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A tentative schedule of events is listed below

 

Friday February 19, 2010

 
5:00pm – 7:30pm   Participant Registration
 

Saturday February 20, 2010

 
7:30am-8:00am   Participant Registration
     
7:30 am - 8:30 am   Breakfast Session
8:30 am - 9:00 am   Welcome/FCCS Overview
9:00 am – 9:30 am   Airway Management
9:30 am - 10:00 am   Cardiopulmonary/Cerebral Resuscitation
10:00 am - 10:30 am   Diagnosis and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure
10:30 am - 11:00 am   Mechanical Ventilation
11:00 am - 11:15 am   BREAK
11:15 am - 12:00 am   Mechanical Ventilation II
12:00 am - 12:30 am   Monitoring Blood Flow, Oxygenation and Acid-Base Status
12:30 am - 1:00 pm   Diagnosis and Management of Shock
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm   Lunch/Instructor Curriculum
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm   Acute Coronary Syndromes
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm   Assessment of the Seriously Ill Patient
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm   Skill Stations
• Airway Management
• Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
• Vascular Access
• Mechanical Ventilation A
• Acute Coronary Syndromes
     

Sunday February 21, 2010

     
7:30am-8:30am   Breakfast Session
8:30 am - 9:00 am   Neurologic Support
9:00 am - 9:30 am   Basic Trauma and Burn Support
9:30 am – 10:00 am   Life-Threatening Infections: Diagnosis and Antibiotic Selection
10:00 am - 10:30 am   Management of Life-Threatening Electrolyte and Metabolic Disturbances
10:30 am - 10:45 am   BREAK
10:45 am - 11:15 am   Special Considerations
11:15 am - 11:45 am   Critical Care in Pregnancy
11:45 am - 12:15 am   Ethics in Critical Care Medicine
12:15 am - 12:45 pm   Critical Care in Infants and Children: The Basics
12:45 pm - 1:15 pm   Lunch/Instructor Curriculum (if not completed on Day 1)
1:15 pm - 4:15 pm   Skill Stations
• Mechanical Ventilation B
• Mechanical Ventilation C
• Shock
• Trauma/Burns
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm   Post Test and Course Evaluation
     

Monday February 22, 2010

     
7:30-8:30   Breakfast Session
8:30-9:30   Legal Considerations in Medicine
9:30-10:00   Financial security as a Physician
10:00-10:30   Difficult Airway Introduction
10:30-11:00   Treating and Planning for the Difficult Airway
11:00-12:00   Procedures in Critical Care
12:00-1:00   Lunch
1:00 – 5:00   Small groups with Skill Stations, Procedures in Critical Care and Difficult Airway
5:00-5:15   Questions and Answers
     

Tuesday February 23, 2010

     
7:30-8:30   Breakfast Session
     
8:30 AM -9:00   Introduction to Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy (PDT) Patient Selection/Indications/Contraindications
9:00 AM -9:30   Airway Anatomy/Equipment/Techniques Percutaneous Tracheostomy Kits
9:30 AM 10:00   Timing:Early vs. Late Tracheostomy
10:00-1030 AM   Break
10:30 AM 1100am   Open in OR versus PDT at Bedside
11:00 AM-11:30   Pitfalls and Complications
11:30- 12:00 PM   Credentialing / Reimbursement / Privileges Discussion / Q&A
12:00-100pm   Lunch
1:00PM – 4:00   Hands-On Small Groups, Hands-On Stations, Single-step rigid dilator and balloon dilation techniques
4:00 PM   Conclusion and Evaluations
     
 
Icon The Critical Care environment has rapidly developed into a fast paced
 
  arena for the physician where initial decisions and practice management greatly affect patient’s outcome. Participants will learn the intricacies of patient care within the first 24-48 hours. Curriculum will include the didactic and clinical scenarios encompassing the fundamentals of critical care support, difficult airway management, **percutaneous bedside tracheostomy and a variety of other invasive procedures.  
     
 
Icon Organizers of this conference have selected world class facultyand have
 
  created a curriculum like none
other. Educational components will focus on various aspects of Critical Care and encompass both didactic and simulated training exercises. Our faculty is being assembled
from major teaching universities such as Yale University, University
of Nevada, Duke University and the University of Connecticut.
 
     
 
Icon This course has been specially designed for physicians only. After
 
  successful completion of the curriculum, participants will receive:

FCCS Certificate from SCCM
ACLS Recertification from AHA
Certificate of Completion for
Difficult Airway Management
Certificate of Completion for Percutaneous Bedside
Tracheostomy
Certificate of Completion for Invasive Procedures(CVP, A-Line, Swan-Ganz Catheter)
Continuing Medical Education
Credits 25+ Category I
 
     
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