Development of the Interdisciplinary and Interprofessional Course Concept “Advanced Critical Illness Life Support”

Frontiers in Medicine, vol. 9, pp. 939187

Abstract

The Advanced Critical Illness Life Support (ACiLS) course was developed on behalf of the German Society for Interdisciplinary Emergency and Acute Medicine (DGINA). The goal of the ACiLS course is to provide a nationally recognized and certified life support course that teaches medical professionals the key principles of initial care of critically ill patients in the emergency department, including the (PR_E-)AUD2IT-algorithm. It is designed for interdisciplinary and multi-professional staff in the resuscitation room to optimize patient safety and outcome. ACiLS includes a new blended learning concept with a theoretical part as comprehensive e-learning and a two-day practical part with strong focus on team training in scenarios and workshops. The course format was conceived to balance best teaching practices within the limited instructional time and resources available. This article describes the development of the ACiLS course and provides an overview of its future implementation.

Authors 7

1. Mark Michael

   Düsseldorf University Hospital · Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

   Affiliation as printed

   Emergency Department, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany

2. Henning Biermann Aachen Department for Acute and Emergency Medicine

   Universitätsklinikum Aachen · RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Department for Acute and Emergency Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

3. Ingmar Gröning

   Maria Hilf Krankenhaus

   Affiliation as printed

   Emergency Department, Krankenhaus Maria-Hilf, Krefeld, Germany

4. Martin Pin
   Affiliation as printed

   Interdisciplinary Emergency Department, Florence-Nightingale-Krankenhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany

5. Philipp Kümpers

   University Hospital Münster

   Affiliation as printed

   Department of Medicine D, Division of General Internal and Emergency Medicine, Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

6. Bernhard Kumle

   Schwarzwald-Baar Klinikum

   Affiliation as printed

   Emergency Department, Schwarzwald-Baar Klinikum, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

7. Michael H. Bernhard corresponding

   Düsseldorf University Hospital · Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

   Affiliation as printed

   Emergency Department, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany