ICSSOA 2016-Intensive Care Society State-of-the-Art Meeting 2016

Key facts:

Venue:

London ExCeL (ICS members will be asked for views on 2017 venue soon)

Abstract deadline Aug 30th.

Video presentations will be possible in selected categories.

Acceptance notifications by Oct 10th.

CPD: 15 CPD points

Early bird ICS member rates (inclusive of VAT)

●Consultants £450

● Trainees £450

● SASG £450

● Nursing & AHP £190

● ACCP £190

Day 1

Opening plenary

● The three unfinished revolutions in intensive care

● Pro-con: is the RCT dead in ICU?

● Women in UK ICM: why only 10%?

Main sessions – afternoon

● Joint session with ACTACC: cardiac critical care update

● building the future: learning from space medicine, Formula 1, and Google Deepmind

● Point of care ultrasound: the next steps

● Jean-Louis Vincent Masterclass

● Emergency Medicine are from Venus, ICU are from Mars: shedding light on the ICU/ED interface

● Sepsis 3×3

● Recovery from critical illness: mapping the journey

● Ultrasonic masterclass: UK showcase

Day 2

Main sessions – morning

● Year in review: NCBR update & critical care rehabilitation

● Cutting edge interventions in ICU: radiology, REBOA and VA-ECMO

● Joint session with Society for Acute Medicine

● From Ivory Tower to Desert Island

● Masterclass: ICU follow-up

● Rise of the machines: emerging technology in ICM

● The view from the ICU bed

● Delirium and sedation

● Social media in critical care: where next?

Main sessions – afternoon

● Evolutions in UK practice

● Who cares for the carers? Staff welfare in critical care

● Treating the lung: can we make progress in ARDS?

● Global challenges in critical care

● Joint session with PICS: transition to adulthood

● Supplementation in ICU: a waste of time?

● David Bennett session: Kath Maitland on life, Africa and critical care

Day 3

Main sessions – morning

● Year in review: organ donation, & cancer critical care

● Nutrition: N American and European perspectives

● Ethics and decision making: a new UK framework

● Oxygen: COAST, new science, and BTS guidelines

● Clinical trials – challenges past and future

● The Cauldon

● Trainee Committee session

● Regionalisaton and smaller ICUs: UK & the world

Closing plenary

UK research – big-name trials and new faces