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Adult Extracorporeal Life Support Symposium

Hyatt Regency Tysons Corner Center
7901 Tysons One Place
Tysons, VA 22102

Saturday, October 20, 2018 at 8:00am ET - 2:30pm ET
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7901 Tysons One Place, Tysons, VA 22102

Info

Topic

Adult Extracorporeal Life Support Symposium

Credits Offered

This event offers 6.0 CEU credits to attendees.
Accreditation Info: The Maryland Nurses Association.

Additional Information

The symposium will explore both common and unique applications for adult ECMO including reversible respiratory failure, cardiogenic shock, pulmonary embolism, trauma, sepsis, pregnancy, ECPR, and ECCO2R. Early recognition, implementation and basic management principles will be discussed. In addition, the symposium will cover heart failure and will have a special emphasis on management of heart failure using short term and long term mechanical circulatory assist devices.
 
The comprehensive one-day symposium will cover a wide range of topics featuring:

  • History of ECMO

  • Veno-arterial ECMO (VA)

  • Veno-venous ECMO (VV)

  • Medical optimization prior to ECMO

  • Ventilator management on ECMO

  • Hemodynamics on ECMO

  • ECMO Transport

  • Management of Patients with Heart Failure

  • Short Term VADs

  • Durable VADs

This symposium is designed for clinicians including but not limited to physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, dietitians, advanced practitioners, perfusionists, and other health care professionals.