9th Annual Mechanical Ventilation & Critical Care Virtual Conference

Registration is now open!

Join us for this one-day virtual conference as we discuss various topics related to mechanical ventilation and critical care. This educational event is designed for the all healthcare professionals who work with respiratory and critical care patients. Educational contact hours available.

Topics include:

• eICU
• ARDS
• ECMO
• Early detection of deterioration in critically ill patients
• Early ambulation in ICU
• and more

9th Annual Mechanical Vent and Critical Care Virtual Conference

Program Agenda

0725-0730: Welcome/Housekeeping

0730-0830: eICU: The Future is Now

• Terrence Coulter, MD

0830-0930: Acute Respiratory Failure and ARDS

• Clint Cloud, PA-C, CAQ-HM, BSRT, RRT

0930-0945: Break

0945-1045: Early Detection of Deterioration in Critically Ill Individuals

• Cameron Dykes, BSN, RN, CCRN-CMC

1045-1145: Analgesic, Sedative, and Paralytic Strategies in COVID-19 and Standard Mechanical Ventilation Management During Critical Shortages

• Shelbie Fuller, PharmD, BCCCP

1145-1215: Lunch

1215-1315: Voice and Dysphagia Management in Critically Ill Patients with Tracheostomies and Mechanical Ventilation

• Glory Dhanaraj, MS CCC-SLP BCS-S

1315-1415: Rescue Therapy for Refractory Hypoxemia and Introduction to Veno- Venous ECMO

• Vimal Ravi, MD

1415-1430: Break

1430-1530: Booze, Rings, and Other Black Pearls: the Street Smarts of ICU

• Gwen Eastep-Pead, RN-MSN, FNP, CCRN

1530-1545: Evaluations

Program Faculty

Clint Cloud PA-C, CAQ-HM, BSRT, RRT

• PA-C Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, CoxHealth FDC

Terrence Coulter, MD

• Chairperson, Dept of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Medical Director -Critical Care, Medical Director -Respiratory Care, CoxHealth

Glory E Dhanaraj, MS CCC-SLP BCS-S

• Speech language pathologist, Select Medical Specialty Hospital
• Consultant, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care

Camron Dykes, RN

• Registered Nurse, 5E CCU-MICU, CoxHealth

Gwen Eastep-Pead, RN-MSN, FNP, CCRN

• Hospitalist Nurse Practitoner

Shelbie Fuller, PharmD, BCCCP

• Clinical Coordinator, Pharmacy, CoxHealth

Vimal Ravi, MD

• Physician, FDCI Physicians, CoxHealth

Speakers subject to change

Program Planning Committee

Janna Brown, RRT

• Manager, Respiratory Care, CoxHealth

Casey Ewing, RRT

• Adult Critical Care Supervisor, CoxHealth

Bridget Gladman, RN, BSN, RNC, MNN

• Enterprise Educator, Primary Nurse Planner, CoxHealth

Jonathan Jacobs, RRT, ACCS, BSRT

• Respiratory Care Department Educator, CoxHealth

Matthew Jay, BSRT, RRT, ACCS, MBA-HM

• Adult Critical Care Supervisor, CoxHealth

Kristin Jones, RPh

• Critical Care Pharmacist, CoxHealth

Shelia Leake, BS RN CCRN BSN

• Nursing Educator, Inpatient, CoxHealth

Julie Worden, BA, RRT-ACCS, RPFT

• System Director of Respiratory Care, CoxHealth

Program Credits

CoxHealth Education Center is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Midwest MSD Provider Approval #MO626-3

7.25 Contact Hours

CoxHealth Prehospital Services is an approved provider of continuing education by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Unit of EMS. This activity has been approved for 7.0 contact hours. The Training Center number is 07710C.

The Missouri Board for Respiratory Care has approved this program for 7.0 hours of continuing education credit. The MBRC approval number for this course is #8001088. Licensed respiratory care practitioners are responsible for maintaining their own documentation records of continuing education and should claim only those hours actually spent in the activity.

This program has been approved by CoxHealth for 2.0 trauma contact hours for CoxHealth employees

The Continuing Education Committee of the Missouri Board of Pharmacy has approved an application for continuing education, Program Number: 2023-08-03. Approved Contact Hours: Seven Hour(s) (7) CE(s) per session.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellations received by the date indicated on the program webpage will be entitled to a full refund, less Eventbrite’s fees. Eventbrite registration fees are nonrefundable and vary with each course.

No refunds will be made for cancellations received the day of the activity.

Refunds will be credited back to the same credit card in which the payment was received. If the payment was made in cash or check, the refund will be provided within 4-6 weeks in the form of a check and mailed to the address obtained at the time of registration.

In the event Education Center cancels or reschedules a course, participants are entitled to a full refund or the participant may transfer registration to the next scheduled activity.

CoxHealth is not responsible for travel, hotel, booking fees, or other cancellation fees for registrants when a program is cancelled.

All refunds must be requested through Eventbrite, received in writing via email, or by calling Bridget Gladman at 417-269-4150 or email Bridget.Gladman@coxhealth.com

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