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Critical Care Ethics

Thursday, February 2

TimeTopic
7:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast
Leighton Auditorium
8:00 a.m. Welcome Back & Overview of Day
Keith M. Swetz, M.D.
  Communication in the ICU

8:15 a.m.
Goals of Care
Lauris C. Kaldjian, M.D., Ph.D.
9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Critical Conversations in the ICU
Families in Distress
  • Tools That Work – Facilitating the Care Conference – David J. Plevak, M.D.
  • Talking About DNR and DNI – Keith H. Berge, M.D.
  • Special Challenges in the Pediatric ICU -
    Brenda M. Schiltz, M.D.
11:45 a.m. Walk to Lunch
  Avoiding Professional Burnout
12:00 p.m. How to Survive The Stress Of The 21st Century:
Battle-tested, Proven Insider Tips To Go The Distance.
Your Life Depends On It.
Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
1:15 p.m. Break/Return to Leighton
  ICU Controversies
1:30 p.m. Brief Plenary Session: Four topics
  • Feeding Tubes – Timothy J. Moynihan, M.D. and
    Sister Mary Eliot Crowley, M.A.
  • Deactivation of Pacemakers and Cardiac Assist Devices – Keith M. Swetz, M.D.
  • Determination of Death and Transplantation –
    Kevin I. Reid, D.M.D. and
    Keith H. Berge, M.D.
  • Ethical Issues in the Pediatric ICU –
    Brenda M. Schiltz, M.D.
2:50 p.m. Break/Travel to Breakouts
3:00 p.m. Breakout #1
  • Feeding Tubes – Timothy J. Moynihan, M.D. and Sister Mary Eliot Crowley, M.A.
  • Deactivation of Pacemakers and Cardiac Assist Devices – Keith M. Swetz, M.D.
  • Determination of Death and Transplantation – Kevin I. Reid, D.M.D. and Keith H. Berge, M.D.
  • Ethical Issues in the Pediatric ICU – Brenda M. Schiltz, M.D.
3:45 p.m. Break/Travel to Breakouts
4:00 p.m. Breakout #2
  • Feeding Tubes – Timothy J. Moynihan, M.D. and Sister Mary Eliot Crowley, M.A.
  • Deactivation of Pacemakers and Cardiac Assist Devices – Keith M. Swetz, M.D.
  • Determination of Death and Transplantation – Kevin I. Reid, D.M.D. and Keith H. Berge, M.D.
  • Ethical Issues in the Pediatric ICU – Brenda M. Schiltz, M.D.
4:45 – 5:15 p.m. Wrap-up
Leighton Auditorium
6:00 -
7:30 p.m.
Attendee and Faculty Dinner
"Body of Work" – Humanities and Ethics Consultation
Phillips Hall