lightbearer06 Posted March 14, 2015 Hey all, I have been considering doing an FCCS class for sometime and just realized that there is an online version. To those who have gone through a live class, do you think you learned a lot from the patient cases/skills that would make an in person class better? I am also curious if anyone has actually done the online class and what your thoughts were on the quality of the course. I am not doing this class for CME as I have way more than I need, but more to get better at managing critical patients in a rural ED.
Moderator EMEDPA Posted March 14, 2015 Moderator I have done the live course twice. frankly, I can't see this course given online as the meat of the course is the lectures from the various critical care folks talking about sepsis, pressors, airway management, vents, trauma in pregnancy, antibiotic selections, etc
Administrator rev ronin Posted March 14, 2015 Administrator I took it online. If I have the opportunity, I will probably take the live version as well. It was a reasonably good online class, but when it comes to things like that... I could tell that I would have gotten more out of a live class.
gbrothers98 Posted March 15, 2015 My live course experience was over a decade ago. FCCC was just getting off the ground. Overall it was a rehash of ATLS, ACLS and ventilator management. Very little hands on skill stations. I would assume that has changed and been improved upon. Take the live class, because of the skills. If you have extra $$ take the online first, then you will be very well prepared for the live class. Good luck. G Brothers PA-C
Moderator EMEDPA Posted March 15, 2015 Moderator My live course experience was over a decade ago. FCCC was just getting off the ground. Overall it was a rehash of ATLS, ACLS and ventilator management. Very little hands on skill stations. I would assume that has changed and been improved upon. Take the live class, because of the skills. If you have extra $$ take the online first, then you will be very well prepared for the live class. Good luck. G Brothers PA-C only skills stations involve the vent and bipap/cpap , but the lectures alone are worth the price of admission, at least where I took it. we had great lectures from the intensivists on sepsis, abx selection, pressors, management of stemi/stroke in the icu, etc. Very little trauma stuff when I took the course last. really no peds specific stuff. just lots of stuff on how to manage an ICU pt boarded in the ER for up to 24 hrs.
lightbearer06 Posted March 16, 2015 Author Thanks for the replies! Sounds like the live class is the way to go.
HJK Posted March 17, 2015 Thanks for the info!! I was also considering as there are two courses available near me in April.
medic25 Posted September 30, 2015 Bump Anyone else taken the online course (especially the pediatric FCCS)? I have until end of business today to use my CME budget for the fiscal year; can't apply it to a live course after October 1, so it's online or nothing.
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