24/03/2026
Cairns Long Crit Care course May 11-15th
Medical education and outdoor adventures
(For crit care trainees and rural generalists)
Monday:
8am Approach to acute left heart failure
9am Approach to acute right heart failure
10am-1pm and 2-5pm Procedural Workshops
Stations:
- Focused bedside ECHO
- FAST scan
- Central venous access (CVL)
- PICC insertion
- Intercostal catheter (ICC) insertion
- Emergency pericardiocentesis
- Inotrope/vasopressor titration
Tuesday
8am Approach to Respiratory Failure (COPD, asthma)
9am Approach to Respiratory Failure (ARDS, pneumonia)
10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm Procedural Workshops
Wednesday
Reef and snorkelling cruise
6pm-8pm Lectures - What's New Since Med School? Cancer therapies, Immunotherapies, Genetic therapies, Devices and AI
Thursday
8am– Approach to Coagulopathy and massive haemorrhage
9am - Approach to Liver Failure
10am-1pm – Workshops
Ventilator Optimisation, troubleshooting
NIV and invasive ventilation
1pm - Visit Kuranda sky rail and rainforest
Friday
8am – Approach to AKI
9am - Approach to Delirium
10am Family Meetings and ARPs
11am Question time and quiz
12pm Program Wrap-Up