Free course · Recorded
Refresh your anaesthesia and intensive care knowledge
A free six month refresher course in anaesthesia and critical care, recorded with an international faculty. Watch the lectures in any order, at your own pace.
- Free
- Anaesthesia, ICU and general topics
- International faculty
- Certificate of completion
- Rated 4.6 by learners
Keep the foundations strong.
Whether you are returning to practice, starting a new post or want to revisit the core topics, this course brings together lectures on perioperative care, emergencies and intensive care medicine from experienced clinicians.
Who should enrol
For anaesthetists and intensivists at every stage
Anaesthetists at every grade
Intensivists and ICU doctors
Doctors returning to practice or starting a new post
Trainees revising the core topics
What you will learn
Three sections, from the theatre to the ICU
Section I: Anaesthesia
- Cardiac, hepatic and diabetic patients
- Airway, spine, neuro and craniotomy anaesthesia
- Trauma and emergency laparotomy
- Obstetric emergencies and paediatric shared airway
- Enhanced recovery and day surgery
Section II: Intensive care
- Assessing the critically ill patient
- Haemodynamic monitoring and fluid responsiveness
- Ventilation, lung mechanics and weaning
- AKI and CRRT, nutrition, infection
- Stroke, brain injury and introduction to ECLS
Section III: General topics
- Communication
- Statistics
- Simulation based training
- ACLS updates
See every lesson (51 titled lectures)
Section I: Anaesthesia
- Anaesthesia of the cardiac patient for non-cardiac surgery
- Perioperative management of chronic hepatic patients
- Anaesthesia for CABG, Dr Hatem Elshora
- Anaesthesia for airway surgery, Dr Islam Ramadan
- Postoperative management of aortic surgery
- Anaesthesia for maxillofacial surgery, Dr Ahmed Abbas
- Anaesthesia for complex spine surgery, Dr Amr Sallam
- Anaesthesia for abdominal and pelvic trauma, Dr Hazim Yassin
- Anaesthesia for liver resection, Dr Ahmed Abdelaatti
- Anaesthesia for emergency laparotomy, Dr Mahmoud AlKholany
- Protective ventilation and recruitment strategies, Prof Yehia Khater
- Perioperative management of diabetic patients, Prof Donal Buggy
- Haemodynamic monitoring, Dr Ahmed Mady
- Anaesthesia for awake craniotomy, Dr Amr Sallam
- Anaesthesia for paediatric shared airway, Dr Moataz Abdelrahman
- Obstetric emergencies, Prof Salwa ElKhattab
- Anaesthesia for urology surgery, Dr Walid Aly
- Enhanced recovery, better patient outcome
- Management of chest trauma with a focus on rib fractures, Dr Mahmoud AlKholany
- Perioperative management of patients with pacemakers and ICDs, Dr Amr Hashem
- Anaesthesia for COPD, Dr Walid Alhabashy
- Anaesthesia for day surgery, Dr Mahmoud AlKholany
- Enhanced recovery after neuroanaesthesia, Dr Yasser Zaghhlol
Section II: Intensive care
- Assessment of critically ill patients
- Neuromuscular disorders in ICU
- Traumatic brain injury, Dr Amr Sallam
- Thrombocytopenia in ICU
- Ultrasound guided weaning from mechanical ventilation
- Nutrition in ICU, Prof Sohair Soliman
- Diabetic emergencies, Prof Sameh Salem
- Thromboembolic syndromes, Prof Sameh Salem
- AKI and CRRT
- Heart failure, Dr Ashraf Al Tayar
- Nutrition in intestinal failure, Prof Sohair Soliman
- Endocrine emergencies in ICU, Prof Salwa ElKhattab
- Respiratory failure management in MG and GBS
- Tumour lysis: the story of cell lysis, Dr Adel Hussain
- Fluid responsiveness and therapy, Dr Ahmed Mady
- Hospital acquired infections, Dr Amr Safwat
- Lung mechanics in mechanical ventilation, Dr Mohamed Algendy
- Stroke (ischaemic, haemorrhagic, aSAH), Dr Amr Hany Safwat
- Brain ultrasound, Dr Walid Shibl
- Nutrition in acute pancreatitis, Prof Sohair Soliman
- Introduction to ECLS, Dr Amr Hashem
- Bleeding management and rotational thromboelastometry during liver surgery, Prof Khaled Yassen
- Catheter related bloodstream infection (CRBSI), Dr Tharwat Eisa
- Acute coronary syndromes, Dr Amr Hashem
Section III: General topics
- Communication, Dr Walid Aly
- Statistics journey, Dr Mohamed Elsherif
- The impact of simulation based training on anaesthesia practice, Prof Abdulaziz Boker
- ACLS 2020 updates, Dr Yosef Awad
From past students
Rated 4.6 from 5 reviews
“Highly informative and well-structured course.”
Irza Raheem
“It’s very informative course”
Tasneem Babiker
“excellent”
Akhtar Soomro
The faculty
Taught by an international faculty of speakers
Prof. Amro Hashem
Board Member
Dr. Amr Hashem Mohamed is a highly accomplished Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Dr Walid Alhabashy
Consultant in Intensive care and Anaesthesia | Clinical Lead for Critical Care Ultrasound
NHS, UK
The founder and director of the Academy
Prof. Ahmed Mady
Dr Ahmed Fouad Mady, MSc, MD, S-FCCM, FCCP, DHPE
ICU Consultant and Director of Adult Critical Care Training Programmes,
First Riyadh Health Cluster, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dr Ashraf Altayar
Academic Director
Consultant acute medicine at king's mill hospital, Sherwood Forest hospitals trust.
Director of Critical care ultrasound masterclass.
Enrol
Refresh the essentials of anaesthesia and critical care
Free course
Anaesthesia and ICU Refresher Course
- Recorded lectures in anaesthesia, intensive care and general topics
- Weekly full-day session recordings
- Certificate of completion
- Lifetime access, watch on any device
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is the course really free?
Yes. There is nothing to pay. You only need a free Saving Lives Academy account to enrol.
Is it live or recorded?
It is recorded, so you can start straight away and learn at your own pace.
How long do I have access?
You have lifetime access from the day you enrol.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes, you receive a certificate of completion when you finish the course.