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10th Annual "Making a World of Difference"
Pediatric Critical Care Conference

The Impact of Evidence Based Practice in the PICU

NG3.112 Auditorium, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Schedule

Friday, April 25, 2009

7:15 to 7:50 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast

7:50 to 8 a.m.
Critical Care Conference Welcome
Matt Chance, FACHE

8:00 to 8:05 a.m
Announcements
Cindy Darnell, M.D.
James Knapp, RN, CPNP-AC

8:05 to 8:10 a.m.
Video on Evidence Based Practice
Karen Cavazos, RN MBA NEA-BC
Maggie Huey, BSN, MHA

8:10 to 8:40 a.m.
The Evidence Behind our Practice:  Prevention of VAP
Kelley Reynolds, RRT-NPS

8:40 to 9:10 a.m.
Reducing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in the PICU:
What is the Evidence?
Jane Siegel, M.D.

9:10 to 9:40 a.m.
The Case for an Electronic Health Record
Robert Alisharan, M.D.

9:40 to 10:00 a.m
Break

10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
How Modeling Experimental Brain Injury Can Improve the Care of Critically Injured Children
Steven G. Kernie M.D.

11:00 to 11:30 a.m.
Current Concepts in Pediatric Resuscitation
Pamela J. Okada, M.D., FAAP, FACEP

11:30 a.m. to noon
Evidence Based Research in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: The Use of Vasopressin in Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest
Tia Tortoriello, M.D., FAAP

Noon to 12:50 p.m.
Lunch

12:50 to 1:00 p.m.
Video on Family Presence
Laurie Poetschke
Tammy Robertson, RN, CPNP-AC

1:00 to 1:45 p.m.
Is this Really Just the Flu? Bioterrorism Agents and Other Nasties
Ronna Miller, M.D.

1:45 to 2:30 p.m.
Palliative Care: So Much More than End-of-Life
Heather Paterson, MS, RN, CPNP-PC

2:30 to 2:50 p.m.
Break

2:50 to 3:20 p.m.
Patient Safety in the PICU: What and Where are our Errors?
Fiona H. Levy, M.D.

3:20 to 4:20 p.m.
Organ Donation: Are We Pushing the Limits?
Cindy Darnell, M.D.

4:20 to 4:30 p.m.
Closing Announcements and Evaluations

4:30 p.m.
Adjournment

For more information call: Timothy Hoskins at 214-456-5630 or e-mail: CriticalCareConference@childrens.com

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