Fundamental Critical Care Support

Janice L. Zimmerman, M.D., completed her medical training and residency in internal medicine, and a fellowship in critical care medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Zimmerman previously was head of the Critical Care Division for the Department of Medicine at Houston Methodist Hospital. She was a professor of clinical medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Institute of Academic Medicine at Houston Methodist Hospital and Texas A&M College of Medicine.

She is a Master of the American College of Physicians, Master of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. She was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from SCCM in 2001 and 2013, the Joseph and Rae Brown Award in 2015, and the Safar Global Partner Award in 2017.

She served as the first woman president of the World Federation of Intensive and Critical Care from 2017 to 2021. She has been a member of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Committee since its inception. She was one of the originators of the Fundamental Critical Care Support course for SCCM.

In 2024, she was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the highest honors of the Society of Critical Care Medicine. She regularly teaches at regional, national and international critical care meetings and board review courses and publishes peer-reviewed articles and book chapters.

Monday, March 17

9 a.m. – Registration/Welcome and Introductions/FCCS Overview

Continental breakfast will be provided.

9:25 a.m. – Pretest

Participants will take a pretest prior to the start of lectures.

10 a.m. – Recognition and Assessment of the Seriously Ill Patient

Early signs and symptoms of critical illness and the importance of early identification will be discussed.

10:45 a.m. – Diagnosis and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure

Management principles of acute respiratory failure will be summarized.

11:30 a.m. – Mechanical Ventilation I

Characteristics of different types of breaths and modes of mechanical ventilation (noninvasive and invasive) will be discussed.

12:15 p.m. – Lunch (provided)

1 p.m. – Mechanical Ventilation II

Guidelines for initial ventilator management that apply to specific critical situations will be reviewed.

1:45 p.m. – Monitoring Oxygen Balance and Acid-base Status

Determinants of oxygen balance will be outlined. Attendees will be able to explain the use of oxygenation and acid‐base status as a monitor in the seriously ill patient.

2:30 p.m. – Diagnosis and Management of Shock

Management strategies for the critically ill or injured patient in shock will be discussed.

3:15 p.m. – Break

3:30 p.m. – Airway Management

Attendees will be able to recognize signs of a threatened airway and describe techniques for establishing an airway and for manual ventilation.

4 p.m. – Skills Station I: Mechanical Ventilation I

Attendees will be able to describe the indications for initiation of mechanical ventilation and modify ventilator prescription in response to patient data.

4:45 p.m. – Skills Station II: Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation

Attendees will be able to identify appropriate candidates for noninvasive ventilation, understand how to initiate and adjust noninvasive mechanical ventilation, and interpret arterial blood gases correctly.

5:15 p.m. – Review and Questions

5:30 p.m. – Adjourn

Tuesday, March 18

8 a.m. – Continental Breakfast and Review of Test

8:30 a.m. – Special Considerations

Prevention, early recognition and management of common problems among critically ill patients (thromboembolic events, severe GI hemorrhage, poisoning and temperature-related illness or injury) will be discussed.

9:15 a.m. – Neurologic Support

Specific management principles and options for common neurological emergencies will be reviewed.

10 a.m. – Break

10:15 a.m. – Acute Coronary Syndrome

Attendees will be able to identify characteristics of patients with ACS using different ECG and clinical presentations. Attendees also will be able to recognize the complications of myocardial infarction and outline appropriate management.

11 a.m. – Basic Trauma and Burn Support

Timely assessment of the trauma patient should be prioritized. Principles of early burn management will be reviewed.

11:45 a.m. – Life-threatening Infections: Diagnosis and Antimicrobial Therapy Selection

Attendees will be able to identify clinical manifestations of life‐threatening infections and use of laboratory tests, as well as apply principles of antimicrobial treatment for empiric therapy and for specific infections.

12:30 p.m. – Lunch (provided)

1 p.m. – Management of Life-threatening Electrolyte and Metabolic Disturbances

Common electrolyte disturbances and management strategies appropriate to common metabolic emergencies will be discussed.

1:30 p.m. – Skills Station III: Integrated Sepsis Scenario B

Attendees will be able to integrate multiple components of the FCCS course and sepsis into one skill station.

2:15 p.m. – Skills Station IV: Mechanical Ventilation II

Attendees will be able to describe approaches to patients with high-pressure alarms.

3 p.m. – Skills Station V: Recognition and Assessment of the Seriously Ill Patient

Attendees will be able to discuss the significance of early medical intervention for the patient at risk for life‐threatening illness.

3:45 p.m. – Closing Remarks

Attendees will receive instructions for post-test and grading and earning credits. Attendees also will complete the participant evaluation form.

4:15 p.m. – Final/Post-test/Grading of Test/Hand Out Certificate of Completion

Lecture content is consistent with requirements of the Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Details coming soon!

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by AXIS Medical Education and MHA Health Institute. AXIS Medical Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the health care team.

This activity was planned by and for the health care team, and learners will receive 5.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Credit Designation for Pharmacists
This knowledge-based activity is approved for 1.0 contact hour each of continuing pharmacy education credit.

PENDING

AXIS Contact Information
For information about the accreditation of this program, please contact AXIS at info@axismeded.org.

Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
AXIS Medical Education requires faculty, instructors, authors, planners, directors, managers, peer reviewers and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this activity to disclose all personal financial relationships they may have in the past 24 months with ineligible companies. An ineligible entity is any organization whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling or distributing health care products used by or on patients. All relevant financial relationships are identified and mitigated prior to initiation of the planning phase for an activity.

AXIS has mitigated and disclosed to learners all relevant financial relationships disclosed by staff, planners, faculty/authors, peer reviewers, or others in control of content for this activity. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation or activity. Disclosure information for faculty, authors, course directors, planners, peer reviewers, and/or relevant staff is provided with this activity.

The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationships or relationships they have with ineligible companies of any amount during the past 24 months.

Faculty	Relevant Financial Relationship(s)
Jim Eckler	Pending
Eugene S. Schneller, Ph.D.	Pending
Kari DiCianni	Pending
Linda Rouse O’Neill	Pending
Tim House	Pending
Steve Hoeger, CHEP	Pending
Greg Teale, PharmD., BCPS	Pending

 

The following directors, planners, managers, peer reviewers and relevant staff reported no financial relationships and no relationships they have with any ineligible company of any amount during the past 24 months.

Name of Directors, Planners, Managers, Reviewers and Staff

Margaret Alexander

Alex Shikles

Kara Amman-Kale

Robert Loseman

Greg Teale, PharmD, BCPS

Dee Morgillo, MEd, MT(ASCP), CHCP

Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of patient conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications and warnings.

Requirements for credit:  

• Attend/participate in the educational activity and review all course materials.
• Complete the CE Declaration form online by 11:59 p.m. ET Sept. 30, 2024. Instructions will be provided. If you do not enter the online portal by the above date, you will not be able to retrieve your statement of participation.
• Upon successful completion of the online form, your statement of completion will be presented to you to print. For pharmacists, your record will be automatically uploaded to CPE Monitor.

 

This educational activity is jointly provided by AXIS Medical Education and Missouri Hospital Association.

Please note that your registration request will be submitted to the organizer for approval. Upon approval, instructional materials will be sent to the email address indicated on the registration form.

A complimentary eBook also will be available upon registration and you may request a printed version by contacting Keri Barclay. 

If you have special needs addressed by the Americans With Disabilities Act, please contact the Missouri Hospital Association.

MHA Health Institute
P.O. Box 60
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573-893-3700
Fax: 573-893-2809