Congress Media Room

Press Information for the 48th Critical Care Congress

Media Registration
Submit a Press Registration Request Form. Requests must a approved, and you will receive a confirmation upon approval.

Media Registration to Congress includes:

Access to the meeting, including sessions and the exhibit hall.
Access to the SCCM Events App
Access to Congress On Demand. Congress On Demand provides access to hundreds of individual presentations drawn from the concurrent, joint, and plenary educational sessions, as well as the symposia. These recordings are provided 10 days after the event.

Press Releases

Abstracts

Congress Abstracts - The Critical Care Medicine Supplement published in January 2019 is a guide to the more than 1,600 abstracts accepted at Congress These abstracts are presented during the Research Snapshot Theaters and Star Research Presentations (top 64 abstracts).

Late Breaking Literature Releases and Embargoes

Literature Release Website - Check here for links to late breaking articles released at Congress. Several speakers from these sessions will be available immediately after their sessions. Reference the Access to Speakers and Thought Leaders tab below for more information on these opportunities. There are no press releases for late breaking articles.
JAMA Embargo - JAMA papers are available under embargo at the JAMA Media Website or by emailing mediarelations@jamanetwork.org.
NEJM Embargo - NEJM papers are available under embargo at the NEJM Media Center or by emailing mediasupport@nejm.org.
PCCM articles have been published. Check the Literature Release Website for details.
CCM articles will be published on Friday, February 15. Check the Literature Release Website for details.

SCCM Media Contacts Onsite
Members of the press may contact Curt Powell at cpowell@sccm.org or +1 (312) 285-6551 (text preferred) to arrange interviews or for other inquiries.

Congress Live
Several hot topic sessions will be broadcast live from San Diego. Access the full schedule and tune in at sccm.org/live

The Society has arranged for key speakers to be available immediately after their presentations for interviews. Check the Virtual Press Room for updates to this list.

Confirmed interview opportunities include:

Sunday, February 17 | 12:45 p.m. – Workroom 20A

Related Session: ACCM Adult Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption (PADIS)

John Devlin will be available to discuss the PADIS Guidelines and the Society’s ICU Liberation Initiative.

Sunday, February 17 | 2:45 p.m. – Workroom 20A

Related Session: Late-Breaking Studies That Will Change Your Practice

Chanu Rhee, MD, MPH, will be available to discuss the article, “Sepsis Surveillance Using Adult Sepsis Events Simplified eSOFA Criteria Versus Sepsis-3 SOFA Criteria,” published in Critical Care Medicine. (embargoed until release)
Glenn Hernandez Poblete, MD, will be available to discuss his article, “Andromeda-Shock: Effect of a Resuscitation Strategy Targeting Peripheral Perfusion Status Versus Serum Lactate Levels on 28-Day Mortality Among Patients With Septic Shock,” published in JAMA. (embargoed until release)
Timothy G. Buchman, MD, PhD, MCCM, will be available to discuss the release of the Society of Critical Care Medicine new online journal, Critical Care Explorations.

Monday, February 18 | 10:45 a.m. – Workroom 20A

Related Session: Late Breakers: SCCM Journals

Nadir Yehya, MD, will be available to speak about the article, Evidence of Endotypes in Pediatric Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure Caused by Sepsis, published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. (embargoed until release)
Steven L. Shein, MD, will be available to speak about the article, Antibiotic Prescription in Young Children with Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Associated Respiratory Failure and Associated Outcomes, published in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. (embargoed until release)

Monday, February 18 |12 p.m. – Workroom 20A

Related Session: Late Breakers: Leading Medical Journals

Speakers will be available to discuss articles from JAMA and the The New England Journal of Medicine released during the session.

Media Opportunities Onsite

Members of the media have access to the Congress Media Room, located in Workroom 20A (near Ballroom 20A) at the San Diego Convention Center. This is an unlocked room that will include:

Press releases related to Congress
A backdrop and chairs for on-camera interviews

SCCM will arrange for select session speakers to be available after their talks. This schedule is TBD. To reserve a time slot in the press room for interviews you arrange, contact Curtis Powell.