Course Learning Objectives
Harvard 11th ANNUAL Principles of Critical Care Medicine for Non-Intensive Care Specialists 2023
Event date : september 2023
Learning Objectives
- Review the basic principles of mechanical ventilation and describe indications for noninvasive and invasive ventilation
- Describe evidenced-based approaches to diagnosis and management of common infections in the ICU
- Categorize different types of shock,describe the pathophysiologic mechanism behind each and formulate appropriate
treatment strategies - Identify the evidence-based managementof hypoxic failure, including the use of high-flow nasal cannula, lung-protective ventilation, PEEP optimization, proning and ECMO
- Describe the importance of POCUS in the diagnosis of shock and volume status
- Recognize post-intensive care syndrome and describe best practices for management
- Identify contemporary approaches to sedation in the ICU
- Recognize and manage common toxicology emergencies
- Assess cardiac emergencies such as heart failure and unstable arrhythmias
- Describe treatment options for massive and submissive pulmonary emboli
- Diagnose and treat commonly encountered electrolyte abnormalities
- Describe best practices for end-of-life care in the ICU
- The following intensive care problems, techniques and updates will be addressed in
this comprehensive course:
Course Overview
- Mechanical ventilation and patient-ventilator interactions
- Non-invasive ventilation and high-flow nasal cannula
- Arrhythmias
- Nutrition in the ICU
- Point-of-care ultrasound utilization in the ICU
- Advancements in postresuscitation care
- End-of-life care in the ICU
- Shock and vasopressors
- Sedation and delirium
- Sleep in the ICU
- Pulmonary embolism
- Palliative care in the ICU
- Post-intensive care syndrome
- Refractory hypoxemia and ARDS
- ECMO
- Neurocritical care
- Ventilator troubleshooting
- Infectious emergencies and updates in antimicrobial selection
- Toxidromes
- Oncologic emergencies
- Humanizing the ICU
- Time-limited trials in the ICU
- Severe acid-base and electrolyte disturbances
Brochure :
https://criticalmedboston.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/23-734498-Brochure-FINAL.pdf
