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Critical Skills for Critical Care: Update and Procedures for ICU Providers

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About this course

Dates: August 14-16, 2025 | Credits: 31* | Location: CHEST HQ in Glenview, IL

Training together as an interprofessional critical care team is essential for providing high-quality care. In this course, leaders in critical care education will teach state-of-the-art techniques relevant to every provider, including physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Through hands-on simulations and live models, you’ll receive experience with bedside critical care ultrasound, airway management, mechanical ventilation, and common ICU procedures.

What you'll learn

Principles of diagnostic and procedural ultrasound, airway management, and ventilator management

Common ultrasound-guided procedures, including central venous catheter insertion, paracentesis, thoracentesis, and tube thoracostomy

Skills in laryngoscopy, bag-mask ventilation, and extraglottic airway insertion

Systematic approaches to airway management

Selection of appropriate mechanical ventilator modes and settings for patients in respiratory failure

Who should attend

Critical Care Medicine

Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Physicians

All experience levels


*CME credits are subject to change

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Study with the experts. Pass your exam.

Course content follows the ABIM critical care medicine blueprint for the 10-year Maintenance of Certification exam and the LKA.

Cardiovascular Disorders: 17.5%

 

Critical Care Ultrasound Scanning: 2%

 

Gastrointestinal Disorders: 5%

 

Hematologic and Oncologic Disorders: 5.5%

 

Infectious Disease: 12%

 

Neurologic Disorders: 9.5%

 

Pharmacology and Toxicology: 4.5%

 

Pulmonary Disease: 20%

 

Renal, Endocrine, and Metabolic Disorders: 15%

 

Research, Administration, and Ethics: 2%

 

Surgery, Trauma, and Transplantation: 7%

 

Why trust CHEST?

Expect personalized instruction from nationally renowned experts with low learner-to-teacher ratios when you attend a CHEST course.

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Meet Your Instructors


CHEST faculty are nationally recognized experts in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine who are trusted, respected clinicians in the chest medicine community. Through immersive learning experiences, our instructors help practitioners deliver exceptional care to their patients.

Meghan Kirkland, PA-C, Chair

Executive Director of APPs
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Piedmont Hospital

Atlanta, GA

Janna Landsperger, ACNP-BC, FCCP, Chair

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Amy E. Morris, MD, FCCP, Faculty

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Todd W. Rice, MD, FCCP, Faculty

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Kevin Doerschug, MD, MS, FCCP, Faculty

Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine
Medical Director, Medical ICU
University of Iowa Healthcare

Iowa City, IA

Nathan Mills, ARNP, ACNP-BC, Faculty

UnityPoint Health Critical Care

Rock Island, IL

Health and safety information | Attendees are expected to comply with all health and safety requirements in effect at the time of this CHEST event. CHEST reserves the right to adjust requirements and will notify attendees as applicable. Attendees are responsible for checking for updates issued by the state, city, venue, or CHEST before traveling to the location.

Save big on this and future courses as a member of CHEST. Select “Course + Membership” to save up to $330 on this course. Plus, you'll receive Enhanced membership for the price of Basic. Membership pricing varies based on your profession. Learn about the benefits of CHEST membership.

Tuition


Physicians, doctoral professionals, or industry representatives

Early bird rate – through March 7

$2,809 Member

$3,139 Nonmember

Regular rate –  March 8 or later

$2,909 Member

$3,239 Nonmember


APPs, RTs, in-training, and retirees

Early bird rate – through March 7

$2,019 Member

$2,129 Nonmember

Regular rate – March 8 or later

$2,479 Member

$2,589 Nonmember


Your tuition fee includes attendance at all course sessions and electronic access to course materials. (Printed materials or flash drives will not be provided.) Lunch and refreshments during breaks will be provided. Breakfast is available at CHEST-affiliated hotels.

Cancellation Policy

Tuition refund requests for this course must be received in writing by 4 weeks prior to the course start date for a full refund, less a $100 processing fee. Refunds will not be given after 4 weeks prior to the course start date. If you choose "Become a Member" when you register, only your course registration can be cancelled. No refunds will be given for membership.

CHEST reserves the right to cancel this course no later than 4 weeks prior to the start date. If a cancellation is necessary, your registration fee will be refunded, but CHEST is not responsible for other costs of attendance, such as travel. 

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Day 1: 7:30 am – 5:30 pm CT 
Day 2: 7:30 am – 5 pm CT 
Day 3: 8 am – 3 pm CT 

Hands-on Workshops

  • Point-of-Care Ultrasound Image Acquisition on Live Models, Including Cardiac, Thoracic, and Abdominal Images 
  • Ultrasound-Guided Procedures: Central and Arterial Lines, Paracentesis, Thoracentesis, Chest Tubes, Leapfrog Skills Check  
  • Intubation With Direct and Video Laryngoscopy  
  • Rescue Ventilation With Bag-Masks and Extraglottic Airways 
  • Mechanical Ventilator Modes and Waveforms 
  • Troubleshooting Patient-Ventilator Asynchrony 
  • Tracheostomy Emergencies 
  • High-Fidelity Simulations Putting Your Skills to the Test 
  • Teamwork, Skills, and Problem-Solving in Critical Care Scenarios 
  • Airway Management Scenarios 
  • Ventilator Emergency Scenarios

 

Live Interactive Discussions 

  • Ultrasound Image Interpretation in Acute Respiratory Failure
  • Evaluation and Management of Shock Using Ultrasound 
  • Rapid Ultrasound Assessment of the Critically Ill Patient 
  • Case-Based Assessment and Management of Pleural Effusions, Liver Failure, and Abdominal Sepsis 
  • Rescue Therapies for Respiratory Failure: Noninvasive Ventilation, High-Flow Nasal Cannula 
  • Mechanical Ventilation and Liberation 
  • Controversies in Critical Care 

 

Online Modules 

  • Ultrasonography: Applications to Critical Care, Including Respiratory Failure, Shock, and Rapid Assessment of the Unstable Patient
  • Ultrasound for Procedural Guidance  
  • Approach to the Patient With Pleural Effusions and/or Ascites
  • Airway Management: The CHEST APPROACH
  • A Systematic Approach to Mechanical Ventilation

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