Needs analysis, surveys, definition of project structure
The general consensus from an opinion survey conducted in 2010 was that there is a need in Europe for standardised training in respiratory critical care medicine.
The Respiratory Critical Care HERMES project was launched in 2009 with the aim to provide educational standards and a training framework for respiratory critical care medicine. The level of competence for adult respiratory physicians not directly involved in multi-disciplinary critical care but who need knowledge on respiratory critical care is defined.
This project represents the first step towards a European diploma in basic respiratory critical care open to all physicians specialised in adult respiratory medicine and dealing with intermediate respiratory intensive care units or units dedicated solely to critical care of pulmonary diseases.