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ACCS Time Critical Patient Management Course (formerly ACCS Critical Care Skills)
This one-day course provides ACCS trainees an excellent opportunity to train in the skills required to manage critically ill patients in the ward, emergency department or in intensive care.
Half of the day is skills development and the other half is immersive simulation.
Skills Development
In a safe simulated environment, candidates are provided the opportunity to develop and practice the following skills with expert and experienced faculty:
- use of mechanical ventilation
- blunt dissection surgical chest drain placement
- performing a critical care intubation
- performing procedural sedation
Immersive Simulation
During the other half of the day, candidates take part in immersive simulation scenarios. These scenarios are targeted at difficult to hit curriculum areas, encouraging development and reflection on technical and non-technical skills.
Eligibility:
Year 2 ACCS and EM trainees
Course dates & venues
| Course date | Course venue | How to book |
| Wednesday 23 September 2026 | Scottish Centre for Simulation & Clinical Human Factors (SCSCHF), Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert | course booking page |
| Thursday 24 September 2026 | Scottish Centre for Simulation & Clinical Human Factors (SCSCHF), Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert | course booking page |
| Tuesday 1 December 2026 | Scottish Centre for Simulation & Clinical Human Factors (SCSCHF), Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert | course booking page |
| Monday 1 March 2027 | Scottish Centre for Simulation & Clinical Human Factors (SCSCHF), Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert | course booking page |
Booking a place
Booking links for upcoming course dates can be accessed above or via the course booking page.
Please ensure study leave is approved and booked at the earliest opportunity. It is also important to advise your TPD and local rota co-ordinator of your course booking.
Programme and pre-learning
Please take the time to go through the ventilation, procedural sedation, and critical care intubation presentations and the chest drain information on MEDED (link in the document).
The remaining documents are noted for your interest and will be referred to during the course.
- Critical care intubation
- Procedural sedation
- IPPV
- Critical care skills and simulation training programme
- Open chest drain mastery learning site
- Routine intubation video
- Critical care extubation checklist
- Critical care intubation presentation
- NHS Lothian critical care emergency intubation checklist
- Emergency laryngectomy management poster
- Laryngectomy poster
- Open chest drain insertion video
- Procedural sedation presentation
- Tracheal tube displacement algorithm for non-anaesthetists/intensivists
- Emergency tracheostomy management
- Tracheostomy poster
- Ventilation talk presentation
Please also complete the ACCS Critical Care Skills and Simulation Day Pre-Course Questionnaire in advance of the practical session.
Contact us
If you have any queries regarding the ACCS Time Critical Patient Management course, please contact nes.accssimulation@nhs.scot
A member of the CSMEN Medical Simulation Team will respond to your enquiry as soon as possible.