Critical Care Pharmacy Certificate Program

By the end of this program participants will be able to:

• Recognize the role of the intensive care unit pharmacist.
• Illustrate the basic pharmacokinetic principles of dose calculations in critically ill patients.
• Summarize main causes of admission in the intensive care unit.
• Design a pharmaceutical care plan for different patients with clear goals of treatment.
• Choose the best therapeutic options in management of many disease stats in intensive care unit.
• Identify the role of the ICU pharmacist in code blue team.

• COURSE STARTS: January 11th, 2021.
• DURATION: 16 online sessions.
• EFFORT:
• Twice weekly live online sessions, 1.5 hours each, including lectures, case discussions and videos.
• Pre readings may be required.

This activity is approved for 18.0 contact hours (1.8 CEUs) of certificate CPE (UAN 0008‐9999‐20‐093‐L01‐P, release 01/11/2021, expiry 01/11/2024).

The University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education (CPE).

• Achieve at least 70% in final graded case and final assessment.
• Attendance of entire course.

Pharmacists.

• Common disease states in ICU.
• Dose modifications in renal impairment.
• Electrolyte disturbances.
• Acid base disorders.
• Nutrition in critically ill patients.
• Sedation and analgesia.
• Hospital acquired pneumonia and ventilator associated pneumonia.
• Covid-19 pneumonia.
• Types of shock.
• Continuous infusions calculations.
• Role of pharmacist in code blue.
• Infections in immuno-compromised patients.
• CNS infections.
• Antiepileptics.
• Hypertensive emergencies.
• Hepatic Failure.
• Prophylaxis in critically ill patients.