This is the 2020 schedule. The 2021 schedule is coming soon.

Wed. Sept. 23

8:00 AM 8:10 AM Welcome and Overview
8:10 AM 8:50 AM Case-Based Approach to Shock and Vasopressors
8:50 AM 9:00 AM Burning Clinical Question: Is It Safe to Run Vasopressors Peripherally?*
9:00 AM 9:05 AM Break
9:05 AM 9:35 AM Advancements in Advanced Cardiac Life Support
9:35 AM 9:45 AM Burning Clinical Question: Too Hot? Too Cold? Just Right? How to Approach Therapeutic Hypothermia in 2020*
9:45 AM 10:25 AM Management of Heart Failure for the General Intensivist*
10:25 AM 10:45 AM Break and Rejuvenation Exercises
10:45 AM 11:25 AM Mechanical Ventilation Made Easy: An Interactive Ventilator Demonstration
11:25 AM 12:05 PM ECMO in 2020: Where Are We Now?
12:05 PM 1:05 PM Lunch Break
1:05 PM 1:50 PM How Intensivists Think: Critical-Thinking Strategies to Minimize Cognitive Errors in the ICU*
1:50 PM 1:55 PM Break
1:55 PM 2:15 PM COVID-19: Update and Overview
2:15 PM 2:45 PM Managing Hypoxemia in Your COVID-19 Positive Patient*
2:45 PM 3:05 PM Break and Rejuvenation Exercises
3:05 PM 3:35 PM What More Can We Do? Adjunctive Therapies for Patients with Severe COVID-19 Infection*
3:35 PM 3:45 PM Burning Clinical Question: Should My Patient with COVID-19 Get Anticoagulation?*
3:45 PM 4:15 PM Adding Fuel to Fire: Treating Those with Chronic Lung Disease and COVID-19*
4:15 PM 4:20 PM Break
4:20 PM 4:40 PM End of Life Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic*
4:40 PM 5:20 PM Our COVID-19 Experience: A Panel-Style Question and Answer Sessions

Thurs. Sept. 24

8:00 AM 8:10 AM Introduction and Overview
8:10 AM 8:50 AM Best Practices for ICU Sedation in 2020
8:50 AM 9:00 AM Burning Clinical Question: How Can I Communicate with My Intubated Patient?*
9:00 AM 9:05 AM Break
9:05 AM 9:35 AM Vasopressors 102: The “New” Kids on the Block
9:35 AM 10:05 AM A Case-Based Approach to Common Arrythmias in the ICU
10:05 AM 10:15 AM Burning Clinical Question: Does My Patient Have Abdominal Compartment Syndrome?*
10:15 AM 10:35 AM Break and Rejuvenation Exercises
10:35 AM 11:15 AM Best Practices for Using Non-Invasive Ventilation in the ICU
11:15 AM 11:25 AM Burning Clinical Question: What Is Post-Intensive Care Unit Syndrome?*
11:25 AM 12:05 PM Red Alert!: Management of Hemorrhagic Shock and Anticoagulant Reversal*
12:05 PM 1:05 PM Lunch Break
1:05 PM 2:05 PM Management of Chronic Respiratory Failure in the ICU and Beyond*
2:05 PM 2:10 PM Break
2:10 PM 2:50 PM A Case-Based Approach to Altered Mental Status
2:50 PM 3:00 PM Burning Clinical Question: Should I Transfuse This Patient with Anemia?*
3:00 PM 3:20 PM Break and Rejuvenation Exercises
3:20 PM 3:50 PM Management of Pleural Disease in the ICU
3:50 PM 4:20 PM Physiology and Function of High-Flow Nasal Cannula
4:20 PM 4:25 PM Break
4:25 PM 4:35 PM Burning Clinical Question: How Do I Manage This Acute Airway Bleed?*
4:35 PM 5:15 PM Updates in the Management of Massive and Submassive PE
5:15 PM 5:25 PM Burning Clinical Question: What’s Pneu in Pneumonia? Update on IDSA Guideline Definitions*

Fri. Sept. 25

8:00 AM 8:10 AM Introduction and Overview
8:10 AM 8:50 AM Toxicology Cases: What the Intensivist Must Know in 2020*
8:50 AM 9:00 AM Burning Clinical Question: HD or CRRT?*
9:00 AM 9:05 AM Break
9:05 AM 9:40 AM Acid-Base in Your Face: A Case-Based Approach to Acid Base Disorders in the ICU
9:40 AM 10:10 AM Approach to Electrolyte Abnormalities in the ICU
10:10 AM 10:20 AM Burning Clinical Question: SubQ or Drip? How to Manage Hyperglycemia in the ICU*
10:20 AM 10:40 AM Break and Rejuvenation Exercises
10:40 AM 10:50 AM Burning Clinical Question: Can I Give Hypertonic Saline to My Patient?*
10:50 AM 11:30 AM Help! I Can’t Oxygenate My Patient!: A Case-Based Approach to Refractory Hypoxemia*
11:30 AM 12:10 PM Before the Trach: Practical Strategies for Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation*
12:10 PM 1:10 PM Lunch Break
1:10 PM 1:55 PM Bringing Joy to Work: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reducing Burnout in Your ICU*
1:55 PM 2:00 PM Break
2:00 PM 2:10 PM Burning Clinical Question: Should My Patient with Sepsis Get Steroids?*
2:10 PM 2:50 PM Oncologic Emergencies for the General Intensivist*
2:50 PM 3:00 PM Burning Clinical Question: Does My Patient Need DVT Prophylaxis?*
3:00 PM 3:20 PM Break and Rejuvenation Exercises
3:20 PM 3:50 PM Acute Liver Failure*
3:50 PM 4:20 PM Managing Sepsis in 2020: Has Anything Really Changed?*
4:20 PM 4:30 PM Burning Clinical Question: Should This Patient with CAP Get Steroids?*
4:30 PM 4:35 PM Break
4:35 PM 5:15 PM Point-of-Care Ultrasound: A Live Patient Demonstration of What the Intensivist Must Know
5:15 PM 5:25 PM Closing Remarks

Program changes/substitutions may be made without notice. This agenda was updated on 9/21/2020.

*Qualifies for Risk Management Credit

*This course will be LIVESTREAMED*

livestreamThe course will be presented in its entirety and includes 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 moderated by the program directors.

Special pricing is in effect for this program.

All live-stream sessions are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and ABIM MOC points, as well as other relevant CME credits.