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ACCS Critical Care Skills and Simulation Day

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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 the day is skills development and the other half immersive simulation.

Skills

In a safe simulated environment, it provides 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 

Simulation

During the other half of the day candidates take part in immersive simulation scenarios targeted at difficult to hit curriculum areas and encourage development and reflection on non-technical skills as well as technical skills. 

Those trainees undertaking their ICU block at time or course starting within the next 6 months will be prioritised for the limited places.

Dates and Venues:

29th October 2025 - Simulation Centre at Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Eligibility: Year 2 ACCS and EM trainees 

Pre-learning: 

The pre-course learning is available at the bottom of this page. Please ensure you complete this in advance of the course.

Booking a place

ACCS Critical Care Skills and Simulation Day booking page 

Directions to the Clinical Skills/Simulation Room at The Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Access to the clinical Skills/Simulation rooms are via the New Lister building entrance.


Glasgow Royal Infirmary only has one car park available for visitors and patients to the hospital; it is the 700+ space multi-storey car park situated next to the Accident and Emergency department. Charges for parking in the car park are as follows (seven days/week): 8am to 6pm - £1.50/hour.
 

Train station links are through Glasgow High Street, the GRI is then a 13-minute walk.

Programme and Pre-learning

Please take the time to go through the Ventilation Presentation, the procedural sedation presentation, the critical care intubation presentation and the Chest drain information on MEDED (link in the document)

The other documents are there for your interest and will be referred to during the course.