Principles of Critical Care Medicine for Non-Intensive Care Specialists

This cutting-edge CME course is intended to provide core clinical critical-care skills to health care providers who are not trained as intensivists but whose clinical duties involve taking care of critically ill patients. The focus of this course will be to highlight recent important evidence-based advances in the practice of modern critical care medicine and leaving you with tangible strategies to immediately improve your practice.

Topics: 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 post-resuscitation 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 disease emergencies and updates in antimicrobial selection, Toxidromes, Oncologic emergencies, Time-limited trials in the ICU Humanizing the ICU, Severe acid-base and electrolyte disturbances