La Pitié International Diploma in ECMO & Temporary Respiratory/Circulatory Support
New sessions available: One week course
Limited places (30 participants maximum)
Dates:
– June 20-21 & 24-26, 2019
– September 23-27, 2019
– December 2-6, 2019
– January 20-24, 2020
– March 16-20, 2020
This comprehensive and practical learning program will provide you with the skills for managing ExtraCorporeal Life Support in patients with respiratory and/or cardiocirculatory failure.
General description:
Language will be English.
Intensive teaching program: 1 week (total fo over 50 hours).
The program will be interactive, with lectures, case studies and a lot of time devoted to questions, and practical hands-on sessions on devices.
Intensive teaching program: 1 week (total fo over 50 hours).
The program will be interactive, with lectures, case studies and a lot of time devoted to questions, and practical hands-on sessions on devices.
AIM
This 5 days comprehensive and practical learning program will provide you with the skills for managing ExtraCorporeal Life Support in patients with respiratory and/or cardiocirculatory failure.
It is intended for physicians (intensivists, cardiologists, pulmonologists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, emergency physicians etc), nurses, perfusionists, respiratory therapists and other health care professionals, who are already involved in an ECMO program or who are in the process of starting one
Program overview:
- Discussions of concrete cases in small groups at patient’s bedside during ICU rounds.
- ECMO Simulation and practical training in small groups.
- Refresher lectures on physiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, fi rst line treatment and outcomes of severe respiratory and cardiac failure
- Principles, techniques, indications and management of:
- Troubleshooting and management of complications of ExtraCorporeal Life Support devices.
- ExtraCorporeal Life Support for heart and lung transplantation.
- Long-term outcomes after ExtraCorporeal Life Support specificities of ExtraCorporeal Life Support techniques.
- VA-ECMO for medical and post-heart surgery refractory cardiogenic shock and for cardiac arrest patients;
- IABP, Impella®, TandemHeart® and other short-term mechanical devices for refractory cardiogenic shock;
- VV-ECMO for refractory respiratory failure;- ECCO2R for respiratory failure.