WHO Clinical Care Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Training

Welcome to the Clinical Care Training for Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI).

A new course focused on clinical management of patients with COVID-19 was published in October 2020. Please click here to access the course, which reflects the latest technical guidance for health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Course information

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Overview: The WHO Clinical Care Training Short Course for Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) includes content on clinical management of patients with a severe acute respiratory infection.

This course is intended for clinicians who are working in intensive care units (ICUs) in low and middle-income countries and managing adult and pediatric patients with severe forms of acute respiratory infection (SARI), including severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis and septic shock. It is a hands-on practical guide to be used by health care professionals involved in critical care management during outbreaks of influenza virus (seasonal) human infection due avian influenza virus (H5N1, H7N9), MERS-CoV, nCoV or other emerging respiratory viral epidemics.

Learning objectives: By the end of this course, participants should:

• Possess some of the necessary tools that can be used to care for the critically ill patient from hospital entry to hospital discharge.

Course duration: Approximately 10 hours.

Certificates: A Confirmation of Participation is available to participants to complete 90% of the course material.

Target audience: This course is intended for clinicians who are working in intensive care units (ICUs) in low and middle-income countries.

Course contents

• Module 1: Introduction to COVID-19 and IPC:

  This module covers a clinical update on COVID-19 as of 30.01.2020, and infection prevention and control (IPC) for patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Infections (SARI).

• Module 2: Clinical Syndromes and Pathophysiology of Sepsis and ARDS:

  This module covers clinical syndromes and the pathophysiology of Sepsis and ARDS.

• Module 3: Triage:

  This module covers triage and early recognition of patients with SARI. It includes two role-playing scenarios.

• Module 4: Monitoring :

  In this module, participants will learn about monitoring patients with SARI.

• Module 5: Diagnostics:

  In this module, participants will learn about differential diagnosis, specimen collection and diagnostic tests for SARI.

• Module 6: Oxygen Therapy:

  This module covers oxygen therapy.

• Module 7: Antimicrobials:

  This module covers antimicrobial therapy and its modification after diagnostic test interpretation.

• Module 8: Sepsis:

  In this module, participants will learn how to deliver targeted resuscitation for Sepsis and septic shock.

• Module 9: Mechanical Ventilation:

  In this module, participants will learn how to deliver lung-protective ventilation for invasive mechanical ventilation for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

• Module 10: Sedation:

  This module covers invasive mechanical ventilation for ARDS, managing pain, agitation and delirium.

• Module 11: Best Practices to Prevent Complications:

  This module covers the best practices to prevent complications.

• Module 12: Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation:

  In this module, participants will learn about liberation from Mechanical Ventilation.

• Module 13: Quality in Critical Care:

  This module covers quality in critical care.

• Module 14: Pandemic Preparedness and Ethical Considerations:

  In this module, participants will learn about pandemic preparedness and ethical considerations.