Emerging Trends in Critical Care 2008
Friday, Spetember 5, 2008 8:45 am - 4:15 pm
Registration & Continental Breakfast at 8:00am
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS COURSE IS NOW CLOSED, PLEASE REGISTER AT THE DOOR,
THERE ARE MANY SEATS STILL AVAILABLE!
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This conference will address issues common in the care of critically ill adult patients. Through lectures and case presentations, presenters will focus on the best in evidence-based resources and the most current thinking in the field reflecting changes in practice patterns. This course is designed for nurses, respiratory care practitioners and other health care professionals who provide care in the critical care setting.
For VMMC employees with PRP Coupons or authorization for cost center transfer or payroll deduction,
please contact
· Barbara VanCislo at 206-341-0122 or
· Interoffice (G2-EDU)
PLEASE NOTE
Confirmation of registration will be sent via email - be sure to enter accurate email information in order to receive confirmation and additional information!
- August 22, 2008 is the deadline for written refund requests. No refunds
will be issued after this date.
- A $35.00 administration fee will be deducted from the refund.
- August 29, 2008 is the deadline for mail-in registration. and the price incerases by $20.00 after that date.
After attending this course, participants will be better able to:
- Describe one strategy to support early mobility for patients on ventilators
- Describe the process for sedation vacation
- Compare and contrast the two types of delirium that patients experience in the ICU
- Describe four forms of communication in the ICU
- Describe ways to discern the best communication pathway for your situation
- Describe three situations when EtCO² monitoring can make a difference
- Discuss three situations that can be detected with EtCO² monitoring during mechanical ventilation
- Discuss the role of EBUS (Endobronchial Ultrasound) and Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy
- Describe the benefits and indications for minimally invasive lung surgery
- Discuss the purpose of tracheostomies
- Describe variables in tracheostomy care
- Describe the potential benefits of therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest
- Discuss potential side effects of therapeutic hypothermia
- Discuss the need and opportunity to improve families’ experience of care in the ICU through personal reflection
- List system changes that will improve families’ experience of care provided in the ICU
This course is dedicated to the spirit and memory of
Tane Allen, BSN, RN, CCRN, who was devoted to skillful and compassionate care for critically ill patients.
AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS:
08:00 Registration and Check-In
08:45 Welcome and Introduction
09:00 Improving Care for ICU Patients:
Progressive Mobility, Sedation, Sleep and Delirium
~ Vicki Spuhler, MS, RN
11:00 Break
11:15 Five Things Your Mother Never Told You
About Communication in the ICU
~ Jim Fielder, RRT-NPS
11:45 Five Things Your Mother Never Told You
About EtCO² Monitoring
~ Jim Fielder, RRT-NPS
12:15 Lunch
1:00 Emerging Trends in Diagnosing and Treating
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
~ Steven Kirtland, MD
~ Richard Koehler, MD
2:00 Tracheostomies
~ Stephen W. Bayles, MD, FACS
2:30 Break
2:45 Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest:
Improving the Odds
~ Nicole Kupchik, RN, MN, CCRN-CMC
3:30 Patient and Family-Centered Care in the ICU
~ Tammy Alvarez, MSN, RN, CCRN (Replacing Dr. Michael Westley)
~ Shirley Sherman, BSN, RN, CCRN
~ Michael Westley, MD, FCCP (Replaced by Tammy Alvarez)
4:15 Evaluation and adjournment
CONTACT HOURS:
Nursing:Virginia Mason Medical Center is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Washinton State Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. At the completion of this course, participants will receive 6.0
contact hours. Respiratory Therapists: Application has been made to the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for continuing education contact hours for Respiratory Therapists.Participants must be present for the entire course in order to receive contact hours/certificates. No partial credit will be awarded.
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CONFERENCE FACULTY:
Stephen W. Bayles, MD, FACS
Otolaryngologist, VMMC
Jim Fielder, RRT-NPS
Respiratory Care Clinical Specialist, Overlake Hospital
Steven Kirtland, MD
Pulmonologist, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, VMMC
Richard Koehler, MD
Surgeon, General Thoracic Surgery, VMMC
Nicole Kupchik, RN, MN, CCRN-CMC
Cardiology/Medicine, Critical Care CNS, Harborview Medical Center
Shirley Sherman, BSN, RN, CCRN
Assistant Nurse Manager, Critical Care Unit, VMMC
Vicki Spuhler, MS, RN
Nurse Manager RICU, Intermountain Medical Center, Utah
Tammy Alvarez, MSN, RN, CCRN (Replacing Dr. Michael Westley)
Critical Care Manager, St. Joseph Hospital of Orange, CA
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