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Critical Care Course

What will I learn?

Improve your skills with our Critical Care Course, designed for healthcare workers wanting to get better at looking after patients with serious health problems. You'll learn about how to use machines to help people breathe (ventilation), how to talk to other healthcare workers properly, and how to keep an eye on patients and change their treatment plans if needed. You'll also understand how to check patients, think about what's right and wrong when treating them, and make full treatment plans for illnesses like ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome). This short, good quality course will help you give great critical care with confidence.

Apoia's Unique Offerings

Online courses with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and organise the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop your skills

Enhance your practical skills listed below

Learn how to use ventilators properly: Set them up correctly for ARDS and when taking patients off the machine.

Get better at working with other healthcare workers: Communicate well in hospitals and clinics.

Keep a close watch on patients: Check how they are doing and change treatment plans to get the best results.

Do thorough patient checks: Look at vital signs (like blood pressure and heart rate) and understand lab results.

Deal with tricky ethical situations: Make sure patients' rights are respected and they understand their treatment options.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters similar to the examples below

This is a free course aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.