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Updates and Future Directions

Two-Hour Concurrent Session

When Disaster Strikes: Lessons Learned From the United States Military Critical Care Transport Teams

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM US CST

CE: 2.0

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

Kevin Chung, MD, FCCM

Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Mc Lean, VA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose
Ryan Maves, MD, FCCM

Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston Salem, North Carolina

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Military medical teams uniquely must be able to manage the transport of critically ill patients, regardless of the nature of their illness, over great distances to receive definitive care. These teams must be able to deploy at a moment's notice and care for patients with complex polytrauma, acute respiratory failure, highly infectious diseases, and possibly children as well as adults. This session will review the capabilities and experiences of the U.S. military's critical care air transport (CCAT) teams, as well as lessons from their work that may be broadly applicable to "earthbound" critical care.

Learning Objectives:

Explain the capabilities of the U.S. military critical care air transport system, the ways it can support the civilian medical community, and the settings in which it can contribute to care
Review the physiologic challenges that air travel and altitude place on critically ill patients with respiratory failure
Demonstrate adaptations to transport systems that are necessary to support special populations, including children and patients with high-consequence pathogens

Presentations:

Military Biocontainment Units and the Transport of Patients with High-Consequence Infectious Diseases
Concurrent Session Faculty: Benjamin Stermole, DO, FIDSA – 96th Medical Group
Just Breathe! Mechanical Ventilation at Altitude for Severe ARDS: Experiences of a Respiratory Therapist
Concurrent Session Faculty: Shelby Lucas – n/a
Critical Care Nursing at 35,000 Feet: How Different Can It Be?
Concurrent Session Faculty: Roni Rahmat, BSN, CCRN, – n/a
Little People in a Big World: Preparation and Planning for U.S. Military Transcontinental Pediatric Critical Care Air Transports
Concurrent Session Faculty: Renee Matos, MD, MPH, FCCM – San Antonio Military Medical Center
Global Extracorporeal Life Support Transport: How and Who Gets Moved by the U.S. Military
Concurrent Session Faculty: John Hunninghake, MD – San Antonio Uniformed Services-BAMC