Pre-Course - Thursday, April 3, 2025

11:45 am – 12:10

Registration

12:15 pm – 2:15

Ultrasound Workshop: Bedside Echocardiography, Lung Exam, Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST), and Bedside DVT Screening

Optional (Additional registration Required)

Andreea Chirila, RDCS; Nikki Matos, APRN; Stephanie Carmon, APRN; Rachel Hannon, APRN; Michelle Ojard, PA-C; Dolores Villar, PA-C; Emily

R. Rogers, APRN, D.N.P.; Sebastian Mikulic, MD

2:15 – 2:30

Break

2:30 – 5:00

Procedural Skills Simulation Workshop: Basic Airway Techniques (Intubation,

Bronchoscopy, LMA), Advanced Airway Workshop (Cricothyrotomy,

Tracheotomy), Central Venous Access Optional (Additional Registration Required)

Christan Santos, APRN; Nikki Matos, APRN; Stephanie Carmon, APRN;

Rachel Hannon, APRN; Michelle Ojard, PA-C; Dolores Villar, PA-C; Layton White, PA-C; Philip Lowman, MD; Sebastian Mikulic, MD

5:00 pm

Adjourn

Friday, April 4, 2025

6:45 am – 7:25

Registration and Breakfast

7:25 – 7:30

Welcome and Introduction to the Course

Philip Lowman, MD; Sarah Peacock, DNP, APRN; Christan Santos, DNP, APRN

7:30 – 8:10

Critical Care Ultrasound: Clinical Cases

Govind Panda, MD

8:10 – 8:50

Cardiogenic Shock: Which Mechanical Circulatory Support Device is Right for Your Patient

Steve Mackay, PA-C

8:50 – 9:30*

Procedural Sedation in the ICU

TBD

9:30 – 9:50

Break

9:50 – 10:30*

ICU Care of the Spinal Cord Injury Patient

Nader Amini, MD

10:30 – 10:50*

Rapid Fire: Epistaxis in the ICU

Mary Tatum, APRN

10:50 – 11:10

Rapid Fire: High-Flow Nasal Cannula Indications

Sebastian Mikulic, MD

11:10 – 11:30

Rapid Fire: When the Video Laryngoscope Fails

TBD

11:30 – 12:20

Lunch

11:30 – Poster presentations start in General Session room.

(If participating in the poster presentations session, please claim credit commensurate with the amount of time spent in the session, in 0.25 hour increments, up to 0.5 hours maximum.)

12:20 – 1:00*

Gotta Go: Constipation and Ileus in the ICU

Juan Canabal, MD

1:00 – 1:40*

Under the Microscope: Bacterium and Antibiotic Review

Michelle Ojard, PA-C

1:40 – 2:20

CT Abdomen for the Non-Radiologist

TBD

2:20 – 3:00

Massive Transfusion

Ryan Chadha, MD

3:00

Adjourn

Saturday, April 5, 2025

6:45 am – 7:25

Registration and Breakfast

7:25 – 7:30

Welcome and Introduction to the Course

Philip Lowman, MD; Sarah Peacock, DNP, APRN; Christan Santos, DNP, APRN

7:30 – 8:10*

Status Asthmaticus

Prabhav Vasistha, MD

8:10 – 8:50*

Vasopressors and Inotropes

Quintin Quinones, MD

8:50 – 9:30

Ventilator Basics

Philip Lowman, MD

9:30 – 9:50

Break

9:50 – 10:30

Intubating the Mostly Dead Patient

Nathan Waldron, MD

10:30 – 10:50*

Rapid Fire: Approach to Meningitis

Midiia Shuman, MD

10:50 – 11:10

Rapid Fire: Brain Death Exam

Emily Rogers, APRN

11:10 – 11:30

Rapid Fire: Post-Cardiac Surgery Pacemaker Management

Stephanie Zhang, APRN

11:30 – 12:20

Lunch

11:30 – Poster presentations start in General Session room.

(If participating in the poster presentations session, please claim credit commensurate with the amount of time spent in the session, in 0.25 hour increments, up to 0.5 hours maximum.)

12:20 – 1:00

Neuroprognostication after Cardiac Arrest

Sarah Peacock, APRN

1:00 – 1:40*

C. diff: Diagnosis and Treatment in the Critically Ill Patient

TBD

1:40 – 2:20*

Hepatobiliary Infections

Dolores Villar, PA-C

2:20 – 3:00*

Delirium Management in the ICU

Christan Santos, APRN

3:00 pm

Adjourn