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Congress Media Room

Press Information for the 49th 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. 

 

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.