ECMO Symposium

Join us for an immersive summit and symposium on ECMO care.

  • Selection of candidates: VV versus VA 
  • Circuit Physiology and Ventilator Management
  • ECMO Escalation, Weaning, De-Escalation
  • Troubleshooting, Complications and Monitoring
  • Development and Evolution of an ECMO Program

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When:
December 5-6, 2024 | 7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Where:
USF Health CAMLS
124 S Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33402

 

Who Should Attend:
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Learning Objectives:

  1. Explain 
  2. Discuss
  3. Describe

Agenda at a Glance:

December 5, 2024 - ECMO Foundation 

  • 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
  • 8:00 - 8:10 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
  • 8:10 - 8:25 a.m. Introduction to ECMO 
  • 8:25 - 8:45 a.m. Circuit Overview 
  • 8:45 - 9:10 a.m. Selection of Candidates: VV vs VA
  • 9:10 - 9:25 a.m. Break 
  • 9:25 - 9:55 a.m. VV Circuit Physiology and Ventilator Management 
  • 9:55 - 10:30 a.m. Case Based Practical Approach to Troubleshoot Hypoxemia on VV ECMO
  • 10:30 - 10:45 a.m. Pragmatic approach to weaning in VV ECMO
  • 10:45 - 10:55 a.m. Break 
  • 10:55 - 11:10 a.m. Management of RV Failure and Frail Hemodynamics on VV ECMO 
  • 11:10 - 11:40 a.m. VA ECMO - indications, contraindications, complications
  • 11:40 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. VA ECMO Monitoring and general patient management 
  • 12:20 - 1:05 p.m. Lunch 
  • 1:05 - 1:40 p.m. VA ECMO Escalation, Weaning, De-escalation - Process and Protocols 
  • 1:40 - 4:00 p.m. Hands on Breakout Sessions - Cannulation Strategies, Circuit Initiation, ECPR, Circuit Optimization 

December 6, 2024 - Specialty Concepts 

  • 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast 
  • 8:00 - 8:20 a.m. Biventricular failure: peripheral VA ECMO or other tMCS used as biV support
  • 8:20 - 8:50 a.m. Cardio-Pulmonary failure - Support Strategies hybrid configurations and indications 
  • 8:50 - 9:25 a.m. Venting and Unloading: Indications, Contraindications, cCmplications 
  • 9:25 - 9:40 a.m. Impella - Types, Indications, Contraindications, Complications 
  • 9:40 - 9:50 a.m. Break 
  • 9:50 - 10:30 a.m. Patient Management Deep Dive 
  • 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Circuit Related Complications on ECMO/North South Syndromes 
  • 11:00 - 11:40 a.m. Troubleshooting/Alarms on ECMO
  • 11:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Vascular Considerations & Monitoring Vascular Surgery
  • 12:00 - 12:15 p.m. Anticoagulation Considerations & Monitoring
  • 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Lunch 
  • 1:15 - 1:45 p.m. Risk Stratification for Next Therapies vs Recovery vs Transplant Candidacy 
  • 1:45 - 2:15 p.m. Rehab Strategies for ECMO Patients, Importance of Ambulation
  • 2:15 - 2:50 p.m. Ethics of ECMO: Role of Palliative Care and the Difficult Conversations - Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
  • 2:50 - 3:15 p.m. Advances in ECMO: ECCOR, Long Term Support, ECPR and Orphan Indications