Principles of Critical Care Medicine for Non-Intensive Care Specialists

Principles of Critical Care Medicine for Non-Intensive Care Specialists is a conference dedicated to evidence-based advances in the practice of modern critical care medicine.

Topics

• Non-invasive ventilation and high-flow nasal cannula
• Mechanical ventilation and patient-ventilator interactions
• Advancements in ACLS and post-resuscitation care
• Point-of-care ultrasound utilization in the ICU
• End-of-life care in the ICU
• Sepsis updates
• Sedation
• Shock and vasopressors
• Pulmonary embolism
• Hemorrhagic shock and massive transfusion protocols
• Refractory hypoxemia and ARDS
• Post-intensive care syndrome
• Ventilator troubleshooting
• ECMO
• Toxidromes
• Infectious emergencies and updates in antimicrobial selection
• Acute airway emergencies
• Procedural complications
• Severe acid-base and electrolyte disturbances
• Oncologic emergencies

Who should Attend

Health care providers who are not trained as intensivists but whose clinical duties involve taking care of critically ill patients including:

• Hospitalists and Nocturnists at community hospitals
• Emergency Medicine Physicians
• Critical Care Physicians
• Family Practitioners
• Obstetricians-Gynecologists
• Cardiologists
• Anesthesiologists
• Surgeons
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants
• Pharmacists
• Nurses