Schedule
| COLOR KEY | ||
| Cardiology Critial Care | Humanizing Critical Care | Mechanical Ventilation |
| 8:00 AM | 8:10 AM | Welcome from the Course Directors |
| 8:10 AM | 9:00 AM | An Overview of Shock and Vasopressors: A Case-Based Approach |
| 9:00 AM | 9:20 AM | Quick Hit: Oral Vasopressors in 2025* |
| 9:20 AM | 9:25 AM | Break and Stretch |
| CARDIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM | ||
| 9:25 AM | 10:00 AM | Diagnosis and Management of Cardiogenic Shock in 2025 |
| 10:00 AM | 10:40 AM | When Right Goes Wrong: Management of RV Failure in the ICU* |
| 10:40 AM | 10:55 AM | Break and Guided Meditation✻ |
| 10:55 AM | 11:35 AM | The ABCs of MCS: What Every Intensivist Must Know |
| 11:35 AM | 11:55 AM | Quick Hit: NSTEMI in the ICU – What Do I Do?* |
| 11:55 AM | 12:25 PM | Management of Ventricular Tachycardia in the ICU |
| 12:25 PM | 12:40 PM | Cardiology Q&A |
| 12:40 PM | 1:20 PM | Lunch Break |
| ADVANCED INTERACTIVE TRAINING SESSION | ||
| 1:20 PM | 2:05 PM | Mechanical Ventilation 101 |
| 2:05 PM | 2:15 PM | Burning Clinical Question: What Are We Doing with TTM in 2025? |
| 2:15 PM | 2:30 PM | Quick Hit: Anatomy and Physiology of the Chest Tube Drainage System* |
| 2:30 PM | 2:55 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| 2:55 PM | 3:35 PM | Obstetric Emergencies for the General Intensivist |
| 3:35 PM | 4:20 PM | Red Alert: Practical Tips for Managing the Patient with Hemorrhagic Shock* |
| 4:20 PM | 4:30 PM | Burning Clinical Question: Does My Patient Need a Head CT? |
| 4:30 PM | 4:35 PM | Break and Stretch |
| 4:35 PM | 4:50 PM | Quick Hit: Deciphering Oxygen Delivery Devices* |
| 4:50 PM | 5:25 PM | Sugar Sugar: Management of DKA and HHS in the ICU* |
| 5:25 PM | 6:05 PM | Heme-Onc Emergencies for the General Intensivist* |
| COLOR KEY | ||
| Cardiology Critial Care | Humanizing Critical Care | Mechanical Ventilation |
| 8:00 AM | 8:50 AM | Beyond Sedation: Multimodal Management of Pain, Agitation and Delirium* |
| HUMANIZING CRITICAL CARE | ||
| 8:50 AM | 9:20 AM | Critical-Illness Survivorship: What Every Intensivist Must Know* |
| 9:20 AM | 9:25 AM | Break and Stretch |
| 9:25 AM | 10:15 AM | Management of Respiratory Failure in 2025* |
| 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Burning Clinical Question: Does My Patient Need CRRT?* |
| 10:30 AM | 11:00 AM | What Every Intensivist Must Know – Part 1: Acid Base Disorders in the ICU |
| 11:00 AM | 11:15 AM | Break and Guided Meditation✻ |
| 11:15 AM | 11:45 AM | What Every Intensivist Must Know – Part 2: Electrolyte Abnormalities |
| 11:45 AM | 12:10 PM | Neuro Quick Hit: Diagnosis and Management of Seizures in the ICU |
| 12:10 PM | 12:55 PM | Lunch Break |
| ADVANCED INTERACTIVE TRAINING SESSION | ||
| 12:55 PM | 1:40 PM | Mechanical Ventilation 102 |
| 1:40 PM | 2:00 PM | Quick Hit: The Anatomy of an Echo Report – What Every Intensivist Must Know |
| 2:00 PM | 2:10 PM | Burning Clinical Question: How Do I Assess Delirium?* |
| 2:10 PM | 2:40 PM | Pneumothorax Management for the General Intensivist |
| 2:40 PM | 2:55 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| 2:55 PM | 3:10 PM | Burning Clinical Question: Should I Drain This Pleural Effusion?* |
| 3:10 PM | 3:50 PM | Practical Tips for Incorporating Palliative Care into the ICU* |
| 3:50 PM | 4:40 PM | Ripped from the Case Files: Challenging Cases in Critical Care |
| 4:40 PM | 4:50 PM | Break and Stretch |
| 4:50 PM | 5:15 PM | Neuro Quick Hit: The ABCs of IPH for the General Intensivist |
| 5:15 PM | 5:30 PM | Cardio Quiz: Echo Images You MUST Know |
| COLOR KEY | ||
| Cardiology Critial Care | Humanizing Critical Care | Mechanical Ventilation |
| 8:00 AM | 8:10 AM | Burning Clinical Question: How Can I Help My Patient Sleep in the ICU?* |
| 8:10 AM | 8:45 AM | Toxicology 101: Four Tips for the Intensivist* |
| 8:45 AM | 9:00 AM | Burning Clinical Question: When Do I Need to Cover Anaerobes?* |
| 9:00 AM | 9:10 AM | Burning Clinical Question: How Can I Communicate with My Intubated Patient?* |
| 9:10 AM | 9:15 AM | Break and Stretch |
| 9:15 AM | 9:25 AM | Burning Clinical Question: Should I Stop Propofol for High Triglycerides? |
| 9:25 AM | 10:10 AM | Tales from the Blood Bank: What Every Intensivist Must Know* |
| 10:10 AM | 10:20 AM | Burning Clinical Question: Should I Start Steroids for Shock?* |
| 10:20 AM | 10:35 AM | Break and Guided Meditation✻ |
| 10:35 AM | 11:20 AM | Quality Control: CAUTI, CLABSI and HAPI Mitigation for Your ICU |
| 11:20 AM | 11:30 AM | Burning Clinical Question: Does My Patient Have Abdominal Compartment Syndrome? |
| 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Agitation and Aggression in the Critically Ill: A Psychiatrist's Perspective* |
| 12:00 PM | 12:45 PM | Lunch Break |
| 12:45 PM | 12:55 PM | Burning Clinical Question: Can My Patient Leave AMA from ICU? |
| 12:55 PM | 1:30 PM | The Anatomy and Physiology of Pacemakers and ICDs |
| 1:30 PM | 2:05 PM | Tips and Tricks for Diagnosing and Managing Alcohol Withdrawal in Your ICU |
| 2:05 PM | 2:20 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| 2:20 PM | 2:30 PM | Complex Critical Cases: Interactive ICU Review |
| 2:30 PM | 2:40 PM | Burning Clinical Question: What Is a Time-Limited Trial?* |
| 2:40 PM | 3:10 PM | Non-Invasive Ventilation in the ICU: Practical Pearls |
| 3:10 PM | 3:20 PM | Cardio Quiz: EKG Review Part I |
| 3:20 PM | 3:35 PM | Quick Hit: Spontaneous-Breathing Trials in 2025 |
| 3:35 PM | 3:40 PM | Break and Stretch |
| 3:40 PM | 4:25 PM | Heart Failure in the ICU: Tips and Tricks for Diagnosis and Management* |
| 4:25 PM | 4:55 PM | Best Practices for Managing Asthma and AECOPD in the ICU |
| 4:55 PM | 5:45 PM | Cultivating Compassion: Starting the 3 Wishes Program in Your ICU* |
| COLOR KEY | ||
| Cardiology Critial Care | Humanizing Critical Care | Mechanical Ventilation |
| 8:00 AM | 8:30 AM | Critical Thinking in Critical Care: Thinking Strategies to Minimize Cognitive Errors in the ICU |
| 8:30 AM | 9:10 AM | The Trauma of Transfer: Patient and Family Considerations When Leaving the ICU* |
| 9:10 AM | 9:20 AM | Break and Stretch |
| 9:20 AM | 10:15 AM | Five Infectious Disease Emergencies You Must Know* |
| 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | Break and Guided Meditation✻ |
| 10:30 AM | 11:15 AM | Updates in the Management of Massive and Submassive PE: What's New in 2025 |
| 11:15 AM | 11:35 AM | Complex Critical Cases: Interactive ICU Review |
| 11:35 AM | 12:30 PM | The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You: Management of Common Arrhythmias* |
| 12:30 PM | 1:15 PM | Lunch Break |
| 1:15 PM | 1:45 PM | Practical Tips for Extubating Difficult-to-Wean Patients* |
| 1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Break and Rejuvenation Exercises✻ |
| 2:00 PM | 2:40 PM | AI Applications in the ICU: The Future Is Now |
| 2:40 PM | 3:10 PM | Case Studies in Cardiac Critical Care |
| 3:10 PM | 3:20 PM | Cardio Quiz: EKG Review Part II |
| 3:20 PM | 3:25 PM | Break and Stretch |
| 3:25 PM | 4:10 PM | POCUS and More: Practical Tips for Assessing Volume Responsiveness at the Bedside |
| 4:10 PM | 4:55 PM | Humanizing the ICU: Strategies to Improve Care of Patients and Providers* |
| 30-minutes | Altered Mental Status in the ICU: A Case-Based Approach | |
| 10-minutes | Quick Hit: Tips for Anticoagulant Reversal | |
| 30-minutes | Tracheostomy Tips: What Every Intensivist Must Know | |
| 20-minutes | Quick Hit: Managing Opioid Withdrawal in the ICU* | |
| 15-minutes | Burning Clinical Question: Steroids for COVID? Steroids for Flu? What Should I Do? | |
Program changes/substitutions may be made without notice.
This agenda was updated on 4/21/2025.
* Qualifies for Risk Management Credit
✻ Optional Wellness Activity
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