Online accredited continuing education (ACE) release date: April 18, 2022 SCCM Product Code: CON22 RT Credit Deadline: June 12, 2022 ACE expiration date: April 21, 2023 Estimated time for activity completion: 142 hours MDs, RNs, 53.25 RT, 38.5 Dietician, 88.5 ACPE
Learning Objectives
Apply new knowledge and strategies to optimize the care of critically ill patients as provided by the multiprofessional team
Examine evidence-based medicine techniques to evaluate and improve patient care
Review and integrate guidelines to measure performance and identify areas for further study and improvement
Target Audience
This continuing education activity is intended to meet the needs of all practitioners who care for critically ill patients, including:
Advanced practice nurses
Anesthesiologists
Clinical nurse specialists
Clinical pharmacists
Critical care educators
Dietitians
Emergency department physicians
Family practice physicians
ICU medical directors
ICU nurse managers
Internists
In-training professionals
Neurologists
Neurosurgeons
Nurses, adult and pediatric
Pharmacists
Physicians
Physician assistants
Respiratory care practitioners
Research scientists
Trauma surgeons
Other critical care practitioners
Type of Activity
This activity includes elements that increase knowledge, application, and practice for the multiprofessional team members.
SCCM Statement on Opioids
The use of opioids for pain management includes the potential risks of addiction, abuse, and misuse of these drugs as patients transition out of the controlled ICU environment.
Competencies
The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) supports recommendations that will promote lifelong learning through continuing education. SCCM promotes activities that encourage the highest quality in education that will enhance knowledge, competence, or performance in critical care practice. This activity will meet the following competencies:
Quality improvement and patient safety
Patient- and family-centered care
Clinical knowledge
Communication
Multiprofessionalism and teamwork
Translate research from bench to bedside
Claiming Credit
You can access course materials and posttests, complete your evaluation, and claim your ACE credit by logging in to your MySCCM account with your SCCM Customer ID and password, then clicking on the icon for the course you are enrolled in under the MyLearning tab. If needed, you can click “Forgot my password” to reset your secure password.
Credit Hours
Physicians: Accreditation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine designates this enduring educational activity for a maximum of 142 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent in the educational activity.
Nurses: The 2022 Critical Care Congress activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 142 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 pharmacy education. This enduring educational activity provides up to 88.5 contact hours of continuing education credit. View ACPE numbers.
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. The tracking system will make CPE data for each participant available to the state boards of pharmacy where the participant is licensed or registered. After CPE units are processed by ACPE and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to log in to a comprehensive electronic profile to access information about their completed CPE.
Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 142 Category 1 credits for completing this activity.
Dieticians: Application has been submitted to the Commission on Dietetic Registration for up to 38.5 continuing professional education (CPE) units.
Performance Indicators 10.2.2 Works collaboratively with interdisciplinary team to identify and implement valid and reliable nutrition assessment tools to support access to care. 4.1.1 Demonstrates effective problem solving and professional judgment to address a need. 4.1.2 Interprets and integrates evidence-based research and literature in decision making. 4.1.5 Recognizes situations where services provided to a customer should be adjusted, limited, modified or discontinued.
Learning Need Codes 5170: Critical care, trauma 5440: Enteral and parenteral nutrition support 1070: Leadership, critical and strategic thinking 1000: Professional skills
PLEASE NOTE: All CPE credits must be claimed and the overall Congress evaluation completed (including the submission of your CPE number and date of birth) by April 21, 2023. After this date, credits may not be accepted.
Respiratory therapists: The application for credit for the 2022 Critical Care Congress has been submitted to the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for up to 53.25 continuing education contact hours for respiratory therapists.
PLEASE NOTE: All respiratory therapist credits must be claimed and the overall Congress evaluation completed (including the submission of your American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC) number and date of birth) by June 12, 2022. After this date, credits may not be accepted.
Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this accredited continuing education (ACE) activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 147 medical knowledge maintenance of certification (MOC) points in the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), American Board of Anesthesia (ABA), and American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and the American Board of Surgery (ABS) MOC programs. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of ACE credits claimed for the activity. It is the ACE activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit. ABS requires participants to self-report credit if audited.
This course meets the requirements for maintenance of certification (MOC) for up to 147.5 credits.
Disclosures
The content of this activity has been peer reviewed and has been approved for compliance. The faculty and contributors have indicated the following financial relationships, which have been resolved through an established conflict-of-interest resolution process and have stated that these reported relationships will not have any impact on their ability to provide unbiased content.
Planners
Enyo Ablordeppey, MD, MPH, FACEP, FCCM Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Kwame A. Akuamoah-Boateng, DNP, MSN, RN Lead – ACSS Division APP Virginia Commonwealth University Health Barboursville, Virginia No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Earnest Alexander, Jr., PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM Assistant Director, Clinical Pharmacy Services Tampa General Hospital Tampa, Florida No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Sheila A. Alexander, BSN, PhD, RN, FCCM Associate Professor of Nursing and Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh McKees Rock, Pennsylvania No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Gilman B. Allen, MD, FCCM Director, Adult Critical Care Services University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Javier Amador-Castaneda, BS, RRT Registered Respiratory Therapist New York Presbyterian Hospital Edgewater, New Jersey No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Erin F. Barreto, MSc, PharmD, FCCM Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota Consultant – FAST Biomedical, Wolters Kluwer
Rajit (Raj) Basu, MD, MS, FCCM Associate Professor of Medicine, College of Medicine Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Rochester, Minnesota No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Barbara A. Birriel, PhD, ACNP-BC, FCCM Assistant Research Professor Pennsylvania State University Hershey, Pennsylvania No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Mitchell S. Buckley, PharmD, BCCCP Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, Arizona No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Marilyn N. Bulloch, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM Dept. of Pharmacy Practice Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy Kimberly, Alabama Speakers Bureau - Genetech
Cherylee W.J. Chang, MD, FACP, FNCS, FCCM Professor; Division Chief, Neurocritical Care Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Kevin K. Chung, MD, FCCM Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences McLean, Virginia No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Michael J. Connor, Jr., MD Associate Professor – Critical Care Medicine & Nephrology Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia Royalties - UpToDate
Rhonda L. D'Agostino, ACNP, FCCM Mount Saint Mary College Middletown, New York No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Jose J. Diaz, Jr., CNS, MD, FACS Surgery Quality Officer, Professor, and Chief Acute Care Surgery UMMC, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Baltimore, Maryland Consultant – Acumed/Acute Innovation
Jose L. Diaz-Gomez, MD, FASE, FCCM Chief, Cardiothoracic, MCS, and Transplant Critical Care Section Baylor Saint Luke’s Medical Center Bellaire, Texas No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Deepali Dixit, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS Clinical Associate Professor Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Edison, New Jersey No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Jeremiah J. Duby, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Critical Care University of California Davis Medical Center Davis, California No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Amy L. Dzierba, PharmD, BCCCP Critical Care Pharmacist New York-Presbyterian Hospital New York, New York No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Timothy J. Ellender, BSN, MD, FCCM Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine Indiana University – IU Health Methodist Hospital Carmel, Indiana No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Lillian Liang Emlet, MD, MS, FCCM Clinical Associate Professor University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburg, Pennsylvania No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Annette M. Esper, MD, MSc Associate Professor of Medicine Emory University Hospital Atlanta, Georgia Researcher – Honeywell, and Siemens Healthineers
Laura E. Evans, MD, MS, MSc, FCCM Medical Director of Critical Care University of Washington Medical Center Seattle, Washington No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Elizabeth A. Farrington, PharmD, BCNSP, BCPS Clinical Associate Professor New Hanover Regional Medical Center Wilmington, North Carolina No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Madison Fratzke, BSRT, RRT, RRT-ACCS Registered Respiratory Therapist University of Virginia Medical Center Barboursville, Virginia No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Antonio Joao Gandra D'Almeida, MD, MDM, FACS, FCCM Coimbra Military Health Center Portugal, Spain No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Leslie A. Hamilton, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS Associate Professor University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy Knoxville, Tennessee No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Vitaly Herasevich, MD, PhD, FCCM Professor of Anesthesiology and Medicine Mayo Foundation Rochester, Minnesota No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Steven M. Hollenberg, MD, FACC, FAHA Professor of Medicine Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, New Jersey No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Craig Steven Jabaley, MD, FCCM Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Emory University Hospital Atlanta, Georgia Advisor – Trevena Inc
Jason M. Kane, MD, MS, FCCM Associate Professor of Pediatrics University of Chicago Medical Center Comer Children's Hospital Chicago, Illinois No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Ashish K. Khanna, MD, FCCP, FASA, FCCM Anesthesiologist & Intensivist, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, North Carolina No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Keith Killu, MD, FCCM University of Southern California Los Angeles, California No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Meghan B. Lane-Fall, MD, MS, FCCM Associate Professor Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Michael J. Lanspa, MD, MS, FCCM Director, Critical Care Echocardiography Services Intermountain Medical Center Salt Lake City, Utah No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Jong O. Lee, MD, FACS, FCCM Professor of Surgery University of Texas Medical Branch League City, Texas No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Niels D. Martin, MD, FCCM Associate Professor of Surgery University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Consultant - Caption Health, Alexion/Astra Zeneca, Nestle, FloBio
Ryan C. Maves, MD, FCCM Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina Consultant – Trauma Insights, LLC; Researcher – AiCuris, Sound Pharmaceuticals
Diane C. McLaughlin, DNP, AGACNP-BC, CCR APRN Mayo Clinic Florida Jacksonville, Florida No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Heather Meissen, DNP, ACNP, CCRN, FCCM Emory Healthcare Fayetteville, Georgia No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
William S. Miles, MD, FCCM Director of Surgical Critical Care Outreach, Co-Director NeuroSurgical ICU Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte, North Carolina No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Paul K. Mohabir, MD, FCCM Clinical Professor of Medicine Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, California No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Chet A. Morrison, MD, FACS, FCCM Associate Professor of Surgery and Critical Care Central Michigan University School of Medicine Saginaw, Michigan No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Jodi E. Mullen, BSN, FCCM Senior Quality Improvement Specialist UF Health Shands Hospital Gainesville, Florida No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Ndidi L. Musa, MD, FCCM Physician Seattle Children's Hospital Anchorage, Alaska No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Lama Nazer, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM Clinical Pharmacy Specialist King Hussein Cancer Center Amman, Jordan No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Sean A. Nix, DO, FACOS Medical Director of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Saint Luke’s Hospital Kansas City, Missouri No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Christa Nobleza, MD, MSCI Medical Director Baptist Memorial Hospital/University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center Germantown, Tennessee No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Michael Nurok, MBChB, PhD, FCCM Director, Cardiac Surgery ICU Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California Advisor – AvantGarde Health, Inc
Frank M. O'Connell, MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM Staff Anesthesiologist AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center Yardley, Pennsylvania No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Tessie W. October, MD, MPH Medical Officer National Institutes of Health Washington, District of Columbia No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Paul O'Donnell, PharmD, BCCCP, BCPS Associate Professor of Pharmacy; Critical Care Pharmacist Midwestern University Chicago, Illinois No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Keith M. Olsen, PharmD, FCCM Professor of Pharmacy University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, Nebraska No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Richard M. Pino, MD, PhD, FCCM Professor and Head Department of Anesthesiology LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Louisiana No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Michelle Rausen, BS, MS, RRT, RRT-NPS Technical Director, Respiratory Therapy Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Brooklyn, New York No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Peter S. Sandor, MBA, PA-C, RRT Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center North Haven, Connecticut No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Babak Sarani, MD, FACS, FCCM Professor of Surgery and Emergency Medicine George Washington University Great Falls, Virginia Consultant – Acumed, LLC
Ulrich Schmidt, MD, PhD, FCCM Professor of Anesthesiology UC San Diego Health San Diego, California No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Gilbert Seda, Jr., MD, PhD, FCCM Critical Care Physician Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista La Mesa, California No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Nneka O. Sederstrom, MPH, PhD, FCCM Chief Health Equity Officer Hennepin Healthcare Minneapolis, Minnesota No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Michael G.S. Shashaty, MD, MS, FCCM Assistant Professor of Medicine Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Steven L. Shein, MD, FCCM Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital Cleveland, Ohio No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Corinna Sicoutris, ACNP, MSN, FCCM Director of Advanced Practice Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Roshni Sreedharan, MD, FASA, FCCM Anesthesiologist Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Vijay Srinivasan, MD, MBBS, FCCM Associate Professor, Attending Physician The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Jacqueline Y. Steuer, ACNP, CCRN, MSN, RN Manager Critical Care Services APN Team Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Waukegan, Illinois No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Robert David Stevens, MD, FCCM Director John Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Consultant - Edwards Life Science
Rom A. Stevens, MD, FCCM Anesthesiologist – Intensivist Advocate Aurora Health Care Head Park, Illinois No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Tamas Szakmany, MD, PhD, FCCM Consultant in Intensive Care Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Baltimore, Maryland Speaker – ThermoFisher Ltd
Beth Taylor, DCN, RD-AP, FCCM Research Scientist Barnes-Jewish Hospital Maryville, Illinois No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Ken Tegtmeyer, MD, FAAP, FCCM Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, Ohio No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Kathleen B. To, MD, FACS, FCCM Assistant Professor of Surgery University of Maryland Medical Center, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Baltimore, Maryland No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Michel Torbey, MD, MPH, FNCS Chairman, Neurology Department University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula, MD, MSc Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, North Carolina No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
John J. Whitcomb, PhD, RN, CCRN, FCCM Professor and Director Undergraduate Programs Clemson University School of Nursing Williamston, South Carolina No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Daniel Wu, DO, FACOS Penn Medicine Lancaster General Hospital Lancaster, Pennsylvania No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Jerry J. Zimmerman, MD, PhD, FCCM Visiting Research Fellow Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota Researcher – Immunexpress; Royalties – Elsevier Publishing
