42nd Annual Gore-Farha 
Critical Care Nursing Symposium

April 25-26, 2024 • Virtual Event

 


Agenda

Thursday, April 25

8:00 am Welcome and Announcements 

8:10 am Pediatric Snake Bites: Controversies in Diagnosis and Treatment
Dr. Kim Molik, MD, FACS
Pediatric Trauma Medical Director
Wesley Children’s Hospital

9:25 am  Break

9:35 am Trauma Informed Care
Robert Sliter, MD
Trauma and Acute Care Surgeon
Wesley Medical Center
Slides

10:50 am Break

11:00 am Advances in Stroke Care and Endovascular Management 
Mohammed Hussain, MD
Stroke and Cerebrovascular Program Director
Wesley Medical Center

12:15 pm Lunch  

1:00 pm Overview of Structural Heart Procedures and Treatments   
Maheedhar Gedela, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Structural Heart Interventional Cardiologist
Wesley Medical Center/Heartland Cardiology
Slides

2:15 pm Break

2:30 pm Coronary Procedures and Care of the Patient Post Cardiac Catheterization                          
Maheedhar Gedela, MD, FACC, FSCAIS
Slides

3:45pm Day 1 Adjourn   

 

Friday, April 26
 
8:00 am Welcome and Announcements 
 
8:10 am Fundamentals of Adult ECMO
The Role of Mechanical Circulatory Support in Cardiogenic Shock
Jenny Sinclair, MSN, RN, CCRN-CSC-CMC, E-AEC
ECMO Coordinator and Cardiac Nursing Leader
SSM Health – St. Louis University Hospital
Slides
 
9:25 am Break
 
9:35 am  Critical Care Management of Acute Encephalopathy
Brent Duran, DO, MPH
Associate Professor 
KUMC-Wichita
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Hospitalist
Wesley Medical Center
Slides
 
10:50 am Break
 
11:00 am Updates in Recognition and Care of the Septic Patient
Brent Duran, DO, MPH
Slides
 
12:15 pm Lunch
 
1:00 pm Rhabdomyolysis
Julie Kruithof, MSN, RN, CCRN
Adult Critical Care Nurse Educator
Corewell Health
Grand Rapids, MI
Slides
 
2:15 pm Break
 
2:30 pm Obstetric Emergencies
Julie Kruithof, MSN, RN, CCRN
Slides
 
3:45 pm Adjourn

 


Continuting Education

The Wichita State University College of Health Professions is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 15 contact hours (7.5 contact hours per day) applicable for RN, LPN, or LMHT relicensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing provider number: LT 0090-0327. 

EMS: Self-submit to applicable licensing agency.

*Continuing Nursing Education credits and EMS credits will be available up to 9 days after the conference has ended. Participants must watch the sessions in their entirety and complete the evaluation by 11:59 pm on Sunday, May 5 in order to receive credit.

The Wesley Medical Center CEU Evaluator has approved this program for 15 hours of Live Respiratory Continuing Education (7.5 contact hours per day) on behalf of the Kansas Respiratory Care Society, a chapter society of the AARC. Credits for Respiratory are only available during the conference. Providership # KRCS 029