SCCM - Society of Critical Care Medicine

Agenda

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Time	Program/Activity	Presenter
7:00 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	Welcome and Program Overview
	Introduction to Therapeutic Hypothermia (TH)
8:15 a.m.	Therapeutic Hypothermia	Steve Trzeciak
	Historical Perspective Potential Mechanisms for Neuro-Protection Physiological Effects of Hypothermia
9:00 a.m.	Who Should be Cooled? Adult Patients	Sergio Zanotti
	Review of Clinical Trials in Adult Patients
9:45 a.m.	BREAK
10:00 a.m.	Who Should be Cooled? Pediatric Patients	Seetha Shankaran
	Clinical Trials in Pediatric Patients
10:45 a.m.	Consensus Conference Findings	Mark Nunnally
11:30 a.m.	Q&A Session; Morning Wrap-Up
12:00 p.m.	LUNCH
	How to do Therapeutic Hypothermia: Induction
1:00 p.m.	Induction of Hypothermia	Sam Tisherman
	Intravenous Fluids Surface Cooling Invasive Devices
1:40 p.m.	Additional Consideration During Induction	Cliff Callaway
	Temperature: Target, Where to Measure Shivering: Treatment Options Potential Complications During Induction
2:20 p.m.	Q&A Session
2:30 p.m.	BREAK
2:45 p.m.	Workshops
	Development of a TH Protocol	Nicole Kupchik and
		Cliff Callaway
	Devices Demonstration	Mark Nunnally and
		Steve Trzeciak
	Hypothermia Jeopardy	Sam Poloyac and
		Seetha Shankaran
	Sim-Man	Sergio Zanotti and
		Sam Tisherman
5:00 p.m.	Day One Wrap-Up

Friday, April 23, 2010

7:00 a.m.	Registration and Continental Breakfast
	How to Do Therapeutic Hypothermia: Maintenance and Rewarming
8:00 a.m.	Important Factors to Consider During the Maintenance Phase of TH	Mark Nunnally
	How long should patients be cooled? Monitoring of patients undergoing TH Potential complications during maintenance of TH
8:40 a.m.	Pharmacological Considerations in the Patient Undergoing TH	Sam Poloyac
9:20 a.m.	Re-Warming Patients after TH	Cliff Callaway
10:00 a.m.	Q&A Session
10:15 a.m.	BREAK
	How to Do Therapeutic Hypothermia: Additional Considerations
10:30 a.m.	Neurological Prognostication in the Era of TH	Sergio Zanotti
11:10 a.m.	Cool Kids are Not Little Adults: Important Differences in Performing TH on Pediatric Patients	Seetha Shankaran
11:50 a.m.	Q&A Session; Morning Wrap-Up
12:00 p.m.	LUNCH
1:00 p.m.	Workshops
	Development of a TH Protocol	Nicole Kupchik and
		Cliff Callaway
	Devices Demonstration	Mark Nunnally and
		Steve Trzeciak
	Hypothermia Jeopardy	Sam Poloyac and
		Seetha Shankaran
	Sim-Man	Sergio Zanotti and
		Sam Tisherman
2:45 p.m.	BREAK
	Implementing Therapeutic Hypothermia in Your Clinical Practice
3:00 p.m.	Development and Implementation of a TH Program in Your	Cliff Callaway
	Institution, Including Cost and Billing Implications of TH -
	Physician Perspective
3:30 p.m.	Development and Implementation of a TH Program in Your
	Institution - Nursing Perspective	Nicole Kupchik
4:00 p.m.	Post-Cardiac Arrest Care: Adjuncts to TH	Steve Trzeciak
4:30 p.m.	New Horizons in TH	Sam Tisherman
5:00 p.m.	ADJOURN