Updated Programme Scheme
Thursday October 29
| Main hall | Training rooms 1-5 | |
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| 11:00 – 12:30 | pre-conference workshops & hands-on trainings Poznan | Prague | Zurich | Paediatric | Getinge ↗Details | |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | pre-conference workshops & hands-on trainings Poznan | Prague | Zurich | Paediatric | Getinge ↗Details | |
| 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 | ECPR strategy made by Lifemotion
Meet the Expert! – Case Based Discussions |
| 16:00 – 17:30 | ECPR for beginners • First - approach your EMS and communicate • ECPR initial steps - decision to cannulate and procedure • ECPR with severe comorbidity: YES or NO? • 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. | J&J MedTech ↗Details |
| 17:30 – 19:00 | ECPR case report Championship ↗Details | pre-conference workshops & hands-on trainings Barcelona | Heidelberg | Bridge to life | Simulator Co. | J&J MedTech ↗Details |
| 19:00 – 21:00 | Prehospital ECPR arena • Prehospital ECPR map and introduction of systems • ECPR as a System, Not a Procedure: Building an Integrated National Refractory Cardiac Arrest Program in Qatar • Round table discussion on available prehospital ECPR systems… | |
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Friday October 30
| Main hall | Small Hall | |
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| 9:00 – 10:30 | Anticoagulation workshop | An International Data Dictionary for Prehospital ECPR |
| 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 • Prehospital use of TEE guided cannulation • ECPR in Children: Should We Be More Liberal? • 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 • Paediatric ECPR on Admission: How do I cannulate? • Cannulation technique scrutinized – prehospital • Cannulation technique scrutinized – on admission • ECHO guided CPR • 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 • Paediatric ECPR: When Does the Physiology Trick Us? • 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 • Restrictive Physiology in pediatric patients: Flow Without a Filling Heart • DCM needs CPR/ECPR - considerations to prevent bridge to nowhere • Round table discussion | |
| 20:00 – 22:00 | 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 • Pathophysiological basis for SCAI classification of cardiogenic shock • Phenotypes of Cardiogenic Shock after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: The SCAI-V Classification • 50 shades of cardiogenic shock, not only anterior STEMI • Round table discussion | Paediatric ECPR I. • Who Should NOT Receive Paediatric ECPR? (Selection, futility, comorbidity and when not to activate.) • ECPR-percutaneous cannulation-is this the future? • ECPR in Congenital Heart Disease – One Algorithm Does Not Fit All (Single ventricle, shunts, Fontan, postoperative patients and altered anatomy.) • ECPR for Non-Cardiac Arrests (Sepsis, respiratory failure, drowning, hypothermia, trauma/toxicological causes.) • Round Table Discussion |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Posters Session 1 & Coffee break | Posters Session 1 & Coffee break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | Mechanical complications of MI - what is the role of ECMO/Impella/ECPR? • VSD and severe shock • LV free wall rupture - always futile? • Acute mitral regurgitation • Round table discussion | Paediatric ECPR II. • When anatomy matters – Cannulating challenges • ECPR in Stockholm with a focus on paediatric patients • The Heart Has Not Recovered – What Next? (LV decompression, catheter intervention, VAD and transplantation.) • Neuroprognostication and outcomes of ECMO after ECPR • Future of the Paediatric ECPR |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Industry symposium | Lunch Industry symposium |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Massive pulmonary embolism – ECPR works, what do you say? • ECPR in PE evidence • PERT team needs an ECMO specialist • When the Right Ventricle Suddenly Fails: Paediatric ECPR • ECPR and percutaneous embolectomy in PE - a case based learning • Round table discussion | We started recently – what to do and avoid? • How to build an ECMO and ECPR program with limited resources • Krakow experience with a new ECPR programme • Low Volume, High Stakes: Building a Sustainable ECPR Programme – perfusion perspective • 2-person crew for new cannulation strategies (HEMS vs. hub and spoke) • Round table discussion |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Equity of care in ECPR • Differences simply exist…. • ECPR offers a lot to society • Should Every Child Have Access to ECPR? • 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? | 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 • Round table discussion |
| 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 • No Exit From ECPR: What If the Family Wants Us to Continue? • Balancing Hope and Evidence: Ethics in ECPR Research • Round table discussion | We care for our patients since the start till home… • Perception of ECPR work load- nurses´ call • The Hidden Morbidity of Paediatric ECPR Survivors • Different teams, same aim • Question we should answer to our long term survivors • Round table discussion |
| 16:30 – 17:30 | Reperfusion solutions in ECPR • Intraarrest cooling is a viable concept in cardiac arrest • A specific neuroprotective solution should be used. • We Restored Flow – Did We Cause the Next Injury in a child? • Volume dependency after ECPR - any clues? • Round table discussion | To bleed or not to bleed – anticoagulation in ECPR • How are ECPR patients anticoagulated? • My ECPR patient was stented and now what? • Anticoagulation and antiagregation strategies in patients after CPR/ECPR • Meet the Expert: Bleeding vs Thrombosis – How Do You Actually Manage It? • Difficulties how to manage drugs for ECPR or pre ECPR in the vulnerable population • Round table discussion |
| 17:30 – 17:40 | Farewell | |
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