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UPMC Regional Neurocritical Care Conference
Neurocritical Care is a relatively new specialty taking care of a complex subset of patients with a wide variety of neurological illnesses, requiring collaboration across fields and up-to-date training. This educational activity will provide a wide variety of providers with the opportunity to learn about the total care of these patients and a few of the most common disease dealt with in a modern neuro ICU. In addition, it will showcase the breadth of UPMCs neurocritical care focus. We will begin with an address from the leader of UPMC's neurocritical care teams, Lori Shutter, MD. Subarachnoid hemorrhage is a life-threatening illness with high risk of secondary neurological injury from cerebral vasospasm, and attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about this and ask questions of a multidisciplinary expert panel. Then, attendees will hear how to manage elevated intracranial pressure and how we choose osmotic agents and other therapies. Post-cardiac arrest care is complex and is changing frequently as we learn more about optimal temperature management in these patients. Attendees will learn the history and importance of brain death testing, how the neurological exam is performed, and strategies for apnea testing. Finally, attendees will hear from a neurosurgical team about optimal initial management of spinal cord injury, especially blood pressure control.
Target Audience
Physician
Physician Assistant
Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Pharmacist
Social Worker
Respiratory Therapist
Physical Therapist
Occupational Therapist
Speech Language Pathologist
Learning Objectives
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS ACTIVITY, THE PARTICIPANT SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
- Recognize the vision that UPMC has for standardizing Neurocritical Care across the UPMC System.
- Discuss the phases of care of subarachnoid hemorrhage.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of cerebral vasospasm.
- Describe the methods to assess cerebral vasospasm.
- Discuss the treatments available for cerebral vasospasm.
- Recognize the signs and symptoms of elevated intracranial pressure.
- Describe the pharmacological treatments for elevated intracranial pressure.
- Discuss targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest.
- Assess how, and when, to proceed with neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest.
- Discuss the history of brain death -Become familiar with the steps of the brain death exam.
- Describe about the different methods of performing apnea testing in the brain death exam.
- Discuss ancillary testing in brain death.
- Discuss the initial management of spinal cord injury: stabilization and what symptoms to expect.
- Describe how spinal cord injury is surgically managed.
- Discuss ICU management of spinal cord injury, specifically blood pressure management.
TWO WAYS TO ATTEND THIS HYBRID CONFERENCE:
OPTION 1:
In Person at the Pittsburgh Marriott North, 100 Cranberry Woods Dr, Cranberry Township, PA 16066.
OPTION 2:
Virtually through Zoom
Registrants will be e-mailed a Zoom link 3 days prior to the conference. Virtual attendees will be able to ask questions using the Q&A function in Zoom.
SPECIAL NEEDS
Participation by all individuals is encouraged. Advance notification of any special needs (i.e. gluten free or vegan meal, private room for nursing mothers, handicap accessibility) will help us provide better service. Please notify us of your needs at least two weeks in advance of the program by e-mailing the Hamot CME office at espositoh@upmc.edu.
Course Director:
Logan Pyle, DO
Neurology Residency Program Director
Director of Neurocritical Care
UPMC Hamot
Faculty:
Firas Abdulmajeed, MD, ChB
Assistant Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Neurology
Associate Director, Neurocritical Critical Care Fellowship
Unit Based Education Co-Director of UPMC Mercy ICUs
Kasey Moore, RRT
Supervisor
Respiratory Therapy
UPMC Hamot
Tara Jayde Nail, MD
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Karen Nigra, BSN, CRRN
Sr. Clinician, Neuro Trauma
UPMC Presbyterian
Logan Pyle, DO
Neurology Residency Program Director
Director of Neurocritical Care
UPMC Hamot
Hafeez Shaheryar, MD
Associate Professor of Critical Care Medicine and Neurology
Medical Director, Neurovascular ICU, Presbyterian Hospital
Unit Based Education Director, Neurovascular ICU
Lori Shutter, MD, FCCM, FNCS
Vice Chair, Education, Department of Critical Care Medicine
Director, Neurocritical Care Fellowship Program
Medical Director, Neurovascular & Neurotrauma ICUs
Steven Zanders, MD
Medical director Intensive Care
UPMC Harrisburg
Planning Committee:
Logan Pyle, DO
Katherine Spiering, RN
Steven Zanders, MD
Shaheryar Hafeez, MD
Teresa Luchetti, RN
Lisa Paserotti, OT
Kasey Moore, RRT
Alexandra Taylor, PT
Katie McGuire, PA-C
Sarah Packosky, CRNP
Marcie Allegretti, SLP
Michelle Lipski, PharmD
Natasha Catledge, LSW
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated:
▪ Steven Zanders, MD is a consultant for Ceribell.
No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
ACCREDITATION
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
PHYSICIAN (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
NURSING (CNE)
A maximum of 5.0 nursing contact hours will be awarded. Participants will be able to claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the program.
PHARMACY (CPE)
This knowledge-based activity provides 6.75 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit.
SOCIAL WORK
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 5.0 continuing education credits.
PT CREDIT
Pending approval
OT CREDIT
Pending approval
OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 5.00 AAPA Category I CME
- 5.00 ACPE PharmacyThe UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 5.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 5.00 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 5.00 ASWB
- 5.00 Attendance