Updated Programme Scheme

October 29–31, 2026

Updated Programme Scheme

Thursday October 29

Main hall Training rooms 1-5
11:00 – 12:30 pre-conference workshops & hands-on trainings
Poznan | Prague | Zurich | Paediatric | Getinge
13:00 – 14:30 pre-conference workshops & hands-on trainings
Poznan | Prague | Zurich | Paediatric | Getinge
14:45 – 16:00 How I learned ECPR
• Austria - based on a strong rock of CPR service
• England - we are systematic, we call for whole UK
• Prague - we just do the thing
• Round table discussion
16:00 – 17:30 ECPR for beginners
• First - approach your EMS and communicate
• ECPR initial steps - decision to cannulate and procedure
• The patient in on pump - what next?
• On ICU - 72 hours decide the outcome
• Post-discharge care as a system
• Round table discussion
pre-conference workshops & hands-on trainings
Barcelona | Heidelberg | Bridge to life | Simulator Co.
17:30 – 19:00 ECPR case report Championship pre-conference workshops & hands-on trainings
Barcelona | Heidelberg | Bridge to life | Simulator Co.
19:00 – 21:00 Prehospital ECPR arena
Prehospital ECPR map and introduction of systems
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Friday October 30

Main hall
11:00 – 11:05 Welcome notes
11:05 – 12:20 5 years of Prague ECPR School – where we are and where to go?
• 1000 treated ECPR patients…
• Prague OHCA study - what we learned so far…
• Designing a cardiac arrest system that includes ECPR
• ON SCENE study - prehospital HEMS in action
• Round table discussion
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Industry symposium
14:00 – 15:30 ECPR starts in prehospital phase
• Initial assessment of the potential ECPR patient
• How restrictive or liberal should we behave?/EVIDENCE population suitable for ECPR
• Pediatric patients are different to qualify for ECPR
• Ventilation and Et-CO2 monitoring during CPR
• Et-CO2 changes define the outcome - just a story not to believe
• Rhythms during CPR define outcome - evidence is strong
• Round table discussion
15:30 – 17:00 ECPR on on arrival/admission
• Any difference between on-site vs. in-house ECPR
• Every step on admission is being trained and simulated
• Cannulation technique scrutinized – prehospital
• Cannulation technique scrutinized – on admission
• ECHO guided CPR and cannulation
• Round table discussion
17:30 – 19:00 ECPR patient on ICU - a challenge for everybody
• Early start of neuroprognostication - how we do it
• Do not forget late awakers
• Post CPR rehabilitation and return to life - physio view
• Mechanical ventilation in ECPR
• Round table discussion
19:00 – 20:00 Cardiomyopathies as causes of refractory cardiac arrest
• HOCM introduction and how to prevent cardiac arrest
• HOCM needs CPR/ECPR - pitfalls
• DCM as a cause of cardiac arrest - thing couple steps ahead…
• DCM needs CPR/ECPR - considerations to prevent bridge to nowhere
• Round table discussion
20:00 Welcome reception
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Saturday October 31

Main hall Small Hall
8:00 – 8:55 Breakfast Industry symposium Breakfast Industry symposium
9:00 – 10:00 Cardiogenic shock SCAI E
• What happens if you do not measure cardiac output in shock
• Redefining the SCAI E
• 50 shades of anterior STEMI
• Postcardiotomy ECPR - what´s wrong?
• Round table discussion
Paediatric ECPR I.
• Mapping in paediatric ECPR
• ECPR Through a Cardiology Lense
• Getting it Right – Navigating the Anatomy During Cannulation
• Vision 24/7: Making ECPR a Reality in Cardiac ICU
• Round Table Discussion
10:00 - 10:30 Posters Session 1 & Coffee break Posters Session 1 & Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00 Massive pulmonary embolism – ECPR works, what do you say?
• ECPR in PE evidence
• PERT team needs and ECMO specialist
• ECPR and percutaneous embolectomy in PE - a case based learning
• Round table discussion
Paediatric ECPR II.
• Paediatric ECPR: “Building Capacity, Consistency and Clinical Courage”
• Crisis response with compassion: “The Nurse’s voice in ECPR.”
• ECPR during Primary ECMO Transport
• Flow, Function & Focus – hyperoxia & hypocarbia: Perfusion in ECPR
• Improving Survival After ECPR: The CICU role
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Industry symposium Lunch Industry symposium
13:00 – 14:00 Mechanical complications of MI - any place for ECMO/ECPR?
• VSD and severe shock
• LV free wall rupture - always futile?
• Acute mitral regurgitation
• Round table discussion
We started recently - what to do and avoid?
• How to build an ECMO and ECPR program with limited resources
• Krakow
• Stockholm - 60 mins is just a number
• Addition of ECMO complications for ECPR risk prediction
14:00 – 15:00 Reperfusion solutions in ECPR
• Intraarrest cooling is a viable concept in cardiac arrest
• A specific neuroprotective solution should be used.
• Volume dependency after ECPR - any clues?
• Round table discussion
ECPR simulations tutorial - cooperation with industry needed
• High fidelity simulations - basics to know
• Train the trainers approach - different devices, same scenarios
• Would industry related training substitute academic?
• Simulator using AI - new way to move forward
15:00 – 15:30 Posters Session 2 & Coffee break Posters Session 2 & Coffee break
15:30 – 16:30 Ethical aspects in ECPR
• Communicate, communicate, communicate - collateral damage prevention
• ECPR patient becoming a donor
• Round table discussion
We care for our patients since the start till home…
• Perception of ECPR work load- nurses´ call
• Different teams, same aim
• Question we should answer to our long term survivors
• Round table discussion
16:30 – 17:30 Equity of care in ECPR
• Differences simply exist….
• ECPR offers a lot to society
• Women and men undergoing ECPR - mutual difference or just misleading data?
• High vs. low volume performance in ECMO for cardiogenic shock - a message for ECPR?
• Round table discussion
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17:30 – 17:40 Farewell
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