Learn how to systematically assess and manage critically ill patients using the FASTHUG MAIDENS approach. You will develop structured clinical thinking, optimize pharmacotherapy, and improve patient outcomes in ICU settings.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
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Mastering Critical Care: A Step-By-Step Guide Using FASTHUG MAIDENS is a comprehensive, clinically focused course designed to help you develop a structured and systematic approach to managing critically ill patients in ICU settings.
You will learn how to apply the FASTHUG MAIDENS framework as a daily clinical checklist to ensure that no critical aspect of patient care is missed. This includes core components such as feeding, analgesia, sedation, thromboprophylaxis, delirium assessment, ulcer prophylaxis, and glycemic control, all of which are essential for optimizing patient outcomes in critical care.
As you progress, you will expand into advanced clinical pharmacy responsibilities, including medication reconciliation, antibiotic stewardship, evaluating indications for therapy, dose optimization, and monitoring electrolytes and laboratory parameters.
The course also emphasizes identifying and resolving drug-related problems such as drug interactions, duplications, adverse drug events, and inappropriate therapy durations, allowing you to deliver safer and more effective care.
Through real ICU case scenarios and practical applications, you will develop a step-by-step clinical thinking process that enables you to prioritize interventions, make confident decisions, and actively contribute to multidisciplinary critical care teams.
Managing critically ill patients is complex, fast-paced, and requires a structured approach to avoid missing life-threatening issues.
This course is essential because it will help you:
Without a structured framework, critical care management can become overwhelming. This course gives you a practical system you can apply immediately in real clinical environments.
Dr. Fady Nady Geriages is a dynamic clinical pharmacist and educator with strong expertise in clinical pharmacy practice, antimicrobial stewardship, and healthcare training. With a PharmD from Ain Shams University and a solid academic background, Dr. Fady has built a career centered on optimizing patient outcomes through evidence-based pharmaceutical care and multidisciplinary collaboration.
He currently serves as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist within the Cleopatra Hospitals Group at Nile Badrawy Hospital, where he actively contributes to clinical rounds, develops comprehensive pharmaceutical care plans, and plays a key role in training both undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students. Prior to this, he worked at Dar Al-Fouad Hospital in collaboration with Cleveland Clinic, where he was an integral member of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP), managing restricted antibiotics and supporting institutional efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance.
Dr. Fady has demonstrated a strong commitment to education and capacity building, delivering hundreds of training hours for pharmacy students and healthcare professionals, as well as providing ongoing nursing education to enhance medication safety and patient care quality. His contributions extend beyond clinical practice to include policy development, process improvement initiatives, and active participation in pharmacy and therapeutics committees.
Throughout his career, Dr. Fady has consistently driven innovation within healthcare systems—whether through improving medication administration protocols, leading continuous education initiatives, or supporting hospital-wide responses during critical periods such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Passionate about advancing clinical pharmacy practice, Dr. Fady combines clinical expertise, leadership, and educational impact to empower healthcare professionals and elevate standards of care across modern healthcare institutions.
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