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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is pleased to announce
Critical Care for the
Nurse Practitioner,
Physician Assistant & MD
February 26, 2015
Conference Location:
Rockefeller Research Laboratories Auditorium
430 East 67th Street, between First and York Avenues
Scientific Agenda
TIMETIME
7:30-8:00 AM
PRESENTER
Registration and Continental breakfast
8:00-8:05 AM
Welcome
Rhonda D’Agostino
& Neil Halpern
PART I CRITICAL CARE BASICS
MODERATOR: KATHY O’CONNOR, ANP-BC, FNP
8:05-8:50 AM
Antimicrobial Management of
Intra-abdominal Infections
Peter Mead MD
8:50-9:15 AM
ICU Delirium
Louis Voigt MD, FCCP
9:15-10:00 AM
Ambu Bags & Incentive Spirometers: You
Think You May Know, But You Have No Idea
Neil Halpern, MD,
FCCP, FACP, MCCM
10:00-10:20 AM
BREAK
10:20-11:00 AM
Postoperative Complications
Allie Huckins, FNP-BC
11:00-12:00 PM
Palliative Care in the ICU
Kim Chow, ANP-BC, ACHP
12:00-1:00 PM
LUNCH
PART II ADVANCED IMAGING IN THE ICU
MODERATOR: RHONDA D’AGOSTINO, ACNP-BC, FCCM
1:00-1:35 PM
Critical Interventional Radiology Procedures:
Risks and Complications
Deborah Fleisher, ACNP-BC
1:35-2:05 PM
CT Head (Tumor, bleed anoxic brain injury, SDH, MRI)
Sofia Haque, MD
2:05-3:05 PM
Advanced Imaging in Ultrasonography
Nina Raoof, MD, FCCP
3:05-3:25 PM
BREAK
PART III WHATS THE DIAGNOSIS: REAL LIFE RAPID RESPONSE TEAM CALLS
MODERATOR: KATE TAYBAN, ACNP-BC, GNP-BC
3:30-4:00 PM
CASE 1: Cardiac
Jibran Majeed, ACNP-BC, CCRN
4:00-4:30 PM
CASE 2: Hematologic
Rhonda D’Agostino,
ACNP-BC, FCCM
4:30-5:00 PM
CASE 3: Respiratory
Elena Mead, MD
5:00-5:30 PM
Evaluation and Awarding of CEU/CME’s
ICU Group
ICU Group
5:50 PM
Tour of the ICU
Program Overview
COURSE OVERVIEW
CE ACCREDITATION
The goal of this conference is to present and
discuss current information on critical care
medicine.
Memorial Sloan Kettering is an Approved
Provider of continuing nursing education by
the Northeast Multistate Division (NE-MSD),
an accredited approver by the American
Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on
Accreditation.
TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is designed for Nurse
Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Nurses,
Physicians and other health care professionals
interested in critical care.
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of the educational activity,
participants will be able to:
• Understand the likely and unlikely
etiological organisms and various
therapeutic regimens for common intraabdominal infections
• Define and describe the management and
etiology of delirium
• Describe the proper uses and
misunderstandings of Ambu bags, and
incentive spirometers
• Describe the common post-operative
complications and management
7.75 contact hours will be awarded to
registered nurses who attend the program in
its entirety.
ACCREDITATION STATEMENT
Memorial Sloan Kettering is accredited by the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education to sponsor continuing medical
education for physicians.
FACULTY DISCLOSURE
Memorial Sloan Kettering relies upon faculty
participants in its CME program to provide
educational information that is objective and
as free from bias as possible. In accordance
with nationally accepted guidelines, faculty
members are asked to indicate any commercial
relationship that might be perceived as a real
or apparent conflict of interest.
• Describe methods to overcome barriers
to palliative care and provide symptom
management for the critically ill patient at
end of life
COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
• Describe the major complications
following common ICU IR procedures
and the management and preventive
treatment afterward
REGISTRATION
• Discuss pearls in critical care imaging of
the brain, neck and spine.
• Describe common and uncommon
abnormalities found on ultrasonography
• Discuss three ICU cases and recognize the
use of advanced cardiac, pulmonary and
hematologic assessments
AMA CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
MSK designates this live activity for a
maximum of 7.75 AMA PRA Category 1
Credits™. Physicians should only claim
credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity.
The AMA has determined that physicians
not licensed in the United States but who
participate in this CME activity are eligible for
7.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.
Memorial Sloan Kettering does not accept
commercial support for its CME or CNE
programs.
Registration fee is waived for MSKCC
employees. The early registration fee (by
January 20th, 2015) is $160. After January
20th, 2015 the registration fee will be raised to
$190. Your registration fee includes the course
syllabus and other related handout materials,
continental breakfast, lunch and refreshment
breaks.
REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION
Each participant who complete and returns
a registration will be sent a notice of
confirmation
SUBSTITUTION OR
CANCELLATION POLICY
If you register for, but cannot attend the
conference, you may substitute another
individual within your organization.
Faculty
COURSE DIRECTOR
Rhonda D’Agostino,
ACNP-BC, CCRN, FCCM
CCM/PACU NP/PA
Coordinator
Memorial Sloan Kettering
COURSE CO-DIRECTOR
Neil Halpern, MD, FCCP, FACP, MCCM
Chief, Critical Care Medicine
Attending Physician
Memorial Sloan Kettering
COURSE PLANNERS
Wendella Facey, MSN, CCRN, FNP
Nurse Educator
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Kathy O’Connor, ACNP-BC, FNP
Nurse Practitioner
Post Anesthesiology Care Unit
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Kate Tayban, ACNP-BC, GNP-BC
Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Memorial Sloan Kettering
MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING
CANCER CENTER COURSE FACULTY
Kim Chow, ANP-BC, ACHP
Nurse Practictioner
Palliative Medicine Service
Deborah Fleischer, ACNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Interventional Radiology
Sofia Haque, MD
Assistant Attending Physician
Department of Radiology
Allie Huckins, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Post Anesthesiology Care Unit
Jibran Majeed, ACNP, CCRN
Nurse Practitioner
Critical Care Medicine
Elena Mead, MD
Assistant Attending Physician
Critical Care Medicine
Peter Mead, MD
Assistant Attending Physician
Assistant Clinical Member
Infectious Disease Service
Nina Raoof, MD, FCCP
Assistant Attending Physician
Critical Care Medicine
Louis Voigt, MD, FCCP
Associate Attending Physician
Critical Care Medicine
Registration Information
Please register at www.mskcc.org/cme where you will be given the
opportunity to pay online or by mail. For more information, please
contact the Office of Continuing Medical Education at:
Phone: (646) 227-2025
brodheap@mskcc.org
www.mskcc.org/cme
Registration Fees
Early Bird (before January 20th, 2015): General Fee (January 20 – February 26, 2015):
$160.00
$190.00