The Essentials of Neurocritical Care (Essentials) course teaches the essential topics of neurocritical care through online course materials. This online course includes 14 required core modules with recorded lectures and examinations.

Participants who are certified in Emergency Neurological Life Support (ENLS) will find this course to be an excellent next step in training, as it goes beyond the first few hours of a neurologic emergency to cover pathophysiology, diagnostic studies, treatment, and transition to discharge.

CORE TOPICS

• Acute Ischemic Stroke
• Intracerebral Hemorrhage
• Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
• Seizures & Epilepsy
• Acute Neuromuscular Disorders
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
• Metabolic Encephalopathies & Delirium
• Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in Adults
• Prognostic Assessment in Neurocritical Care
• Clinical Evaluation of Coma and Brain Death
• Respiratory Support of the Neurocritically Ill
• Multimodality Neuromonitoring
• Ethics/End of Life

CERTIFICATION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT

• 20 hours of CME for online portion 
• 15 hours of CME for live session 

Upon successful completion of the course exams and survey, a certificate will be generated. You will have the option to download the Essentials Certificate and CE Attestation for your records, and it will also continue to be available within your profile.

NCS provides certification information to the accredited provider on a monthly basis.

Group purchases are ONLY to be used if you are purchasing Essentials for your group/team of 2 or more participants.  Once purchased, we will issue you with a course access code, along with access instructions for you to send out to your group/team.

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