Principles of Critical Care Medicine for Non-Intensive Care Specialists
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Key takeaways to expect:
Live-Streamed Sessions
This course has been optimized for remote learning, with live-streaming sessions that include real-time audience-response questions, live demonstrations and interactive Q&A sessions allowing you to pose specific questions to our expert faculty via online chat. All presentations and course materials will be available immediately to watch and review at your convenience.
Highest Rated CME
This program has sold out in previous years due to limited seating, but the new virtual platform provides an opportunity for everyone to attend eliminating the need to travel
Credits
Earn up to:
- 25.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
- 25.00 ABIM MOC Points
- 8.50 Risk Management Credits
- Commensurate Credits from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the European Union of Medical Specialists
Master the skills you need to practice modern critical care medicine
Who should attend?
All healthcare professionals who are not trained as intensivists, but whose clinical duties involve the care of critically ill patients including:
- Emergency Medicine Physicians
- Hospitalists and Nocturnists at community hospitals
- Family Practitioners
- Critical Care Physicians
- Cardiologists
- Obstetricians-Gynecologists
- Surgeons
- Anesthesiologists
- Physician Assistants
- Nurse Practitioners
- Nurses
- Pharmacists
- Health care professionals who are commonly involved in the care of critically ill patients in intensive care settings
Learning objectives
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Review the basic principles of mechanical ventilation and describe indications for noninvasive and invasive ventilation
- Describe evidenced-based approaches to diagnosis and management of common infections in the ICU
- Categorize different types of shock, describe the pathophysiologic mechanism behind each and formulate appropriate treatment strategies
- Identify the evidence-based management of hypoxic failure, including the use of high-flow nasal cannula, lung-protective ventilation, PEEP optimization, proning and ECMO
- Describe the importance of POCUS in the diagnosis of shock and volume status
- Recognize post-intensive care syndrome and describe best practices for management
- Identify contemporary approaches to sedation in the ICU
- Recognize and manage common toxicology emergencies
- Assess cardiac emergencies such as heart failure and unstable arrhythmias
- Describe treatment options for massive and submissive pulmonary emboli
- Diagnose and treat commonly encountered electrolyte abnormalities
- Describe best practices for end-of-life care in the ICU
Conference Schedule
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
| 8:00 AM |
Welcome from the Course Directors
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| 8:10 AM |
A Case-Based Approach to Shock and Vasopressors
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| 8:50 AM |
Burning Clinical Question: How Do I Get My Patient Off Pressors?*
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| 9:05 AM |
Break and Stretch
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| 9:10 AM |
We Got ROSC! Now What…? Care of the Post-Arrest Patient in 2023
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| 9:40 AM |
Diagnosis and Management of Common Arrhythmias in the ICU
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| 10:25 AM |
Break and Guided Meditation✻
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| 10:45 AM |
Updates in the Management of Massive and Submassive PE
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| 11:20 AM |
Heart Failure in the ICU: Tips and Tricks for Diagnosis and Management
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| 11:55 AM |
Lunch Break
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ADVANCED PROCEDURAL TRAINING: TROUBLESHOOTING THE VENTILATOR
| 12:50 PM |
Vents 101: A Review for Beginners
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| 1:35 PM |
Sepsis in 2023: Has Anything Really Changed?*
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| 2:00 PM |
After the ICU: Updates in Critical Illness Survivorship
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| 2:30 PM |
Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻
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| 2:50 PM |
Quick Hit: The Anatomy of a Tracheostomy
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| 3:00 PM |
Infectious Disease Emergencies You Cannot Miss*
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| 3:40 PM |
Burning Clinical Question: When Do I Need to Cover Anaerobes?*
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| 3:50 PM |
Break and Stretch
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| 3:55 PM |
It’s 2am and Your Pager Goes Off…Challenging Cases in Critical Care
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| 4:35 PM |
What the Intensivist Must Know About Hem-Onc Critical Care
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| 5:15 PM |
Quick Hit: GI Bleeding in the ICU*
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| 5:40 PM |
Burning Clinical Question: Does My Patient Need a Head CT?*
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| 5:50 PM |
Burning Clinical Question: How Do I Manage Febrile Neutropenia?*
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Note: Program changes/substitutions may be made without notice. To view the most up-to-date agenda, please visit the course website.
*Qualifies for Risk Management Credits
✻Optional Wellness Activity
Thursday, September 21, 2023
| 8:00 AM |
Beyond Sedation: Multimodal Management of Pain, Agitation and Delirium
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| 8:50 AM |
Burning Clinical Question: Help, the Trach Fell Out! Can I Just Put It Back In?*
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| 9:00 AM |
Break and Stretch
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| 9:05 AM |
Diagnosis and Management of Respiratory Failure*
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| 9:55 AM |
Critical Thinking in Critical Care: Thinking Strategies to Minimize Cognitive Errors in the ICU*
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| 10:25 AM |
Break and Guided Meditation✻
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| 10:45 AM |
Burning Clinical Question: What Is a Time-Limited Trial?*
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| 10:55 AM |
Updates on the Use of Non-Invasive Ventilation in the ICU
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| 11:25 AM |
Break and Stretch
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| 11:30 AM |
Quick Hit: Deciphering Oxygen Delivery Devices
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| 11:45 AM |
Quick Hit: Best Practices for Ventilator Liberation
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| 12:00 PM |
Lunch Break
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ADVANCED PROCEDURAL TRAINING: TROUBLESHOOTING THE VENTILATOR
| 12:55 PM |
Vents 102: Troubleshooting the Ventilator – Moving Your Knowledge from Plateau to Peak
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| 1:40 PM |
Burning Clinical Question: How Do I Manage the Chest Tube?*
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| 1:50 PM |
Practical Tips for Incorporating Palliative Care into the ICU*
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| 2:20 PM |
Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻
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| 2:40 PM |
Burning Clinical Question: Steroids for COVID? Steriods for Flu? What Should I Do?*
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| 2:50 PM |
Quick Hit: Tips for Anticoagulant Reversal
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| 3:05 PM |
Neurocritical Care for the General Intensivist
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| 3:40 PM |
Burning Clinical Question: Does My Patient Need Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis?*
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| 3:50 PM |
Break and Stretch
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| 4:00 PM |
Troponin Elevation in the ICU: When to Worry*
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| 4:40 PM |
Quick Hit: Antipsychotics – Hot or Not?
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| 4:55 PM |
Doubling Down on the D Word to Improve Communication Skills in your ICU*
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Note: Program changes/substitutions may be made without notice. To view the most up-to-date agenda, please visit the course website.
*Qualifies for Risk Management Credits
✻Optional Wellness Activity
Friday, September 22, 2023
| 8:00 AM |
Toxicology in 2023 Cases: What the Intensivist MUST Know*
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| 8:45 AM |
Quick Hit: Post-Extubation Support for Difficult-to-Wean Patients
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| 9:05 AM |
Break and Stretch
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| 9:10 AM |
Burning Clinical Question: Does My Patient Need DVT Prophylaxis?
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| 9:20 AM |
Practical Tips for Assessing Volume Responsiveness at the Bedside
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| 9:50 AM |
Burning Clinical Question: How Can I Communicate with My Intubated Patient?
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| 10:00 AM |
Break and Guided Meditation✻
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| 10:20 AM |
Quick Hit: Managing Opioid Withdrawal in the ICU
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| 10:40 AM |
Altered Mental Status in the ICU: A Case-Based Approach
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| 11:20 PM |
Break and Stretch
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| 11:25 PM |
ECMO 101: The Basics of VV and VA ECMO
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| 12:05 PM |
Lunch Break
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| 1:00 PM |
Burning Clinical Question: How Can I Improve Sleep in the ICU?
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| 1:10 PM |
Burning Clinical Question: Does My Patient Need Bronchodilators?
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| 1:20 PM |
What Every Intensivist Must Know – Part 1: Acid Base Disorders in the ICU
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| 1:50 PM |
What Every Intensivist Must Know – Part 2: Electrolyte Abnormalities
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| 2:20 PM |
Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻
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ADVANCED PROCEDURAL TRAINING: POINT-OF-CARE ULTRASOUND
| 2:40 PM |
Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Live Patient Demonstration of What the Intensivist Must Know
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| 3:40 PM |
Q&A
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| 3:55 PM |
Break and Stretch
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| 4:00 PM |
Quick Hit: Can’t-Miss Diagnosis – TTP
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| 4:10 PM |
Burning Clinical Question: When Should I Start TPN?
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| 4:20 PM |
Quick Hit: Managing Alcohol Withdrawal in the ICU
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| 4:45 PM |
Break and Stretch
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| 4:50 PM |
Burning Clinical Question: When Do I Need to Stop Propofol for High Triglycerides?
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| 5:00 PM |
Humanizing the ICU: Strategies to Improve Care of Patients and Providers
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Note: Program changes/substitutions may be made without notice. To view the most up-to-date agenda, please visit the course website.
*Qualifies for Risk Management Credits
✻Optional Wellness Activity
Course Directors
Margaret 'Molly' Hayes, MD, ATSF
Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Director, External Education, Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Morgan I. Soffler, MD
Director
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
New York Medical College
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Westchester Medical Cente
Mary Eche, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM
Director
Clinical Pharmacy Manager – Critical Care/ED
Program Director, Critical Care Pharmacy Residency
Department of Pharmacy
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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Registration, Payment and Confirmation
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At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration, and you will have the choice of paying by check or credit card (Visa, MasterCard or American Express). If you are paying by check (draft on a United States bank), the online registration system will provide you with instructions and a printable form for remitting your course fees by check. Postal, telephone, fax and cash-payment registrations are not accepted. All fees are shown in USD.
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Refund Policy
Refunds, less an administrative fee of $75 will be issued for all cancellations received two weeks before the start of the course. Refund requests must be received by postal mail, email, or fax. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received less than two weeks before the start of the course. “No-shows” are subject to the full course fee, and no refunds will be issued once the conference has started.
Contact Information
Call: (617) 384-8600
Monday-Friday, 9am to 4pm (ET)
Email: ceprograms@hms.harvard.edu