Updated Programme Scheme

October 29–31, 2026

Updated Programme Scheme

Thursday October 29

Main hallTraining rooms 1-5
11:00 – 12:30pre-conference workshops & hands-on trainings
Poznan | Prague | Zurich | Paediatric | Getinge
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13:00 – 14:30pre-conference workshops & hands-on trainings
Poznan | Prague | Zurich | Paediatric | Getinge
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14:45 – 16:00How 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
(Paediatric ECPR Training Village part 3)

16:00 – 17:30ECPR 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
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17:30 – 19:00ECPR case report Championship
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pre-conference workshops & hands-on trainings
Barcelona | Heidelberg | Bridge to life | Simulator Co. | J&J MedTech
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19:00 – 21:00Prehospital 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 hallSmall Hall
9:00 – 10:30Anticoagulation workshopAn International Data Dictionary for Prehospital ECPR
11:00 – 11:05Welcome notes
11:05 – 12:205 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 – 13:30Lunch Industry symposium
14:00 – 15:30ECPR 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 – 17:00ECPR 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 – 19:00ECPR 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 – 20:00Cardiomyopathies 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 – 22:00Welcome reception
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Saturday October 31

Main hallSmall Hall
8:00 – 8:55Breakfast Industry symposiumBreakfast Industry symposium
9:00 – 10:00Cardiogenic 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 - 10:30Posters Session 1 & Coffee breakPosters Session 1 & Coffee break
10:30 – 11:30Mechanical 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 symposiumLunch Industry symposium
13:00 – 14:00Massive 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 – 15:00Equity 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 – 15:30Posters Session 2 & Coffee breakPosters Session 2 & Coffee break
15:30 – 16:30Ethical 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 – 17:30Reperfusion 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 – 17:40Farewell
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