Harvard 13th Annual Principles of Critical Care Medicine for Non-Intensive Care Specialists 2025

• Target Audience: hospitalists, internists, emergency physicians, and family physicians
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• Information:

This Harvard Medical School live-streamed program delivers essential, up-to-date principles of critical care for clinicians who care for seriously ill patients but are not formally trained as intensivists. Through concise lectures, interactive Q&A, and real-world case discussions, participants learn evidence-based approaches to acute respiratory failure, shock, sepsis, neurologic and obstetric emergencies, and other life-threatening conditions.

What You Will Learn

Rapid recognition and initial management of shock, sepsis, and multi-organ failure

Best practices in mechanical and non-invasive ventilation, including high-flow oxygen therapy

Step-by-step management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and when to consider ECMO

Critical care ultrasound (POCUS) for hemodynamic assessment and procedural guidance

Strategies for sedation, analgesia, and prevention/management of delirium

Updates on cardiopulmonary support devices and post-operative critical care

Effective communication with patients and families in high-acuity settings

Event Details

Organizer: Harvard Medical School Department of Medicine / Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Who Should Attend

Hospitalists, internists, emergency physicians, and family physicians who stabilize or co-manage critically ill patients

Subspecialists (cardiology, surgery, obstetrics, anesthesiology, neurology, oncology) who encounter critical care scenarios

Advanced practice providers, nurses, and pharmacists working in wards, EDs, or step-down units

Why Attend

Learn directly from Harvard faculty and frontline intensivists with extensive bedside and teaching experience

Incorporate the latest evidence into everyday practice to improve patient safety and outcomes

Network and share best practices with a diverse group of non-ICU specialists worldwide

• Topics:

*Note: these are continuous video recordings during the conference and pdf, they include individual lectures mentioned in the Detail section below

* Detail: Schedule