Schedules are subjec​t to change.​

Educational Objectives

Upon completion of this conference, participants should be better able to:

• Define post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) in the patient and family and identify the contributing factors to this syndrome. 

• Outline the strategies used by a multidisciplinary team for successful implementation of the ABCDEF bundle for maximizing patient outcomes 

• Describe the projected evolution of intensive care medicine in terms of physical and organizational boundaries, equipment, patient demographics, staffing and process of care over the next 30 years.

• Recognize the important role personalized medicine has on all aspects of care in the management of intensive care patients.

• Address some of the problems related to preserving the human approach in light of evolving medical technology. Utilize these technological advances to complement – not replace – the human approach to care.

• Differentiate the role of surgery versus anesthesia versus ICU in patient handoffs

• Describe the impact of effective communication on a multidisciplinary and multiprofessional handoff.

• Recognize the importance of handoff choreography in reducing preventable adverse events in healthcare.

• Identify modes of transmission for the spread of microorganisms in the critical care environment and recommend methods of surveillance. 

• Define key evidence-based practices that can reduce bacterial load and/or prevent the development of healthcare-acquired infections.

• Perform risk/benefit analysis for the use of alternatives to norepinephrine in the treatment of septic shock. 

• Frame current debates about fluid management of the critically ill.

• Define ICU delirium and describe study outcomes on approaches to prevention and treatment.

• Apply individualized treatment strategies to optimize arterial pressure and ensure adequate tissue perfusion.  

• Recognize the uses and limitations of monitoring blood lactate levels over time.

• Describe the continued importance of central venous oxygen saturation (S(c)vO2) even in the presence of negative randomized controlled trials on early goal-directed therapy.  

• Recognize the effect of fluid choice on the host immune response.

• Easily differentiate between better and worse fluid choices in different resuscitating settings.

• Evaluate the use of blood products on resuscitation.

• Incorporate data with controls into the understanding of contrast nephropathy risk.

• Utilize these data to best design imaging and renal protection strategies.​

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Accreditation and Credits

Baptist Health provides accredited continuing education (CME/CE) to doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

  

This activity has been approved for 6.25 credit hours, CE Broker #20-684506, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine, and the Florida Council of Physician Assistants.​

This activity has been approved for 6 contact hours each by Florida State Board of Nursing, Baptist Health South Florida. CE Broker Provider #50-182.​

This activity has been approved by the Florida Board of Pharmacy for 6.5 continuing education credits for pharmacists, Baptist Health South Florida. CE Broker Provider #50-182.

This activity has been approved for 6 contact hours for respiratory therapy personnel in the category of personal growth by the State of Florida, Baptist Health South Florida. CE Broker Provider #50-182​

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ claimed by physicians attending live events certified and organized in the United States for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ can be claimed through the agreement on mutual recognition of credits between UEMS and AMA, considered as being equal to the European Continuous Medical Education Credits (ECMEC©) granted by the UEMS. One AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is equivalent to one (1) hour of European EACCME Credit (ECMEC©). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.​