Harvard 12th Annual Principles of Critical Care Medicine for Non-Intensive Care Specialists 2024 (Videos)
OBJECTIVES
- Describe best practices for end-of-life care in the ICU
- Diagnose and treat commonly encountered electrolyte abnormalities
- Describe treatment options for massive and submissive pulmonary emboli
- Assess cardiac emergencies such as heart failure and unstable arrhythmias
- Recognize and manage common toxicology emergencies
- Identify contemporary approaches to sedation in the ICU
- Recognize post-intensive care syndrome and describe best practices for management
- Describe the importance of POCUS in the diagnosis of shock and volume status
- Identify the evidence-based management of hypoxic failure, including the use of high-flow nasal cannula, lung-protective ventilation, PEEP optimization, proning and ECMO
- Categorize different types of shock, describe the pathophysiologic mechanism behind each and formulate appropriate treatment strategies
- Describe evidenced-based approaches to diagnosis and management of common infections in the ICU
- Review the basic principles of mechanical ventilation and describe indications for noninvasive and invasive ventilation
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