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CRISIS Sessions: Critical Rural Intensive Support and Interventions – 4 Week Series
Providing critical care in rural and remote settings is uniquely challenging but vitally important, and Rural CPD is proud to launch a series designed specifically for rural clinicians who take on the high-stakes work of critical care in their communities.
CRISIS is a new, focused 4-week education series designed specifically for rural generalists and specialists in BC who manage critically ill patients in low-resource settings. Each 90-minute weekly session features subject matter expert-led discussions on high-impact topics in critical care, with practical insights tailored to the unique challenges of rural practice.
Whether you’re stabilizing patients for transport or providing ongoing ICU-level care, this series will help equip you with the knowledge and confidence to deliver lifesaving interventions close to home.
Weekly Topics:
October 15 – Cardiac Arrest with Dr. Ian Pitcher
October 22 – Mechanical Ventilation with Dr. Julian Barnbrook
October 29 – Withdrawing & Withholding Life-Sustaining Treatments with Dr. Emma Schon
November 5 – Organ Donation with Dr. Sean Keenan & Shannon McCloskey
Speakers:
Dr. Ian Pitcher (bio to be added soon)
Dr. Julian Barnbrook (bio to be added soon)
Dr. Emma Schon (bio to be added soon)
Dr. Sean Keenan and Shannon McCloskey (bios to be added soon)
Moderators:
Dr. Jesse Tinker (bio to be added soon)
Dr. Gordon Horner has been a rural family physician on Haida Gwaii since 2000 and is currently the Chief of Staff for Xaayda Gwaay Ngaaysdll Naay/Haida Gwaii Hospital.
Skills Gained
The series learning objectives are as follows:
- Discuss practical strategies to address the unique critical care challenges faced by healthcare providers in resource-limited settings
- Utilize case-based learning to empower rural healthcare providers in improving critical care management
- Demonstrate the value of mutual learning and interprofessional connection by bringing together critical care providers who support rural communities
Each session’s learning objectives will be added soon.
