Keeping pace with the rapid changes in evidence-based critical care medicine is difficult for specialty-trained intensivists; for non-intensivists, the challenge of staying up to date can be overwhelming. Never has this been more evident than during our battle with COVID-19. This cutting-edge CME course is intended to provide core clinical critical-care skills to health care providers who are not trained as intensivists but whose clinical duties involve taking care of critically ill patients. The focus of this course will be to highlight recent important evidence-based advances in the practice of modern critical care medicine and leave the audience with tangible strategies to immediately improve their practices. Hot-off-the-press emerging topics will also be addressed, arming you with the latest information.
Our outstanding faculty, recognized as experts in the field, will use diverse teaching methodologies including: didactic sessions, interactive case-based discussions, Q&A sessions, panel discussions and procedural demonstrations. These sessions will test your clinical reasoning and leave you with strategies for incorporating, synthesizing and applying core critical knowledge to your intensive care practice. Our faculty come from various training backgrounds and include physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, and speech and language pathologists to ensure the most up-to-date and practical content is delivered.
The following intensive care problems, techniques and updates will be addressed in this comprehensive course in addition to considerations for the care of COVID-19 positive patients:
Program :
| 8:00 AM | 8:10 AM | Welcome from the Course Directors |
| 8:10 AM | 8:50 AM | A Case-Based Approach to Shock and Vasopressors |
| 8:50 AM | 9:00 AM | Burning Clinical Question: Should I Use Midodrine to Get My Patient off Vasopressors?* |
| 9:00 AM | 9:05 AM | Stretch |
| 9:05 AM | 9:35 AM | Oncologic Emergencies for the General Intensivist* |
| 9:35 AM | 10:10 AM | A Case-Based Approach to Common Arrhythmias |
| 10:10 AM | 10:20 AM | Burning Clinical Question: Can I Convert A-Fib to Sinus Without Anticoagulation?* |
| 10:20 AM | 10:40 AM | Break and Guided Meditation✻ |
| 10:40 AM | 11:15 AM | Updates in the Management of Massive and Submassive PE |
| 11:15 AM | 11:45 AM | Heart Failure in the ICU: Tips and Tricks for Diagnosis and Management |
| 11:45 AM | 12:00 PM | Burning Clinical Question: What’s the Right Ratio in Hemorrhagic Shock?* |
| 12:00 PM | 12:55 PM | Lunch Break |
| 12:55 PM | 1:45 PM | Vents 101: A Review for Beginners |
| 1:45 PM | 1:55 PM | Stretch |
| 1:55 PM | 2:25 PM | The Management of Critically Ill COVID Patients in 2022* |
| 2:25 PM | 3:00 PM | Critical Illness Survivorship: What the ICU Team MUST Know |
| 3:00 PM | 3:20 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| 3:20 PM | 3:53 PM | Infectious Disease Emergencies You Cannot Miss* |
| 3:53 PM | 4:25 PM | Antibiotics Stat: Best Practices for Empiric Coverage for Sepsis |
| 4:25 PM | 4:30 PM | Stretch |
| 4:30 PM | 4:40 PM | Quick Hit: Tips for Anticoagulant Reversal |
| 4:40 PM | 5:10 PM | We Got ROSC! Now What…? |
| 5:10 PM | 5:50 PM | Doubling Down on the D Word to Improve Communication and Culture in your ICU: Care of the Dying Patient* |
| 5:50 PM | 5:55 PM | Bringing It All Together |
| 8:00 AM | 8:05 AM | Day 2: Introduction and Overview |
| 8:05 AM | 8:55 AM | #Sedation Goals: Best Practices for Managing Pain, Agitation and Delirium |
| 8:55 AM | 9:05 AM | Burning Clinical Question: When Do I Need to Stop Propofol for High Triglycerides?* |
| 9:05 AM | 9:10 AM | Stretch |
| 9:10 AM | 9:55 AM | An Evidence-Based Approach Hypoxic Respiratory Failure |
| 9:55 AM | 10:05 AM | Burning Clinical Question: How Do I Care for the Paralyzed Patient?* |
| 10:05 AM | 10:25 AM | Break and Guided Meditation✻ |
| 10:25 AM | 11:00 AM | High Flow, Low Flow: Deciphering Oxygen Delivery Devices |
| 11:00 AM | 11:10 AM | Burning Clinical Question: What is a Time-Limited Trial?* |
| 11:10 AM | 11:40 AM | Critical Thinking in Critical Care: Thinking Strategies to Minimize Cognitive Errors in the ICU* |
| 11:40 AM | 11:50 AM | Quick Hit: The Process of Proning |
| 11:50 AM | 12:40 PM | Lunch Break |
| 12:40 PM | 1:30 PM | Vents 102: Troubleshooting the Ventilator – Your Knowledge from Plateau to Peak |
| 1:30 PM | 1:35 PM | Stretch |
| 1:35 PM | 2:05 PM | Updates on the Use of Non-Invasive Ventilation in the ICU |
| 2:05 PM | 2:26 PM | Tracheostomy Tips for the General Intensivist |
| 2:26 PM | 2:40 PM | Burning Clinical Question: Should This Patient with Respiratory Failure Get Steroids?* |
| 2:40 PM | 3:00 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| 3:00 PM | 3:45 PM | Bedside Tools for Evaluation of Shock |
| 3:45 PM | 3:55 PM | Burning Clinical Question: Does My Patient Need Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis? |
| 3:55 PM | 4:35 PM | Best Practices for Vent Weaning and Liberation |
| 4:35 PM | 4:40 PM | Stretch |
| 4:40 PM | 5:10 PM | Diagnosis and Management of Pneumothoraces in the ICU |
| 5:10 PM | 5:20 PM | Quick Hit: Intubation Pearls for the Non-Intubator |
| 5:20 PM | 5:30 PM | Quick Hit: Post-Extubation Stridor |
| 5:30 PM | 6:10 PM | It’s 3am and Your Pager Goes Off…Challenging Cases in Critical Care |
| 8:00 AM | 8:05 AM | Day 3: Introduction and Overview |
| 8:05 AM | 8:45 AM | Toxicology Cases: What the Intensivist Must Know in 2022* |
| 8:45 AM | 9:05 AM | Quick Hit: Improving Sleep in the ICU |
| 9:05 AM | 9:10 AM | Stretch |
| 9:10 AM | 9:20 AM | Burning Clinical Question: How Should I Communicate with My Intubated Patient?* |
| 9:20 AM | 10:00 AM | A Case-Based Approach to Altered Mental Status |
| 10:00 AM | 10:20 AM | Break and Guided Meditation✻ |
| SPECIAL WORKSHOP | ||
| 10:20 AM | 11:10 AM | Trials and Tribulations of Transferring Critically Ill Patients* |
| 11:10 AM | 11:35 AM | When Pressors are Not Enough: The ABCs of Mechanical Circulatory Support |
| 11:35 AM | 11:40 AM | Stretch |
| 11:40 AM | 12:10 PM | ECMO 101: What It Is and When to Refer |
| 12:10 PM | 1:00 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:00 PM | 1:35 PM | A Case-Based Approach to Acid Base Disorders in the ICU |
| 1:35 PM | 2:05 PM | A Case-Based Approach to Electrolyte Abnormalities in the ICU |
| 2:05 PM | 2:15 PM | Burning Clinical Question: When Should I Start TPN? |
| 2:15 PM | 2:35 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| 2:35 PM | 3:15 PM | Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Live Patient Demonstration of What the Intensivist Must Know – Part 1 (The Basics) |
| 3:15 PM | 3:25 PM | Stretch |
| 3:25 PM | 4:05 PM | Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Live Patient Demonstration of What the Intensivist Must Know – Part 2 |
| 4:05 PM | 4:10 PM | Stretch |
| 4:10 PM | 4:45 PM | When Airway Obstruction Becomes Critical: AECOPD and Status Asthmaticus* |
| 4:45 PM | 5:20 PM | Clinician, Heal Thyself: Self-Care to Mitigate Burnout During the Pandemic |
| 5:20 PM | 5:25 PM | Closing Remarks |
