COVID-19: What’s Next – Preparing for the Second Wave
Information Part 1
Program Description:
COVID-19: What’s Next – Preparing for the Second Wave
As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, experts predict a second wave of infection. Ensure that you are equipped with the latest information and clinical knowledge as the disease continues to spread. The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), along with several sponsoring societies, invites you to register for the upcoming conference, COVID-19: What’s Next, a joint virtual event being held September 11-12, 2020. This online conference will feature the newest research findings, prominent multiprofessional faculty, guidelines updates, and resources.
Course Highlights:
- Plenary lecture by Anthony S. Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a U.S. leader in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
- Discussion of the latest epidemiologic models, newest research findings, newest therapeutic interventions, and guidelines updates
- Interactive breakout sessions addressing specific topics
- Society networking opportunities
- Virtual exhibit hall and corporate lunch symposia
- Opportunity to earn continuing medical education credit hours, available to physicians, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists, and dietitians
Target Audience:
- Advanced practice nurses
- Anesthesiologists
- Cardiologists
- Clinical pharmacists
- Clinical nurse specialists
- Dieticians
- Emergency department physicians
- Family practice physicians
- Health-system pharmacists
- Hospitalists
- ICU medical directors
- ICU nurse managers
- Immunologists
- Infectious disease specialists
- In-training professionals
- Internists
- Neurosurgeons
- Neurologists
- Nurses, adult and pediatric
- Nurse anesthetists
- Pediatricians
- Physicians
- Physician assistants
- Primary care providers
- Pulmonologists
- Radiologists
- Respiratory care practitioners
- Trauma surgeons
- Other critical care practitioners
Type of Activity: This activity includes elements that increase knowledge and application when treating COVID-19 patients.
Presentation Title: COVID-19: What’s Next – Preparing for the Second Wave
Learning Objectives:
- Summarize lessons learned from the first COVID-19 wave of infection that influenced patient care and healthcare worker safety
- Compare different approaches to preparing facilities, clinicians, and administrators for a second wave of COVID-19 patients
- Articulate issues in mental health support for frontline healthcare workers as well as solutions to support well-being
- Implement best practices in addressing pharmaceutical and supply shortages in anticipation of a second wave of pandemic patient influx
- Discuss challenges in forecasting how public health emergencies will unfold and optimal approaches to mitigation
Registration
Registration Information:
Registration Fee: $95
Registration fee includes a total of 8.5 contact hours (0.85 CEUs) of continuing education credit.
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Agenda
Agenda
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
Virtual Exhibit Hall Open Corporate Supported Lunches (non-CME): 12:00PM-1:00PM |
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM |
SCCM President's Welcome Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCM |
1:20 PM - 1:45 PM |
Plenary Lecture
Anthony S. Fauci, MD |
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Early Lessons from the Discovery VIRUS: COVID-19 Global Registry |
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM | Configuring Your ICU for COVID-19 Care and How to Craft Novel ICU Spaces |
2:20 PM - 2:40 PM | Invasive or Noninvasive Support: When, Where, and How |
2:40 PM - 3:00 PM | Implementing Crisis Standards of Care: Allocating Scarce Resources |
3:00 PM - 3:20 PM | Questions and Answer Session |
3:20 PM - 3:35 PM | Break |
3:35 PM - 3:55 PM | Therapeutic Agents for Bedside Care |
3:55 PM - 4:15 PM | Tele-ICU, Technology Support, and Care at the End of Life |
4:15 PM - 4:35 PM | Social Media, Peer-Reviewed Publications, and the Search for Truth |
4:35 PM - 4:55 PM | Questions and Answer Session |
4:55 PM - 5:05 PM | Day 1 Adjournment |
5:05 PM - 6:30 PM | Networking Chat Room Open |
Agenda
6:00 AM - 7:00 AM | Virtual Exhibit Hall Open |
7:00 AM - 7:15 AM |
SCCM President's Second-Day Welcome Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCM |
7:15 AM - 7:35 AM |
Concurrent Sessions 1 Monitoring COVID-19 With Point-of-Care Ultrasound American Association of Nurse Anesthetists The Role of Micronutrient Supplementation in COVID-19 Critical Illness and the Postviral Period American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Cognitive and Mental Health Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Part 1: You and Your Team American Academy of Family Physicians Best Practices in Parallel Care: COVID-19 and Non-COVID-19 Patients American College of PHysicians Studying Neurological Manifestations on the Fly: Data and Harmonization, Common Data Element Development, and Data Integrity in the Second Wave Neurocritical What Is New in Diagnostic Testing? Society of Critical Care Medicine Pre-ICU Oxygenation of COVID-19 Patients: The Role of Awake Proning American College of Chest Physicians Managing and Mitigating Drug Shortages ASHP |
7:35 AM - 7:55 AM |
Concurrent Sessions 2 Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): Clinical Presentation, Diagnostics, and Treatment American Academy of Pediatrics Cognitive and Mental Health Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Part 2: Your Patients and Their Support Systems American Academy of Family Physicians Clinician Well-Being During the Ongoing Pandemic American College of Physicians How to Approach Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19 Patients Neurocritical How to Stand up Non- ICU Clinicians Society of Critical Care Medicine When the Unthinkable Is Happening: Ethical Challenges in COVID-19 Care American Society of Anesthesiologists Transitions of Care and Managing the Comorbidities Associated With COVID-19 ASHP Developing an Interprofessional Proning Service for COVID-19 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses |
7:55 AM - 8:15 AM |
Concurrent Sessions 3 Metabolic Derangement in COVID-19 Critical Illness American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Integrating Trauma Providers Into Your Hospital’s Pandemic Plan The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Testing Considerations for COVID-19 American Academy of Family Physicians A Practical Guide to the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Stroke Syndromes in COVID-19 Patients Neurocritical Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19 Patients American College of Chest Physicians Learning Without Teaching? The Evolving Approach to Education During a Pandemic American Society of Anesthesiologists Antimicrobial Stewardship ASHP Outcomes of a Physician-Led Interprofessional Proning Service American Association of Critical-Care Nurses |
8:15 AM - 8:35 AM |
Concurrent Sessions 4 Adults in the Pediatric ICU American Academy of Pediatrics Lessons Learned in Mechanical Ventilation of COVID-19 Phenotypes American Association for Respiratory Care Safe Tracheostomy in the Second Wave: Adaptation and Evolution The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Vaccination Concerns Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic American Academy of Family Physicians Antithrombotic Therapy in COVID-19: The Evidence American College of Chest Physicians Going From Zero to Sixty: Flexing up Your Institution to Care for COVID-19 Patients American Society of Anesthesiologists Toxicological Issues That Have Emerged During the Pandemic American Academy of Emergency Medicine Geriatric Considerations in COVID-19 ASHP |
8:35 AM - 8:55 AM | Break |
8:55 AM - 9:15 AM |
Concurrent Sessions 5 Maintaining Sanity and Safety in Chaos American Academy of Pediatrics Safety and Efficacy of Noninvasive Respiratory Support in COVID-19 American Association for Respiratory Care Health Disparities and COVID-19: An Anesthesia Provider’s Perspective American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Does COVID-19 Critical Illness Alter Your Nutrition Support Plan? American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Withdrawal of Life- Sustaining Measures, Compassionate Care, and Organ Donation: What Can We Do Better Next Time? The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Racism and Outcomes of COVID-19 American College of Chest Physicians Moderate to Severe Infection: The Use of High-Velocity Nasal Insufflation Prior to Intubation American Academy of Emergency Medicine Palliative Care and COVID-19 ASHP |
9:15 AM - 9:35 AM |
Concurrent Sessions 6 Strategic National Stockpile Ventilators: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic American Association for Respiratory Care The Clinician’s Role in Dealing With COVID-19 Complacency in the General Public American Academy of Family Physicians Addressing Disparities in COVID-19 Care American College of Physicians Sedation and Neurological Outcomes of Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients American College of Chest Physicians The Impact of COVID-19 on Residency and Medical Student Training and Education American Academy of Emergency Medicine Managing Outpatient Patients at Risk for COVID-19 ASHP Medication Safety ASHP Benefits of Awake Proning in Nonventilated COVID-19 Patients American Association of Critical-Care Nurses |
9:35 AM - 9:55 AM |
Concurrent Sessions 7 Matching Science to Uncertainty American Academy of Pediatrics Airway-Related Infection Control Considerations for Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19 Patients American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Nutritional Assessment and Delivery in COVID-19 Critical Illness and the Postviral Period American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition DEBATE: Future Care: Regionalized Pandemic Management (Pro) The American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Evolving the Outpatient Setting During COVID-19 American Academy of Family Physicians Leveraging a Collaborative Global Network to Understand Less-Common Manifestations During a New Pandemic: The Case of Neurological Diseases Neurocritical Managing Resources When You Are Overwhelmed Society of Critical Care Medicine COVID-19 and Medical Education ASHP |
9:55 AM - 10:15 AM |
Concurrent Sessions 8 COVID-19: The Science Behind Prone Positioning American Association for Respiratory Care Utilization of Advanced Practice Providers to Expand Critical Care Capacity of a Facility American Association of Nurse Anesthetists The Role of the Family Physician and Primary Care in Managing the COVID-19 Crisis American Academy of Family Physicians COVID-19: Sepsis Without an Antibiotic American College of Chest Physicians DEBATE: Future Care: Regionalized Pandemic Management (Con) American College of Chest Physicians We Need More Lungs in Here: The Evolving Role of ECMO in COVID-19 American Society of Anesthesiologists Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Infection and Death American Academy of Emergency Medicine Resiliency and Wellbeing ASHP |
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |
8 Pre-Recorded Question and Answer Sessions Topics predetermined after review of the registrant COVID question submissions |
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM |
Plenary Lecture ADM. Brett P. Giroir, MD |
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM |
Final Adjournment Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCM |
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
Virtual Exhibit Hall Open Corporate Supported Lunches (non-CME): 12:30PM-1:30PM |
Continuing Education Credit Hours:

Physicians:
Accreditation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement: SCCM designates this live educational activity for a maximum of 8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should claim credit commensurate only with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician Assistants:
The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education or a recognized state medical society. Physician Assistants may receive a maximum of 8.5 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.

Nurses:
This program has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for a maximum of 8.5 contact hours.

Pharmacists:
The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmaceutical education. This live educational activity provides up to 8.5 contact hours of continuing education credit. SCCM reports to a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) tracking service, CPE Monitor, which will authenticate and store data for completed CPE units received by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, using your National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) member number and date of birth.

Respiratory Therapists:
Application has been submitted has been submitted to the Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for continuing education contact hours for respiratory therapists.

Dietitians:
Application has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for continuing professional education (CPE) units.