Advanced Interactive Critical Care

Course Directors:
Kevin Felner, MD
New York University Medical Center

Brian Kaufman, MD
New York University Medical Center

Course Overview:
Experts in the field of critical care medicine will integrate evidence-based management strategies with hands-on simulation to provide a highly interactive course that includes both dynamic lectures and human simulator education to augment state-of-the-art evaluation and management of critically ill patients. This innovative pre-course will offer the latest evidence base in topics such as sepsis, shock, and pressor management; basic and advanced ventilator management strategies; use of sedatives, analgesia, paralytics in the ICU; critical care radiology; neurological critical care; use of hypothermia, ICU checklists, and much, much more. The didactic sessions will serve as a foundation of evidence that participants can then actively apply during the simulation sessions, especially in the management of difficult shock and airway problems.

Objectives:
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Explain basic and advanced mechanical ventilator physiology and strategies for complex situations including acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and troubleshooting ventilator problems.
• Integrate physiology with treatment of common and less common forms of shock.
• Apply appropriate sedation and analgesia strategies to minimize delirium in the intensive care unit and optimize ventilator weaning.