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:
April 8-9, 2025 | 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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

Who Should Attend:
Nursing, Perfusionists, Cardiologists, pulmonologists, critical care medicine, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, (MD’s and APP’s)  

Learning Objectives:

  1. Articulate best practices and advances for ECMO management. 
  2. Demonstrate skills and identify their roles and responsibilities in clinical scenarios. 
  3. Establish goals for a successful ECMO program and identify strategies to improve quality outcomes. 

Agenda at a Glance:

April 8, 2025 - ECMO Foundation 

  • 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
  • 8:00 - 8:10 a.m. Welcome and Introduction - TGH Executive Leadership
  • 8:10 - 8:25 a.m. Introduction to ECMO 
  • 8:25 - 8:45 a.m. Circuit Overview & Selection of Candidates: VV vs VA
  • 8:45 - 9:10 a.m. Circuit Related Complications on ECMO/North South Syndrome
  • 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. Panel Discussion: 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. VA ECMO - Indications, Contraindications, Complications, Monitoring, and General Patient Management
  • 11:10 - 11:40 a.m. Troubleshooting/Alarms on ECMO
  • 11:50 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. VA ECMO Escalation, Weaning, De-escalation - Process and Protocols 
  • 12:20 - 1:05 p.m. Lunch 
  • 1:05 - 1:40 p.m. Management of RV Failure and Frail Hemodynamics on VV ECMO
  • 1:40 - 1:50 p.m. Patient Management-Dynamics Scenario Case Discussion
  • 1:50 - 5:00 p.m. Skills Lab

April 9, 2025 - Specialty Concepts 

  • 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast 
  • 8:00 - 8:20 a.m. Ethics of ECMO: Role of Palliative Care and the Difficult Conversations
  • 8:20 - 8:50 a.m. Venting and Unloading: Indications, Contraindications, Complications 
  • 8:50 - 9:25 a.m. Cardio-Pulmonary Failure - Support Strategies Hybrid Configurations and Indications
  • 9:25 - 9:40 a.m. Biventricular Failure: Peripheral VA ECMO or Other TMCS Used as BiV Support
  • 9:40 - 9:50 a.m. Break 
  • 9:50 - 10:30 a.m. Risk Stratification for Next Therapies vs. Recovery vs. Transplant Candidacy
  • 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Vascular and Anticoagulation Considerations and Monitoring and Rehab
  • 11:00 - 11:40 a.m. Advances in ECMO: Long-Term Support, ECPR, and Organ Indications
  • 11:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Lunch
  • 12:00 - 5:00 p.m. Simulation Labs