Hospital and Critical Care Conference

The Hospital and Critical Care Conference is offered for anyone involved in the care of critical ill patients to become more knowledgeable, be cost effective, reduce readmissions, and ultimately, improve patient care and outcomes.

• Event Schedule
• Registration
• Fees
• Faculty
• Course Objectives
• Continuing Education Credits
• Hotel Information

Event Schedule

Thursday, April 23, 2020

Friday, April 24, 2020

Registration

• Register online. KCSWCS members must be logged in to receive discount
  
• Download brochure and register by mail (coming soon)
  
• Call 816.523.3383 to register.

Fees

KCSWCS Associate NP/PA Member     
Entire Program $175     One-day only $100      

KCSWCS Honorary Member        
Entire Program $100     One-day only $60 

Non-member Physician               
Entire Program $275    One-day only $225    

Non-member NP, PA, Nurse or other health care professional    
Entire Program $225    One-day only  $150

Cancellations
All cancellations and refund requests must be in writing and will be assessed a fee of $50. After April 15, 2020, no refunds will be given.

Faculty

Matthew Aboudara, MD, FCCP, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

Ashley W. Bennett, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Trauma/Critical Care and Acute Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS  

Nicole Fearing, MD, Bariatric and Metabolic Specialists, Overland Park, KS

Brigid Flynn, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Adrienne Hearrell, MPH, CPTA, Program Manager, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Lawrence, KS

Suman Kambhampati, MD, Kansas City Veterans Administration Medical Center, Kansas City, MO

Brent Kidd, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Steve Lemons, MD, Assistant Professor, Interventional Radiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Krista Machad, MD, Program Coordinator, DCCCA, Lawrence, KS

Tabitha Moe, MD, Assistant Professor, Arizona Cardiology Group, Phoenix, AZ

Lee Morrow, MD, MSc, Professor of Medicine, Professor of Pharmacy, Creighton University, Omaha, NB

Jody Olsen, MD, FACP, Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Motility, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Mary C. O'Connor, MD, Metro Infectious Disease Consultants, Kansas City, MO

Aparna Pendurthi, MD, Vascular Neurologist, Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Benjamin Skoch, DO, MBA, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Palliative Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Steven Q. Simpson, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS

Erik Stamper, DO

Michael J. Waxman, MD, Medical Director, ICUs and PCU, Research Medical Center; Education Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

Course Objectives

Objectives are posted as they become available.

Bronchoscopic Emergencies in the ICU: Massive Hemoptysis, Foreign Bodies and Central Airway Obstruction

• Define the role and describe the techniques available for the bronchoscopic management of massive hemoptysis
• Describe the clinical presentation and management strategies of foreign body removal from the airway
• Determine proper patient selection, outcomes, and available bronchoscopic techniques associated with therapeutic bronchoscopy in patients with malignant and benign central airway obstruction

The Opioid Crisis - National and State Perspectives and Initiatives

• Review the epidemiology of prescription and illicit opioid-related morbidity and mortality – both nationally and in Kansas
• Review national and state-level trends in opioid prescribing/dispensing
• Discuss prevention strategies and efforts for prescription and illicit opioid-related morbidity and mortality

Sepsis: Getting Through the Forest Without Bumping Into the Trees

• Relate the latest epidemiology and the dollar impact of sepsis in the US
• Initiate and stop antibiotics for sepsis in a timely manner
• Manage IV fluid administration for septic patients

Palliative Medicine in the ICU

• Illustrate complexities patients and families face both during and after care in the intensive care unit
• Compare principles of palliative medicine and critical care medicine
• Summarize strategies to integrate palliative medicine into an intensive care unit

Cirrhosis Management for the Intensivist

• Differentiate acute-on-chronic liver failure from acute liver failure
• Identify and manage common critical care complications of cirrhosis
• Utilize basic prognostic scoring systems in chronic liver disease

Approaching The Patient With Undifferentiated Shock

• Compare and contrast different forms of shock
• Outline a strategy to expeditiously evaluate and resuscitate patients in shock

Thinking About Thinking: Cases That Went Wrong

• Summarize different forms of cognitive biases and heuristics that lead to incorrect decision making at the bedside
• Apply different cognitive aids to clinical cases to minimize the impact of cognitive bias and/or heuristics

Non-Ventilator Oxygenation and Ventilation Assist Devices

• Paraphrase the importance of titrated oxygen
• Discuss the various systems for delivering oxygen
  

ARDS: A Pragmatic Update

• Review basic pathophysiology and criteria of acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Assess severity and appropriate treatments for acute respiratory distress syndrome

ECMO, Physiology, Management and Pitfalls

• Identify the indications for ECMO in adults
• Discuss respiratory physiology for patients on ECMO
• Identify common management pitfalls

Congenital Heart Disease

• Review shunts and congenital physiology
• Discuss pregnancy and congenital Physiology
• Summarize antibiotic prophylaxis and congenital physiology

Cryptogenic Stroke

• Describe common and prevalent etiologies of acute ischemic stroke
• Offer alternate and less pervasive causes of acute ischemic stroke and methods of diagnosing such cases
• Describe current standards of treatment for uncommon stroke etiologies and ongoing stroke research trials

Continuing Education Credits

AMA: The Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society is accredited by the Missouri State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 17 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AAFP: Application for prescribed CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.

ABIM: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn up to 17 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity.

Nursing: The Department for Health and Human Services at Johnson County Community College is approved as a provider of continuing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for xx contact hours applicable for RN and LPN relicensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing Approved Provider Number: LT 0027-0549. Hours will be awarded for documented attendance only. All nurses must sign-in each day.

Hotel Information

A block of standard rooms has been reserved at the Sheraton, 6100 College Blvd., Overland Park, KS for our participants at $129 per night, plus applicable taxes. The room block will expire at 6 pm (CST) on. After that date, reservations will be accepted based upon availability. Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-810-2759. Be sure to ask for the Kansas City Southwest Clinical Society group rate.