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

Include: 81 videos 67 pdfs, size: 160.66 GB

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

• Dates: September 16–19, 2025

• Format: Live online course with interactive case discussions and access to session recordings for post-course review

• 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

• Gain confidence and competence in the first hours of critical illness, before ICU transfer or when ICU resources are limited

• 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

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

* Detail: Schedule