• Complex management and patient selection of patients on ECLS
• Optimal treatment of advanced heart failure, left ventricular assist device (LVAD)
and heart transplantation (OHT)
• Various percutaneous ECLS therapies, and guideline directed use of ECLS cardiogenic
shock and ARDS
• Multidisciplinary teams in treatment of cardiogenic shock and ARDS
• Perioperative and long-term management of LVAD, management of right heart failure
and adverse events of LVAD indication
• Optimal treatment of critical cardiogenic shock (CS) and severe acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS)
• Role of perfusionists in ECLS management
• Simulation lab with modules on troubleshooting ECLS
• Nursing education and training with 360 ICU team approach
• Program development, finances, and management of ECLS
TARGET AUDIENCE
The St. Louis Shock Symposium has been designed to meet the educational needs of:
- Cardiologists
- Cardiothoracic Surgeons
- General Surgeons
- Internists
- Anesthesiologists
- Primary Care Physicians
- Intensive Care Unit Physicians
- Respiratory Therapists
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Perfusionists
- Residents & Fellows
- Ancillary staff