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Pennsylvania Chapter of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (PASCCM) and Susquehanna Valley Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (SVAACN)
Purpose/Overview
This annual conference is designed to promote the scientific evaluation of methods of care and to translate current literature into strategies to optimize the care of the critically ill patient.
Audience
Physicians, Advanced Practice Clinicians, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Pharmacists, Dietitians and Health Care Professionals involved in critical care may benefit from attendance.
Overall Objectives
- Develop a plan to apply knowledge gained to promote quality care of critically ill patients as provided by the multi-professional team.
- Evaluate evidence-based management strategies in critical care for incorporation into practice.
- Identify areas in critical care for further study, improvement and research.
Agenda
- 7 a.m. | Check-In/Posters/Exhibits
- 7:45 a.m. | Welcome
Pennsylvania Chapter of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (PASCCM)
Lori Demko MSN, ACNP-BC, CCRN
Joshua Marks MD, FACS, FCCMSusquehanna Valley Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (SVAACN)
JoAnne Konick-McMahan, MSN, RN, PCCN-K
Julia Kuzar, MSN, CCRN, AG/ACNP-BC - 8 a.m. | Opening Plenary
Transitions of Care to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
Jose Pascual, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS, FCCMObjectives
- 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.
- 9 a.m. |
1A Concurrent Session
Pressing the Limits: Vasopressor, Push-Dose Pressors and Refractory Options Review
Nicole Jankowski, PharmD, BCCCPObjectives
- Describe the physiological principles of shock states.
- Review the pharmacology of vasopressors, push-dose pressors and refractory options.
- Apply literature and guidelines for the management of patients in shock states.
1B Concurrent Session
Hot Topics and Evidenced-Based Medicine in Critical Care
Joshua Marks MD, FACS, FCCMObjectives
- Describe what makes an impactful, practice changing manuscript, including negative studies.
- Evaluate recent publications that should, at least, cause pause, if not alter practice.
- Recognize the importance of remaining current and an active learner/reader of the critical care literature.
- 10 a.m. | Break/Exhibits/Posters
- 10:30 a.m. |
2A Concurrent Session
It’s All the Rage! Use of Corticosteroids in Sepsis, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Pneumonia
Victoria Miklus, PharmDObjectives
- Discuss the role of corticosteroids in sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumonia.
- Review guidelines regarding the use of corticosteroids in sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumonia.
- Evaluate corticosteroid choice and dosing in sepsis, acute respiratory distress syndrome and pneumonia.
2B Concurrent Session
Case Study Presentations
Hyperammonemia Encephalopathy Linked to Zinc Deficiency in Small Bowel Syndrome
Alejandra Perez-Chapman, DOObjectives
- Discuss short bowel syndrome in patients with history of roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB).
- Identify hyperammonemia encephalopathy and interpretation of an ammonia level.
- Describe the substrates and cofactors involved in the urea cycle.
Neurogenic Shock in an Acute Stroke Patient: A Case Study
Morgan Boyer, MPH, RN, NVRN-BC, CNRN, SCRNObjectives
- Examine the signs and symptoms of brainstem infarction.
- Relate brainstem injury and neurogenic shock.
Pregnancy’s pH Paradox: Navigating Renal Tubular Acidosis
Victoria Pierce, DOObjectives
- Review causes and management of renal tubular acidosis (RTA) in critical care medicine.
- Recognize that pregnancy is a physiologic state which can precipitate and exacerbate RTA.
- Recognize the fetal complications of untreated metabolic acidosis from RTA.
- 11:30 a.m. | Move to Concurrent Session
- 11:35 a.m. |
3A Concurrent Session
Acute Laryngeal Injury in the Critical Care Setting: What the Clinician Needs to Know
Hanel Eberly, BS
John Gniady, MD, FACSObjectives
- Describe acute laryngeal injury and its pathophysiology and risk factors.
- Identify when critical care staff should be suspicious of acute laryngeal injury.
- Articulate the steps that can be taken to prevent acute laryngeal injury in the critical care setting and minimize associated sequelae.
- Describe the available interventions for treating acute laryngeal injury, and the utility of early otolaryngology consultation.
- Discuss nursing interventions and medical management of patients with acute laryngeal injury.
3B Concurrent Session
Cardiogenic Shock: Medications to Machines
Navitha Ramesh, MD, FCCPObjectives
- Recognize clinical signs and symptoms associated with cardiogenic shock.
- Discuss medical management for cardiogenic shock.
- Review indications for escalation to mechanical circulatory support (MCS), including extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).
- 12:35 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. | Lunch/Exhibits/Posters/Product Theater
- 1:05 p.m. – 1:50 p.m. | Product Theater (not for CME credit)
Hospital-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (HABP) and Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia (VABP) -Avycaz Review of the Clinical Profile
Fariborz Rezai, MD, FCCP, FCCM
System Director, Critical Care Medicine, RWJ Barnabas Health
Chair, RWJ Barnabas Health ICU Collaborative Committee
President, Society of Critical Care Medicine, New Jersey Chapter - 1:50 p.m. | Death by Neurologic Criteria
J. Christopher Zacko, MDObjectives
- Explain new guidelines to determine brain death.
- Review and highlight differences from previous editions.
- Discuss possible pitfalls and controversies.
- 2:50 p.m. | Break/Exhibits/Posters
- 3 p.m. | Philip Drinker Society Lecture – To Fly or Not to Fly: Air Medical Transport of Injured and Critically Ill Patients
Joshua Brown, MD, MScObjectives
- Describe the potential benefits of air medical transport.
- Discuss patient selection for air medical transport.
- Explain operational and system considerations for air medical transport.
- 4 p.m. | Closing Plenary and Multidisciplinary Panel Response
Nurse Staffing and Work Environments: What the Latest Evidence Says
Amanda Bettencourt, PhD, APRN, CCRN-K, ACCNS-P
Multidisciplinary Panel: Aimee Lee Anderson, MSN, BS, RN, CCRN; Amanda Holyk, PharmD, MBA, BCCCP; and Jefferson Mixell, MBA, RRT-ACCSObjectives
- Critique the latest evidence on nurse staffing and work environments.
- Discuss where progress has been made.
- Identify opportunities to integrate the evidence into staffing models.
- 5 p.m. | PASCCM Awards for Case Study and Scientific Poster
- 5:05 p.m. | Closing Remarks/Adjournment
- 5:10 p.m. | PASCCM Business Meeting
Chairs
Lori Demko MSN, ACNP-BC, CCRN
Committee Chair
Chief Acute Care Nurse Practitioner UPMC Altoona
Pittsburgh Critical Care Associates, Inc.
Joshua Marks MD, FACS, FCCM
Committee Vice-Chair
Associate Professor
Medical Director, SICU
Medical Co-Director, Center for Operational Resource Efficiency (CORE) and Transfer Center
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Committee
Barbara Birriel, PhD, ACNP-BC, FCCM
Assistant Research Professor
Penn State Nese College of Nursing
Sandralee Blosser, MD, FCCM
Professor Emeritus, Penn State
Chief of Intensivist Development
Pittsburgh Critical Care Associates, Inc.
Lori Cox, MSN, ACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM
Program Director, Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider Fellowship
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Amanda Holyk, PharmD, MBA, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor
Mount Nittany Medical Center
JoAnne Konick-McMahan, MSN, RN, PCCN-K
Staff Nurse
UPMC
SVAACN Board Member
Julia Kuzar, MSN, CCRN, AG/ACNP-BC
UPMC Critical Care Services
SVAACN Board Member
John Madara, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Niels Martin, MD, FACS, FCCM
Chief, Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, & Emergency Surgery
Vice Chair, Diversity Equity & Inclusion
Director, Traumatology & Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Programs
Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery; Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Jefferson Mixell, MBA, RRT-ACCS
Manager Respiratory Care – Respiratory Therapy
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Ashley Quintili, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP
Clinical Specialist – Surgical/Anesthesia ICU
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Navitha Ramesh, MD, FCCP
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
UPMC Harrisburg
ICU Medical Director, UPMC Community
UPMC Central PA
Margaret Wojnar, MD, MEd, FCCM
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Daniel Wu, DO, FACOS, FACS, FCCM
Trauma & Acute Care Surgery
Penn Medicine – Lancaster General Health
ICU Surgical Co-Director
Trinity Health – St. Mary Medical Center
Presenters
Aimee Lee Anderson, MSN, BS, RN, CCRN
Nurse Manager, Intensive Care Unit
Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital
SVAACN Board Member
Amanda Bettencourt, PhD, APRN, CCRN-K, ACCNS-P
Assistant Professor
Immediate Past President
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Morgan Boyer, MPH, RN, NVRN-BC, CNRN, SCRN
Stroke Data Manager
Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit Staff Nurse
University of Louisville Health
Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center
Joshua Brown, MD, MSc
Samuel P. Harbison Endowed Assistant Professor of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine
Departments of Surgery & Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Hanel Eberly, BS
Medical Student
Penn State College of Medicine
John Gniady, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Chief, Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Amanda Holyk, PharmD, MBA, BCCCP
Clinical Pharmacy Supervisor
Mount Nittany Medical Center
Nicole Jankowski, PharmD, BCCCP
Clinical ED and ICU Float Pharmacist
Department of Pharmacy
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Joshua Marks MD, FACS, FCCM
Committee Vice-Chair
Associate Professor
Medical Director, SICU
Medical Co-Director, Center for Operational Resource Efficiency (CORE) and Transfer Center
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
Victoria Miklus, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist
Department of Pharmacy
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Jefferson Mixell, MBA, RRT-ACCS
Manager Respiratory Care, Respiratory Therapy
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Jose Pascual, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS, FCCM
Professor of Surgery and Neurosurgery
Section Chief, Penn Surgical Critical Care
Clinical Associate, School of Nursing
Associate Director, Office of Life Support Education
Trauma, Emergency Surgery, Surgical and Neurocritical Care
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Alejandra Perez-Chapman, DO
Resident Physician
Internal Medicine
Geisinger Medical Center
Victoria Pierce, DO
Resident Physician
Internal Medicine
Geisinger Medical Center
Navitha Ramesh, MD, FCCP
Program Director, Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
UPMC Harrisburg
ICU Medical Director, UPMC Community
UPMC Central PA
J. Christopher Zacko, MD
Professor and Vice Chair for Quality
Department of Neurosurgery
Penn State College of Medicine
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Credit
AMA
Penn State College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Penn State College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC)
This activity has been approved for a maximum of 7.00 contact hours Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 North MacArthur Blvd Suite 100, Irving, TX 75063. Course #192541000
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
This nursing continuing professional development individual activity is approved for 7.00 contact hours. File Number: 25125
This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Patient Safety
This program includes 7 hours of patient safety/risk management education as required by the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine.
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Pharmacy (CPE)
This knowledge-based activity provides 7.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.
Fees
The fee is $165 per person and includes the cost of instruction, online handout materials and all listed meals.
PASCCM fee is $65
SVAACN fee is $125
Payment is required at the time of registration. If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at ContinuingEd@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Registrations received after Thursday, Aug. 15, will incur a $25 late fee.
Cancellations received after Friday, Aug. 9, will be assessed a $25 processing fee.
No refunds will be made for cancellations received after Tuesday, Aug. 13.
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