MCCA invites nurses and other health care professionals to attend a training course implemented to provide the basic information and to assess the nursing care ability to the mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units
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The Middle East Critical Care Assembly is an international non profit-making assembly of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and other allied healthcare professionals who are devoted to the promotion of intensive care medicine through education, research, and professional development. MCCA encourages and promotes professional excellence, advance the science and practice of critical care, and serve as an advocate for patients, their families, the public and the profession. It offers the necessary tools to the interdisciplinary team for the interaction with the critically ill patients and their families from a holistic perspective. We ensure adequate interdisciplinary care and keep at the vanguard in the application of the latest practice standards that guarantee the optimal quality of care provided by the critical care team.
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Promotion of education through utilization of theory, physiology, pharmacology, epidemiology, and application of practice principles to improve patient care..
The MCCA espouses the philosophy of collaborative multidisciplinary practice to promote research in Critical Care Medicine..
MCCA is the largest multiprofessional organization in the Middle Eastdedicated and is affiliated with the Society of Critical Care Medecine to ensuring excellence and consistency in the practice of critical care medicine..
“Decolonizing” New ICU Patients Reduces Bloodstream Infections: NEJM In humankind’s battle against bacteria, the ICU is the front line. And with MRSA infection rates doubling in the past 5 years, and the more recent and scary spread of lethal pan-resistant Enterobacteriae, lately the bugs have won a few rounds. The problem isn’t just catching a deadly [... read more]
Ultrasound in the ICU: Case 1 Hypotension after a Cholecystectomy: Why? From Philippe Rola and the Critical Care & Ultrasound Institute, the first in a series of educational ultrasound cases on PulmCCM: A 64 year-old male is admitted to the ICU from the surgical ward with hypotension, 3 days post-cholecystectomy. He is intubated for airway [... read more]
I was recently scanning the literature in preparation for our symposium, and came across what should have been a 2003 instead of a 2013 publication in the March issue of the CCM Journal, entitled “Point-of-Care Ultrasound to estimate Central Venous Pressure: Â A Comparison of Three Techniques.” I have to admit this is a pet peeve [... read more]
The PulmCCM “Wall of Fame” THANKS to all of you who supported PulmCCM during the successful campaign to raise funding for development of high-quality iPhone and Android mobile apps. I really appreciate each and every one of your help (in chronological order): Anonymous Manish Aggarwal Lewis Satterwhite Robert Deutsch Mehdi Shelhamer Manuel Figueroa Mark Bloore [... read more]
Managing Anticoagulation Therapy For Surgery and Procedures (NEJM) See also: How to manage anticoagulation perioperatively (ACCP Guidelines) NOTE: This is a summary of an article in a medical journal, provided as a service to physicians. It is not medical advice. No one should never make changes to their anticoagulation treatment except under a physician’s supervision. [... read more]
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