical Patient (CCrISP) Provider Course

11th Care of the Critically III Surgical Patient (CCrISP) Provider Course is organized by Sharjah Surgical Institute (SSI) and will be held from May 21 - 22, 2025 at Clinical Training Center & Sharjah Surgical Institute (SSI), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

Course Objective:
CCrISP is an interactive course that explores the skills and knowledge needed to look after surgical patients, including those who are deteriorating or at risk of doing so. Expert faculty will help you develop practical, theoretical and personal skills so that you can assess and manage critical situations in a systematic way. CCrISP is relevant to all specialties. However, in-course examples are predominantly taken from general surgical patients.

You will participate in a variety of practical training sessions during the CCrISP course, including:

• Learning a system of assessment for the critically ill.
• Understanding the subtlety and variety of critical illness presentation, alongside ways to improve its detection.
• Understanding the importance of avoiding complications if possible.
• Recognising the surgeon's role in delivering multidisciplinary care to surgical patients.
• Interacting with nursing staff, other surgeons, intensivists and anaesthetists.
• Delivering the information and support that patients and their relatives require during surgical care.

Learning Outcomes:
After attending this course, you should be able to:

• Adopt a structured, comprehensive approach to managing surgical patients
• Judge which patients are at most risk and plan to reduce their risk of adverse outcomes
• Recognise the deteriorating patient
• Model your non-operative technical skills in a safe environment