SCCM Critical Care Congress 2026 – Complete Digital Congress

The SCCM Critical Care Congress 2026 brings together a comprehensive collection of the latest education, clinical updates, scientific research, and emerging developments across adult and pediatric critical care medicine.

The 2026 Critical Care Congress was held March 22–24, 2026, in Chicago, Illinois, bringing together the multidisciplinary critical care community. The digital congress was released on April 24, 2026 and provides extensive coverage across intensive care medicine, pulmonary and respiratory care, sepsis, shock, mechanical ventilation, ECMO, CRRT, neurocritical care, resuscitation, pharmacology, pediatrics, cardiovascular critical care, artificial intelligence, data science, quality improvement, and much more.

This comprehensive SCCM Congress 2026 Digital collection is designed for physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary ICU team who want access to the wide-ranging educational content presented during the 2026 congress.

400 Plus Videos and Subtitles

SCCM Critical Care Congress 2026 – Key Areas Covered

The program includes extensive education across:

• Sepsis and septic shock
• 2026 Surviving Sepsis Campaign updates
• Pediatric sepsis and Phoenix Criteria
• ARDS and acute respiratory failure
• Mechanical ventilation
• Lung- and diaphragm-protective ventilation
• ECMO and ECPR
• CRRT and renal replacement therapy
• Cardiovascular critical care
• Shock and hemodynamic monitoring
• Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS)
• Neurocritical care
• Acute brain injury and traumatic brain injury
• Status epilepticus
• Critical care pharmacology and toxicology
• Resuscitation and cardiac arrest
• Pediatric critical care
• Obstetric critical care
• Infectious diseases
• Hematology and transfusion medicine
• GI and ICU nutrition
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning
• Telecritical care
• Critical care research and data science
• Quality improvement and patient safety
• Ethics and end-of-life care
• ICU workforce and administration
• Global and resource-limited critical care

Complete SCCM Critical Care Congress 2026 Content

Below is the detailed content included in the collection, organized by its main subject areas.

📂 Administration

├── Adult ICU Triage Guideline
├── CC Physician Shortages
├── Exploring the Financial ROI for Coaching
├── Exploring the Pillars of Executive Coaching Versus Peer Coaching
├── Identifying the Right Coach
├── Implementing Decision Support: What Works, What Fails, and How to Get It Right
├── Interoperability and Real-Time Data: Breaking Down Silos in Decision-Making
├── Lack of Available ICU Beds and Resources to Meet Increasing Numbers of ICU Patients
├── Making the EHR Smarter: Reducing Clicks, Improving Data Flow, and Enhancing Usability
├── Moving Too Fast: Speeding Along the Workforce Pipeline
├── The Challenges of a Complex Process
├── The Impact of Federal Funding Reductions on Research
├── The Rest Is Up to Me and You: Battling the Workforce Crisis
├── Trends in Nurse and Advanced Practice Provider Workforce in the ICU
├── Where Do We Go From Here?
└── Your Way or Nothing at All: Brain Drain and the Global Workforce MigrationShorten with AI

📂 Behavioral Health and Well Being

├── Building a Violence-Free ICU
├── CAGED: How Much Is Too Much?
├── China’s Remarkable Doubling of Its ICU Workforce and Bed Capacity Within a Decade
├── Code Calm: Recognizing and De-escalating Danger on the Front Line
├── Emerging Role of Tele-ICU in Transforming Critical Care Delivery in India
├── From Behind the Scenes to Center Stage: Promoting the Role of Intensivists in Brazil
├── Innovate to Mitigate: Emerging Strategies to Combat Workplace Violence
├── Is It Fentanyl or Saline?
├── Legalization of Marijuana
└── The Impact of the Resident Walkout on Critical Care in Korea

📂 Cardiovascular

├── Addressing Comorbidities in Atrial Fibrillation
├── Angiotensin 2
├── Avoiding Stroke and Thromboembolism in Atrial Fibrillation
├── Con: Mechanical Circulatory Support Is Overused
├── Con: Thrombolytics Remain the Standard of Care for Massive PE
├── Echoing the Right Signals: Advanced Diagnostics in Right Heart Failure
├── Hydroxycobalamin: The Newest B
├── Methylene Blue: The Better B
├── Predicting the Right Outcomes: Prognostication in Right Heart Failure
├── Pro: Mechanical Circulatory Support Is Underused
├── Pro: We Should Expand Our Use of Thrombectomy for PE
├── Pulse Contour Analysis Monitors: Applications and Limitations of Diagnosis and Management of Shock
├── Rate Versus Rhythm Control
└── The Role of POCUS as an Alternative to Pulmonary Artery Catheterization in the Diagnosis and Management of Shock

📂 Crisis Management

├── Disasters, Mass Casualty Incidents, and Their Effects on the Healthcare Workforce
├── Hammering in the Nails: Designing and Implementing a Disaster Plan for Your ICU
└── The Therapeutic Effect of Canine Caregivers on the Medical Staff in a Traumatized Healthcare Setting

📂 Endocrine

├── Acute Adrenal Insufficiency and Adrenal Crisis
├── Con: Obesity Adversely Impacts Critical Illness Outcomes
├── Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State
├── Hyponatremia and Hypernatremia in the Critically Ill
├── Leveraging the RAAS in Shock
├── Postoperative Hypermetabolic Syndromes
├── Pro: Obesity Is Protective in Critical Illness
├── Serotonin Syndrome in the ICU
├── The Role of the Pituitary Gland and Vasopressin in Shock
├── Thyroid Storm and Myxedema Coma
└── What About the Adrenal Gland and Catecholamines?

📂 Epidemiology Outcomes

├── Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Misinformation: Vaccine Prioritization in High-Risk Populations – What Matters Most?
├── Celebrating a Dozen Years of ICU Liberation: Assessing the Impact of the PADIS Guidelines
├── How Guidelines Improve Clinical Outcomes
├── Implementing Better Nutrition Through Collaboration and Guidelines
├── Outcomes in Centralized/Referral Versus Local/Community-Based ICUs
├── Outcomes in General Versus Specialty ICUs
├── Precision Medicine Should Be Used Instead of Guidelines
├── Surviving Sepsis for Over 20 Years
├── The Science of Childhood Vaccinations: How They Prevent ICU Admissions
├── Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the ICU: The Data Behind the Crisis
├── Where Did All the Nurses Go?
├── Where Do We Go From Here?
└── Why Does Having Fewer Nurses Lead to Worse Outcomes?

📂 Ethics & End-of-Life Care

├── Bridging the Gap: Early Partnership With Organ Procurement Organizations to Optimize Donor Management
├── Con: The Clinical Team Should Not Be Involved in Cost Containment
├── Donor Resuscitation: How Much Is Too Much for Organ Viability and Improved Recipient Outcomes?
├── Expanding the Criteria for Organ Donation and Recipients
├── Influence of Age in End-of-Life Practices in Worldwide Intensive Care Units (Ethicus-2): A Prospective Observational Study
├── NRP as a Tool for Increasing Organ Donation
├── Palliative Care Across Continents: What We Can Learn From Each Other
├── Pro: Costs and Resources Must Impact Clinical Decision-Making in the ICU
├── Strategies for Preparing Learners for Patient Loss
├── Understanding the Emotional Impact of Patient Death
└── Variations in End-of-Life Care

📂 GI and Nutrition

├── Feeding the Future: Application of AI to Personalize Nutrition in the ICU
├── Morbid Obesity in the Critically Ill Patient: Differences in Physiology and ICU Interventions
├── One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Personalizing Nutrition Goals in the ICU
├── One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Personalizing Nutrition Goals in the ICU
├── Tech Bites: Overcoming Barriers to AI-Powered Nutrition in the ICU
└── The Nutritional Impact of Obesity: Tracking the Micros and Macros

📂 Hematology

├── Acid-Base for the Strong of Heart?
├── AI Meets Hemoglobin: Machine Learning in Transfusion Medicine
├── Anemia Unmasked: The New Essentials in Diagnosis, Management, and Future Therapies
├── Exploring the Uses of Tranexamic Acid in Obstetrics
├── Hemoadsorption: So Sticky and Clean!
├── Prothrombin Complex Concentrates in the Setting of Obstetric Hemorrhage
├── Synthetic Blood and Beyond: The Future of Transfusion Medicine Is Here
├── The Bedside Engineering for Blood Purification
├── Transfusion Truths: When, What, and How to Use Blood Products and Fractions in the ICU
├── Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in High-Risk Obstetric Populations
└── Whole Blood Revival: The Evolution of Transfusion Strategies

📂 Immunology

├── Alcohol Influences on Immune Response in ARDS
├── Alcohol Use Disorder and Gut Barrier Dysfunction in Critically Ill Patients
├── Alcohol Use Disorder and Immune Response in Sepsis
├── CAR-T and BIT Therapies Explained
├── Con: Vaccinations Should Not Be Mandatory for Critical Care Clinicians
├── Donor-Derived Infections in Transplant Recipients
├── Immunology Simplified for the Bedside Clinician
├── Implementing Novel Sepsis Diagnostics in the Emergency Department and ICU: Practical Considerations
├── Pro: Vaccinations Should Be Mandatory for Critical Care Clinicians
├── Recognizing Common Immunologic Emergencies
├── Sepsis in Patients Receiving Immunotherapy
└── The Science Behind Emerging Sepsis Biomarkers: What Do They Measure and Why Do They Matter?

📂 Infection

├── Antiretroviral Therapy in the ICU: When to Start, Stop, or Modify Treatment
├── Change It, Slow It, Combine It: Antibiotics in MDR/XDR
├── Managing Opportunistic Infections in the ICU: What You Need to Know
├── Sewage Heroes: Bacteriophages for Refractory Infections
└── The Double-Edged Sword: Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in the ICU

📂 Integument

├── Clot, Crash, Slough: Microvascular Catastrophes in the ICU
├── Drug Reactions Gone Deadly: SJS, TEN, and the ICU Nightmare When Medications Harm
└── Flesh-Eating Fear: Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections in the ICU

📂 Neuroscience

├── Beyond Survival: Interventions to Combat Neuropsychiatric Morbidity in Post-ICU Recovery
├── Clot Busters 2.0: The Rise of Ultra-Selective and Extended-Window Thrombolytics
├── Con: Battle of the Brain Bleeds – Debating Code ICH
├── Con: Rethinking Routine Seizure Prophylaxis
├── Con: The ZODIAC Trial – Reading the Stars or Just a Stroke of Luck?
├── Decoding Microvascular Dysfunction: Early Insights and Targeted Therapies for Acute Brain Injury
├── EEG in SAH
├── Exploring the Pharmacologic Risk Factors and Neurobiology of Brain Dysfunction in the ICU
├── How Do Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Pulse Pressure Shape Cerebral Microcirculation During ECMO?
├── Mechanisms of Cerebral Edema
├── Microvascular Breakdowns in Sepsis and ARDS: Therapeutic Innovations to Restore Cerebral Perfusion
├── Neurosciences II
├── Neurosciences I
├── NeuroShield: The Next Generation of Neuroprotective Agents for Ischemic Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury
├── Optimizing Invasive Hemodynamic Management in SAH
├── POCUS in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
├── Pro: A Crucial Shield for TBI Patients
├── Pro: Battle of the Brain Bleeds – Debating Code ICH
├── Pro: The ZODIAC Trial – Reading the Stars or Just a Stroke of Luck?
├── Seizure Storm-Stoppers: Precision Pharmacotherapy for Refractory Status Epilepticus
├── The Pharmacology of Osmotherapy
└── Unmasking Post-ICU Brain Dysfunction: Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Clinical InsightsShorten with AI

📂 Obstetrics

├── Guardians of Life: Vigilance in Critically Ill Pregnant Patients
├── Medication Conundrum: What’s Safe for Mama and Baby?
├── Obstetric Hemorrhage in the Post-Roe Era
├── Obstetric Sepsis in the Post-Roe Era
└── The Changing Landscape and Phenomenology of Obstetric Emergencies in the Post-Roe Era

📂 Patient and Family Support

├── Advancing PICU Care Using Trauma-Informed Approaches: PANDEM and ICU Liberation
├── Foundations of Trauma-Informed Care: Concepts and Principles
├── More Than We Expected: A Memoir
├── Our Why: Imagine a Color That Doesn’t Exist
├── Pro: Families Should Be Present During Cardiac Arrest
├── PTSD, Anxiety, and Depression in Parents
├── Recognizing Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome
└── Trauma-Informed Care in Clinically Challenging Scenarios: Chronic Illness, End of Life, and Burnout

📂 Pediatrics

├── ACTION HF: Advancing Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiac Extracorporeal Therapies
├── Advanced Extracorporeal Therapies
├── Advances in Biomarkers in Acute Brain Injury
├── Advances in Biomarkers in Acute Kidney Injury
├── Advances in Biomarkers in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
├── Advances in Biomarkers in Pediatric Sepsis
├── Balancing Hope and Honesty: Communicating Prognostic Uncertainty After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
├── Biomarkers for Predicting Outcomes After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
├── Bleeding Risk in Pediatric Critical Care
├── Can Translational Science and Bioengineering Principles Inform Bedside ECMO Care?
├── Clotting Risk in Pediatric Critical Care
├── Current Clinical Trials for Managing and Preventing Thrombosis in the PICU and Thromboprophylaxis in Pediatric Critical Care
├── Defining and Addressing Adverse Events for Pediatric ECMO to Improve Outcomes
├── Ethical Considerations When Families Decline Discharge or Transition to Adult Care
├── From Pixels to Prognosis: Leveraging Neuroimaging and Neuromonitoring in Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Outcome Prediction
├── Improving Prognostic Accuracy Using Multimodality Models After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
├── Insights Gained From Modeling Severe Viral Infection in Young Patients
├── Intersection of SES and Pain Management
├── Leveraging Improved Use of Technology to Optimize Pediatric ECMO Care
├── Macrophage-Derived Inflammation in Pediatric Viral Respiratory Infections
├── National Estimates of Pediatric Sepsis in U.S. Hospitals Using Clinical Data: Pediatric Sepsis Event Surveillance in U.S. Hospitals
├── Neuroprognostication Across Diverse Health Systems Worldwide
├── Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Refractory Pain Management
├── Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Pharmacogenomics in Drug Overdoses and Extracorporeal Therapy
├── Pharmacologic Approaches to Refractory Pain, Beyond Opioids
├── PPETS: Pioneering Synergy in Pediatric Extracorporeal Therapies
├── Practical and Ethical Issues in Navigating the Evaluation of Brain Death After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
├── Setting the Stage
├── The Role of Quantitative EEG in Neuroprognostication After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest
├── This Is What ECMO Looked Like for My Child and Family
├── Unique Considerations in the Care of Children With Medical Complexity
├── Unraveling Pediatric RSV Pathogenesis: Innate Immune Dysfunction in Critical Illness
├── Updates in Basic Science
├── Updates in Clinical Science
├── Updates in Data Science
├── Updates in Education and QI
├── Ventilating Children on ECMO
├── Ventilating Children With Severe Asthma
├── Ventilating PICU Patients With Severe Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
├── Viral and Host-Related Factors in the Nasal Inflammatory Response to Critical Bronchiolitis in Infants and Children
└── WE-ROCK: Insights Into Renal Outcomes in Critically Ill KidsShorten with AI

📂 Pharmacology

├── A Tough Pill to Swallow: Toxicology Review for the Critical Care Clinician
├── Better Ways to Identify and Reduce Inappropriate Medications in the Critically Ill Older Adult
├── Beyond the Vein: Optimizing Peripheral IV Administration in Critical Care
├── Bridge to Nowhere: Key Considerations With Dialysis in Cirrhosis
├── Delabeling Medication “Allergies” and “Warnings” in Critically Ill Patients
├── Development and Psychometric Testing of the OCEAN-ICU Instrument to Optimise Sedation Use in Intensive Care
├── Differentiating Disease: Separating Causes of Acute Kidney Dysfunction in Cirrhosis
├── Emerging Therapy for Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
├── Fighting the ICU Frenzy: Updates in Pain, Agitation, and Delirium
├── Frozen Solid: Frostbite Management
├── GLP1 Inhibitor Complications
├── Heart Rhythm Hazards or a Number Nuisance: Navigating QTc-Prolonging Medications
├── Ketamine Queen
├── Lies, More Lies, and Clinical Study Statistics: The Influence of Data (Mis)Interpretation on Drug Interaction Identification
├── Linezolid Versus Clindamycin for Necrotizing Fasciitis
├── Magic Mushrooms in the ICU?
├── Medications That Are Never Started Don’t Need to Be Deprescribed: Insights From a Geriatrician
├── Minimizing Potentially Inappropriate Neuroactive Medications to Reduce Delirium in the ICU
├── Safety and Implementation of Alternative Routes of Medication Administration
├── THC for Status Epilepticus
├── Tiny Patients, Big Challenges: Updates in Pediatric Critical Care Pharmacotherapy
├── To Push or Not to Push: Safety Considerations for IV Push Medications – Focus on Antiseizure and Antimicrobial Medication
└── Which Drugs for Which Patient: A Myriad of Choices to Treat Kidney Dysfunction in CirrhosisShorten with AI

📂 Procedures

├── Bedside Salvage Procedures for Any ICU Clinician
├── Countering Ageism in Determining Surgical Candidacy
├── Do Not Resuscitate and the Operating Room
├── Improving Processes and Outcomes for Older Adults Undergoing Surgery
├── Overview and Expansion of Perioperative Life Support
├── Primary and Secondary Surveys in the Intensive Care Unit
├── Principles of Dramatic Wound Care in Trauma Patients
└── Unique Challenges in Post-Surgical Care of the Geriatric Patient

📂 Professional Development and Education

├── 2026 SCCM Congress Opening Session and Presidential Address
├── A Master of Critical Care Medicine Journey Presented by the American College of Critical Care Medicine
├── APP Utilization in Critical Care and Updates on Productivity
├── Barriers to Progress: The Impact of Anti-DEI Legislation on Education and Health Equity
├── Con Rebuttal
├── Constructing an Effective Care Conference
├── Con: Not Only Physicians Meeting Certain Criteria Should Be Called Intensivists
├── Emergency General Surgery
├── Expanding the Role of Virtual Nursing
├── Exploiting the 3D World for Critical Care Education: Photogrammetry, 3D Printing, and App Development
├── Extending Postgraduate Training for Critical Care Pharmacists
├── Extending Training for Critical Care Advanced Practice Providers
├── Health at Your Fingertips
├── Humanizing the ICU: Empathy, Connection, and Person-Centered Nursing
├── Implementing the 4Ms as a Clinician in the Inpatient Setting: A Geriatrician’s Perspective
├── Inclusion Leadership Principles for Intensive Care Unit Clinicians
├── Lifetime Achievement Award: Hindsights Bring Insights
├── Mapping Values to Goals
├── Microlearning in Action: Digital Tools and Techniques
├── Potential Uses of Generative AI in Clinical Research Writing
├── Practical Implementation of the 4Ms at the Bedside: A Critical Care Nurse’s Perspective
├── Pro Rebuttal
├── Pro: Only Physicians Meeting Certain Criteria Should Be Called Intensivists
├── Reality Is What We Make It: Virtual, Mixed, or Augmented in Critical Care Education
├── Recovery One Megabyte at a Time
├── Redefining Telecritical Care Trends and Evolving Care Models in 2026
├── Revolutionizing Healthcare With Ethical and Responsible AI
├── Shared Billing in the Current State of Medicare and Medicaid
├── Supporting Families and Optimizing Delirium Care: Evidence for Advancing ICU Nursing Practice
├── Surgical Critical Care
├── The 10 Steps to Improve Sepsis Care in Low-Resource Settings
├── The Current State of Generative AI in Clinical Research
├── The Impact of Immigration Policies on Access to Critical Care
├── The Pitfalls of Using Generative AI for Writing Manuscripts: An Editor’s Perspective
├── The Science of Microlearning: Why It Works
├── The State of Telepharmacy
├── Trauma
├── Using Simulation Beyond the Mock Code
├── What Not to Say, and What TO Say
└── Year in Review: Internal MedicineShorten with AI

📂 Pulmonary

├── Alternative Treatments: Ketofol and Other Combinations That Optimize Sedative Outcomes
├── ARDS Clinical Research: Data Collection Toward Advancing Phenotypes
├── ARDS Precision Medicine
├── Balancing Lung- and Diaphragm-Protective Ventilation
├── Bedside Identification of Subphenotypes in Acute Respiratory Failure: Results From a Multicentre, Prospective, Observational Study
├── Beyond Day 7: When Does Prolonged Ventilation Really Become a Contraindication for ECMO?
├── Ceragenin-Coated Endotracheal Tubes for the Reduction of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
├── Challenges and Outcomes Associated With Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Patients
├── Challenging Decisions: ECMO in Pregnancy and Oncologic Diseases
├── Clinical Applications Today: POC Technologies
├── Driving Pressure Use in ARDS: What Do the Data Show?
├── Every Breath You Take: PEEP and Recruitment Maneuvers in ARDS
├── Future Innovations and Next-Generation Research
├── Human Factor Considerations During Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Patients
├── Lifesaving or a Bridge to Disaster: ECMO in Traumatic Brain Injuries
├── Lung-Protective Strategies in Management of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
├── Managing the Clot Through Intervention
├── Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Agitation and Delirium
├── Patient and Ventilator: Not Always a Pas de Deux
├── PE Response Teams: Benefits of a Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT)
├── PEEP in ARDS: What Do the Guidelines Say?
├── Rapid Screening for Right Ventricular Dysfunction Using a Systematic Qualitative POCUS Exam
├── Reaching the Point of Saturation: Influence of Receptors on Sedative Response
├── Respiratory and Hemodynamic Optimization
├── Rough Seas: Barriers to the Use of Pulmonary Hypertension Therapies in the Hospitalized Patient
├── Safe Mechanical Ventilation Strategy in Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
├── To PEEP or ZEEP: Strategies for Ventilator and Noninvasive Support in RV Dysfunction
├── Tools for Precision Therapy for Critical Illness (ARDS, Sepsis): Correlating to Treatment Effect
├── Type To Treat: BARDA’s Subtyping Program
├── Updated Neuromuscular Blocker Guidelines: To Block or Not to Block, That Is Not the Only Question
├── Updated Neuromuscular Blocker Guidelines: To Block or Not to Block, That Is Not the Only Question
├── Ventilator Management: Who’s in Charge?
├── Visualizing the Lung
├── Who Benefits From Thrombolytic Strategies for Pulmonary Embolism?
└── Year in Review: Respiratory CareShorten with AI

📂 Quality and Patient Safety

├── Applying the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Cycle
├── Case Studies in Simulation for Quality Improvement
├── Data Collection and Performance Metrics in the ICU
├── Driving Change: Sustainable Solutions for Equitable ICU Liberation
├── Evidence-Based Guidelines for End of Life for Infants and Children in Intensive Care Settings
├── Evidence-Based Guidelines on Caring for Older Adults in the ICU
├── Funding the Future: Adapting Your Research Program to a Shifting Funding Landscape
├── Global Perspectives on Equitable ICU Liberation in Resource-Limited Settings
├── Human Factors Methodology
├── Introduction to Quality Improvement in Critical Care
├── Learning From Adverse Events: Applying Human Factors Engineering to Healthcare Simulation Training
├── Making the Impossible Work: Ethical and Practical Strategies for Resource-Limited ICU Care
├── Navigating the Processes of Implementing Guidelines and Best Evidence
├── New Horizons in Critical Care Research: Institutional Strategies for a Changing Landscape
├── New Monitoring Modalities: Promises and Pitfalls
├── Simulation-Based Process Testing
├── Society of Critical Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guidelines on Adult End-of-Life Care in the ICU
├── Strategies for Securing Buy-In and Sustaining Change With AI
├── The Foundations of Implementation Science in Critical Care
├── The Hidden Divide: How Resource Inequities Undermine ICU Liberation
├── The Scientific Future of Critical Care Research: Emerging Priorities and Paradigms
├── Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
└── Whole-House Patient Monitoring: From Concept to ExecutionShorten with AI

📂 Renal

├── ACE Symposium: Complications of Cirrhosis in the ICU – HRS/AKI in Adult and Pediatric Liver Disease
├── Dialysis Without Disruptions: Strategies for Enhanced Performance
├── From Concept to Clinical Practice: The Evolution of CRRT
├── Nephrotoxicity Diagnostic Criteria
├── Nephrotoxin Stewardship
├── Plasma Linoleic Acid Is Associated With Pediatric Sepsis Phenotype and Acute Kidney Injury
├── Pseudonephrotoxicity
└── Smart CRRT: Predict, Personalize, and Perfect Renal Support With Cutting-Edge Support

📂 Research

├── ACCM Distinguished Investigator: Change Is the Only Constant – Considerations for Drug-Related Kidney Diseases and Disorders
├── AI and Actively Learning Systems: The Future of Pediatric Critical Care
├── Building a Culture of Continuous, Patient-Centered Learning
├── Centralization Versus Individualization: The Corporatization Challenge
├── Clinical Trial Design for the Future of Pediatric Critical Care
├── Discovery: Multi-Omic Approach to Identifying PARDS Endotypes
├── Engaging Distance Learners: Strategies for Success in Virtual Learning
├── European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) and Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Joint Consensus
├── From Bench to Bedside: Bridging the Translational Gap in Critical Care Research
├── Geriatric Syndromes and Their Effects on Clinical Outcomes in Trials
├── Growing Wiser: How to Develop Clinical Studies That Actually Enroll End Users
├── In Person AND Online: A Time for Two Seasons
├── Industry Is Not a Dirty Word but the Devil Is in the Details
├── Industry Is Not the Devil
├── Lessons Learned From Developing Guidelines for Caring for Older Adults in the ICU
├── Maintaining the Value of In-Person Learning in a Virtual World
├── Misinterpretation in Critical Care Research: Navigating Biases
├── Moving From SOFA-1 to SOFA-2: Time for an Update
├── Optimizing the ICU Care Team: National Consensus and New Evidence on the Role of Critical Care Pharmacists
├── Polymyxin B Hemoadsorption in Endotoxic Septic Shock: A Bayesian Randomized Trial
├── Rethinking Quality Improvement in Pediatric Critical Care
├── Review of Advances and Success in Simulation and Education
├── Review of Basic and Translational Research
├── Review of Clinical and Epidemiologic Research
├── SCCM-Weil: Metabolic Crosstalk in Acute Lung Injury Between Alveolar Macrophages and Epithelium
└── Statistical Pitfalls in Critical Care Trials: A Guide for ResearchersShorten with AI

📂 Resuscitation

├── A.S. Laerdal Memorial Lecture: The Evolution of the Critical Care Resuscitation Unit and the Marathon to Bring Timely Care
├── Beyond Blood: Novel Hemostatic Agents and Adjunctive Therapies in Damage Control Resuscitation From the Field to the ICU
├── Beyond the Code: Easy POCUS Techniques for ACLS Success
├── Critical Care Advances in the Prehospital Arena
├── Evidence and Efficacy of ECPR for Patients With Cardiac Arrest
├── Evidence for Norepinephrine Versus Epinephrine for Patients With ROSC After Cardiac Arrest
├── Overview of the Guideline and the Evidence for Adjunct Medications During ACLS
├── Prehospital Whole Blood in Traumatic Hemorrhage
├── Prolonged Critical Care in the Emergency Department
├── Recent Emergency Medicine Literature With Applications to Resuscitation
├── Seeing the Unseen: Harnessing TEE in Cardiac Arrest Management
└── The Evolution of Damage Control Resuscitation: Where Are We Now?Shorten with AI

📂 Sepsis

├── Abracadabra! Making Fluid Overload Disappear From POCUS-Based Sepsis Management
├── Applicability of Surviving Sepsis Campaign to Low- and Middle-Income Countries
├── Beyond Postoperative Fever: Differentiating Inflammatory Response From Sepsis in the Perioperative Phase
├── Beyond the Numbers: The Hidden Impact of HOB on ICU Metrics and Resources
├── Blood Cultures and Beyond: Navigating Diagnostic Stewardship in the ICU
├── Closing the Loop: Infection Control Strategies to Reduce Bacteremia in the ICU
├── Hocus Pocus: Are There Benefits to Implementing a POCUS-Based Resuscitative Protocol for Patients With Sepsis?
├── Implementation of the 2026 Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Across Settings of Various Resource Levels
├── Interleukin and Cytokine Modulation: Shaping the Immune Response in Sepsis and ARDS Using Precision Approaches
├── Key Aspects of Surviving Sepsis Campaign Methods
├── New and Revised Surviving Sepsis Campaign Recommendations
├── New and Revised Surviving Sepsis Campaign Recommendations
├── Postoperative Sepsis as a Patient Safety Indicator: Economic Implications for Health Systems
├── Procalcitonin and NEWS2 Evaluation for Timely Identification of Sepsis and Optimal Use of Antibiotics in the Emergency Department
├── Rational Approaches to Postoperative Antibiotic Discontinuation in Sepsis
├── Sepsis Benchwarmers: Bring in the Immunomodulators
├── Targeting DPP3: A New Frontier in Sepsis Management
├── Thought Leader: Making Sepsis the Next Success Story in Global Health – William C. Shoemaker Honorary Lecture
├── Toxicities Associated With CAR-T Cell Therapies: Diagnosis and Management
├── Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: A Novel Approach to ARDS Therapy
├── Vacate the Bench: Bring in the Vasoactive Agents
├── What Are the Rules of the Game Here? How to Recognize and Diagnose Refractory Septic Shock
├── What’s New in Recognition and Management of Infection, Hemodynamics, and Resuscitation
└── What’s New in Ventilation, Metabolic, Adjunctive, and Immunologic Therapies and Long-Term OutcomesShorten with AI

📂 Shock – Non-Sepsis

├── A Team Sport: Multidisciplinary Management of Mixed Shock
├── Managing Shock States in Extremes of Age
├── Medications and Receptor Alterations Impacting Treatment of Shock
├── The Lesser of Two Evils: Medical Versus Mechanical Support
├── The Stranger in the Room: Identifying and Risk Stratifying the Mixed Shock Patient
└── Treating Shock in Extremes of Weight

📂 Trauma

├── Decoding TBI: Blood Biomarkers Transforming Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnosis and Management
├── Landscape of Kidney Biomarker Use in Critically Ill Patients
└── Metabolic Markers: Revolutionizing Nutritional Strategies in the Metabolic Derangements of Trauma Patients

📂 Worldwide Data

├── Bite to Bedside: Severe Dengue Fever in the ICU
├── Challenges in Applying the Phoenix Criteria in LMICs
├── Hacking Virtual Access for Pediatric Critical Care Education and Resource Capacity-Building
├── Plasmodium Problems: Unveiling Critical Malaria Mysteries
├── Simulation in RLS: Incorporating Simulation Science Into Practice in RLS
├── Strengthening Sepsis Recognition: Adapting the Phoenix Criteria for LMICs
├── TB or Not TB: Battling Drug Resistance
├── The Association Between Socioeconomic Position and Mortality in Patients With Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Systematic Review
├── The Phoenix Criteria: A New Dawn for Sepsis Classification?
├── Thought Leader: Quality Care Despite Disparities – Lessons From the Alaska Trauma System (Peter Safar Honorary Lecture)
└── Using Geospatial Mapping, Data Analytics, and Telemedicine to Optimize Critical Care Resources

Major Learning Areas

Sepsis, Septic Shock & Surviving Sepsis Campaign

The SCCM Critical Care Congress 2026 contains extensive coverage of sepsis, including recognition and diagnosis, POCUS-guided resuscitation, biomarkers, antimicrobial strategies, refractory septic shock, vasoactive therapy, immunomodulation and the 2026 Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines.

ARDS, Respiratory Failure & Mechanical Ventilation

A major component of the congress focuses on ARDS, respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation, including ARDS precision medicine, subphenotypes, lung-protective strategies, diaphragm-protective ventilation, driving pressure, PEEP, recruitment maneuvers and advanced ventilatory management.

ECMO, ECPR & Extracorporeal Support

The congress contains adult and pediatric sessions covering ECMO, ECPR, extracorporeal therapies, ventilation during ECMO, pediatric ECMO, CRRT and evolving extracorporeal technologies.

Neurocritical Care

Topics include acute brain injury, cerebral edema, traumatic brain injury, stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, SAH, EEG, neuromonitoring, neuroprognostication, status epilepticus and post-ICU neuropsychiatric morbidity.

Artificial Intelligence & Data Science in Critical Care

The 2026 program includes a strong focus on the changing role of technology in intensive care, including generative AI, machine learning, AI-powered clinical decision support, AI in nutrition, predictive systems, telecritical care, EHR optimization and responsible AI implementation.

Pediatric Critical Care

Pediatric content covers sepsis, ARDS, ECMO, cardiac arrest, AKI, biomarkers, thrombosis, neuroprognostication, RSV, severe asthma, mechanical ventilation, pharmacotherapy, data science and quality improvement.

Who Should Take This Program?

The SCCM Critical Care Congress 2026 Digital Course is relevant for:

• Intensivists
• Critical care physicians
• Pulmonary and critical care specialists
• Pediatric intensivists
• Emergency medicine physicians
• Anesthesiologists
• Surgeons and surgical critical care physicians
• Neurologists and neurointensivists
• Nephrologists
• Clinical pharmacists
• Critical care nurses
• Respiratory therapists
• Advanced practice providers
• Other members of the multidisciplinary ICU team

Delivery & Access

What’s Included

Complete Digital Congress
A comprehensive collection of digital presentations from the 2026 critical care congress.

Video Presentations
Congress presentations are provided as video content.

VTT Subtitles
Presentations are accompanied by VTT subtitle files.

Organized by Topic
Content is organized into specialty-based folders, making it easier to navigate areas such as Sepsis, Pulmonary, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Neuroscience, Renal, Resuscitation, Cardiovascular, Research and more.

Adult + Pediatric Critical Care
One multidisciplinary collection covering both adult and pediatric intensive care.

Why Choose SCCM Critical Care Congress 2026?

The 2026 SCCM Critical Care Congress provides an exceptionally broad review of modern intensive care medicine.

From sepsis and ARDS to ECMO, mechanical ventilation, shock, neurocritical care, resuscitation, renal replacement therapy, pharmacology, pediatric critical care and artificial intelligence, the program provides access to hundreds of focused educational presentations across the major areas of critical care practice.

Its multidisciplinary structure also makes the collection useful for clinicians who want to explore topics outside their primary specialty while remaining focused on critically ill patients.