Critical Care Conference

Dancing with Hemodynamics:
Avoiding the Missteps

August 19, 2011

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8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Burtness Auditorium, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

Course Description:

This program is aimed at improving the practice of hemodynamic monitoring. Through the critical thinking process, this class will enable the clinician to apply the concepts at the bedside to improve patient outcomes.

Course Objectives:

• Describe RV failure and significance of hemodynamics in pulmonary hypertension
• Create Critical thinking strategies as the bedside nurse addresses hemodynamics in real time
• Explore the intricacies of maintaining hemostasis in critically ill, hemodynamically compromised patients
• Identify related aspects of hemodynamic monitoring

Course Instructors:

Barbara McLean, MN, RN, CCRN, CCNS, CRNP, FCCM

Independent, International Critical Care Practice Consultant

Jeffrey S. Sager, MD, MSCE, FCCP

Medical Director Cottage Pulmonary Hypertension Center

Course Coordinators:

Patti Wicklund, RN, BSN, CCRN

Zoe Schultz, RN, MSN, CCRN

Charleen Strebel, RN, MHA

Erika Szell, RN

Provider approved for 7 contact hours by the California Board of Nursing, Provider #00252.

Registration:

Registration is not complete until payment is received.

CHS Employees:  Free.  Register through HealthStream.

CHS Travelers: Fee: $60.  Register through HealthStream. Forward check for $60 - payment to Education Department.

NON-CHS Employees: Fee $120.  Complete registration form.   Make check  payable to CHS Education Department and mail to Education Department, Cottage Health System, PO Box 689, Santa Barbara, CA  93102-9985