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Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult

Providing the most comprehensive review and update in the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of critically ill adult patients.

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Experience the Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) complete spectrum of adult critical care review solutions that can be customized to meet your goals, schedule, and learning style. Benefit from high-quality educational programming and flexible, effective self-study options.

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Day 1: Monday, August 10, 2020
Respiratory Disease, Mechanical Ventilation, and Noninvasive Support
 
6:15 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
 
7:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
 
7:30 a.m. 8:15 a.m.
Mechanical Ventilation I: Back to the Basics
 
8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Mechanical Ventilation II: Ventilator Options
 
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Mechanical Ventilation III: Management of Acute Respiratory Failure
 
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Break
 
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Case Discussions: What to Do When: Challenging Ventilator Management Cases
 
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Cases You Should Know
 
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Noninvasive Oxygenation and Ventilation Strategy
 
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
 
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation Using the ICU Liberation Bundle (Formerly Known as the A-F Bundle)
 
1:45 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention
 
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Break

2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Early Mobility in Critically Ill Patients
 
3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Venous Thromboembolism
 
4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Respiratory Questions and Answers
 
Day 2: Tuesday, August 11
Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Disease
 
6:30 a.m. – 7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
 
7:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
Questions and Answers
 
7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.
Congestive Heart Failure: Diagnosis and Management
 
8:15 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarctions
 
9:00 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.
Cardiovascular Surgery Complications and Mechanical Devices
 
9:45 – 10:00 a.m.
Break
 
10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarctions
 
10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
Analysis and Therapy of Supraventricular Arrhythmias
 
11:30 – 12:00 p.m.
Use of Inotropes and Vasoactive Medications in Cardiogenic Shock
 
12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
 Lunch

1:15 – 2:00 p.m.
Pulmonary Hypertension in Critical Illness: The “Right” Management
 
2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Analysis and Therapy of Ventricular Arrhythmias
  
2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Break
 
3:00 – 3:45 p.m.
Cardiac Output Monitoring Devices
 
3:45 – 4:30 p.m.
Case Studies: Cardiac and Arrhythmias
 
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Case Studies in Hemodynamics
 
Day 3: Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Kidney, Babies, Blood, and Endocrine Emergencies
 
6:30 – 7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
 
7:00 – 7:30 a.m.
Questions and Answers
 
7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Acute Kidney Injury: Diagnosis and Management
 
8:00 – 8:45 a.m.
Endocrine Emergencies
 
8:45 – 9:15 a.m.
Electrolyte Emergencies
 
9:15 – 9:45 a.m.
Renal Replacement Therapy Strategies in the ICU
 
9:45 – 10:00 a.m.
Break
 
10:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Complex Acid-Base Disorders
 
10:30 – 11:00 a.m.
Cases You Must Know How to Manage
 
11:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Case Vignettes
 
11:30 – 12:00 p.m.
Gastrointestinal Bleeding
 
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
 
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Obstetric Emergencies
 
1:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Questions and Answers
 
2:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Toxicology and Drug Overdoses
 
2:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Management of Hypertensive Crisis
Janice Zimmerman, MD, MCCM, MACP
 
3:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Break
 
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.
Withdrawal Syndromes in the ICU: Diagnosis and Management
 
4:15 – 5:00 p.m.
Bleeding and Coagulation Disorders: What Am I to Do With Those New Agents?
 
Day 4: Thursday, August 13, 2020
Infectious Diseases, Liver, and Gastrointestinal
 
6:30 – 7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
 
7:00 – 7:30 a.m.
Questions and Answers
 
7:30 – 8:15 a.m.
Evidenced-Based Management of Septic Shock
 
8:15 – 9:00 a.m.
Severe Infections: Common Bacterial and Fungal Infections
 
9:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Rapid Response Systems: Implementation and Success Factors
 
9:45 – 10:00 a.m.
 Break

10:00 – 10:45 a.m.
Antibacterials, Antifungals, Antivirals: When, How Much, and How Long?
 
10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
Monitoring and Stabilization of the Trauma Patient
 
11:30 – 12:00 p.m.
Case Review: Sepsis
 
12:00 – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch
 
1:15 – 1:45 p.m.
Shock: Management of Specific Syndromes
 
1:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Hepatic Failure
 
2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
Complications of Solid Organ Transplantation
 
3:00 – 3:15 p.m. 
Break

3:15 – 4:00 p.m.
Trouble in the Environment: Temperature, Drowning, and Radiation
 
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Necrotizing Pancreatitis and Infected Necrosis
 
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Nutrition Support in the ICU
 
Day 5: Friday, August 14, 2020
Brain Emergencies and other Intracranial Problems
 
6:30 – 7:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
 
7:00 – 7:30 a.m.
Questions and Answers and Case Studies
 
7:30 – 8:00 a.m.
Management of Severe Stroke and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
 
8:00 – 8:45 a.m.
Sedation and Analgesia: Practical Drug Selection and Pharmacology
 
8:45 – 9:30 a.m.
Airway Emergencies

9:30 – 9:45 a.m.
Break

9:45 – 10:15 a.m.
Seizures and Status Epilepticus
 
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Intracranial Hypertension
 
10:45 – 11:15 a.m.
Death by Neurologic Criteria
 
11:15 – 12:00 p.m.
Ethical Challenges and How to Approach Them

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