COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Please join us for the March Critical Care Grand Rounds lecture, a multidisciplinary conference that will update practitioners on the evolution of the CICU & Cardiogenic Shock, a hemodynamically complex syndrome characterized by a low cardiac output that often culminates in multiorgan system failure and death.

TARGET AUDIENCE:
Critical Care Physicians, Cardiologists, Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Nephrologists, Pulmonologists, Infectious Disease Physicians, Neurologists, Gastroenterologists, Hospitalists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Pharmacists and other interested healthcare providers.  

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Discuss the history of the cardiac intensive care unit.
• Identify the current trends in care in the CICU.
• Categorize cardiogenic shock and its implications.
• Examine the future directions for the CICU.
   

FACULTY AND DISCLOSURES:

Barinder "Ricky" Hansra, M.D., FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology & Department of Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Barinder Hansra, M.D., faculty for this educational activity, has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Karel Fuentes, M.D., conference director of this activity, has indicated that he has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose, and that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Elizabeth Prol, APRN, planner of this activity, has indicated that she has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose, and that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Laiqua Khalid, M.D., planner of this activity, has indicated that she has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose, and that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies*

*Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Disclosure Policy and Disclaimer

ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS AND CREDITS

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baptist Health South Florida designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.   

This activity has been approved for 1 credit hour, CE Broker Course #20-942286, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and Physician Assistants.  

This activity has also been approved for 1 credit for Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Pharmacists and Techs and Respiratory Therapists. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.