These are non-accredited, industry-sponsored, Symposia and are NOT part of the accredited CCCF program.

Lunch Symposium sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences

Tuesday, November 19 – 12:20 – 1:30pm

Symposium Title: Applied Physiology in the Resuscitation of Acute Critical Illness

Description:  Understand the role of fluid balance on critical illness, outcomes, review current practices related to fluid balance and fluid removal in the ICU.  Demonstrate approaches to apply physiologic monitoring to optimize fluid management in high-risk sepsis.

Presenter: Dr. Alan Heffner,
Co-director of Critical Care/ECMO Medical Director
Department of Internal Medicine/ Department of Emergency Medicine
Carolinas Medical Centre, Charlotte NC, USA

Lunch Symposium Sponsored by Medtronic

Monday, November 18 – 12:20 – 1:30pm

Symposium Title: Pulse Oximetry and Health Equity: How Skin Pigmentation Impacts SpO2 Monitoring and Patient Care

Description: The Medtronic exclusive lunch symposium will be a focused presentation focused on Health Equity and Clinical Considerations related to Pulse Oximetry led by Dr. Michael Sjoding from the University of Michigan and Leader in global Health Equity. The Symposium will deep dive into the importance of technical and clinical considerations when utilizing pulse oximetry, and how they are impacted by variances in skin pigmentation and clinical scenarios.  Current data on these topics will be presented to the audience, and Q/A will occur as well.

Presenter: Dr. Michael Sjoding
University of Michigan

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