Fundamentals of ECMO for Cardiac and Respiratory Failure 2025 CME

Add to Calendar Fundamentals of ECMO for Cardiac and Respiratory Failure 2025 CME 10/23/2025 8:00:00 AM 10/23/2025 3:00:00 PM America/Chicago For More Details: https://vumc.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?EID=111222 Description: This comprehensive course is designed for clinicians providing care to patients receiving ECMO for respiratory and/or cardiac failure. The course will combine current evidence-based practice with standard guidelines to deliver the critical aspects of ECMO management by multidisciplinary experts in the field through diverse interactive educational modalities including didactic, case-based, quiz-based, a... Light Hall false MM/DD/YYYY


Thursday, October 23, 2025, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM, Light Hall, Nashville, TN


Specialties - Anesthesiology, Cardiac Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Medicine, Nursing, Section of Surgical Sciences, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (6.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (6.00 hours)


This comprehensive course is designed for clinicians providing care to patients receiving ECMO for respiratory and/or cardiac failure. The course will combine current evidence-based practice with standard guidelines to deliver the critical aspects of ECMO management by multidisciplinary experts in the field through diverse interactive educational modalities including didactic, case-based, quiz-based, and simulation-based learning.


Objectives
After participating in this educational activity, you should be able to:

  1. Understand the fundamentals of ECMO circuit anatomy and physiology
  2. Recognize patients who may benefit from ECMO vs. patients who may be at higher risk of harm with ECMO
  3. Understand ECMO configurations and modes
  4. Diagnose and manage ECMO circuit complications that clinicians at the bedside are expected to identify and troubleshoot
  5. Understand the critical aspects of ECMO management for patients with cardiac failure
  6. Understand the critical aspects of ECMO management for patients with respiratory failure


Vanderbilt University Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.