June 23^th 
Pre-course: Optimizing the “chain of survival” of cardiac arrest

8:30 – 9:00 Coffee and Welcome

• 9:00 – 9:45 Global optimal CPR strategy: “systems save lives” – Pr L. LAMHAUT

• 9:45 – 11:00 The near future of cardiac arrest management
  • Beyond the ALS algorithm: not fit all; (15’)
  • “Advanced Resuscitative Interventions”; (15’)
  • Neuro-monitoring during CPR; (15’)
  • Discussion. 

11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break

• 11:30 – 12:30 Ventilation during cardiac arrest 

• 12:30 – 13:00 Morning Debrief

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break 

• 14:00 – 14:45 BLS: How to do better: Massage, automatic massage, Organization… 

• 14:45 – 15:45 Post cardiac arrest care
  • Identifying reversible causes of cardiac arrest. (15’)
  • Should we bring all patients to CA centers? – Pr L. LAMHAUT (15’)
  • Post-cardiac arrest neuro-prognostication: 15’)
  • Discussion 

• 15:45 – 16:00 Precourse wrap-up + discussion

June 24^th 

8:30 – 8:45 Coffee and Welcome

• 8:45 – 9:00 Moving the boundaries of life and death? – Pr L. LAMHAUT (FRA) (15’)

• 9:00 – 9:30 ECPR Session, what does the literature say?
  • ECPR Indications? – Pr L. LAMHAUT (FRA)
  • When? Where? 

• 9:30 – 10:15 ECPR, different cannulation techniques
  • Percutaneous implementation w/ ultrasound: (NL) (10’)
  • Percutaneous implementation w/ fluoroscopy: USA (10’)
  • Hybrid implementation – Dr A. HUTIN (FRA) (10’)
  • Discussion (15’)

10:15 – 10:45 Coffee Break

• 10:45 – 11:15 ECPR Training (Percutaneous implementation) – Dr C. DAGRON (FRA)

• 11:15 – 11:45 Dealing with the machine (Perfu)
  • Circuit components
  • Priming the machine

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch Break

• 14:00 – 14:30 Training (Hybrid implementation) – Dr C. DAGRON (FRA) 

• 14:30 – 15:00 Dealing with the machine (Perfu)
  • Mechanical complications

• 15:15 – 15:15 Training and accreditation for ECPR 

• 15:15 – 15:45 Tips and pitfalls of ultrasound guided vascular access – Dr N. PANEBIANCO (USA) ?

20:00 – Special Course Dinner

June 25^th 

• 8:30 – 9:15 REBOA and others strategies 
  • REBOA for non-traumatic CA 
  • Reboa for trauma
  • Discussion (15’) 
    
• 9:15 – 10:00 REBOA Training on mannequin

10:00 -10:30 Coffee Break

• 10:30 – 11:15 Etiology of refractory cardiac arrest 
  • Cardiac etiology of refractory CA treated by ECPR: (20’)
  • ECPR for PE: (20’)

• 11:15 – 11:45 Priming of the machine Perfu

• 11:45 – 12:45 post ECPR management 
  • Patient management in the ICU : (10’)
  • ECMO-related complications : (NLD) (10’)
  • ECPR and organ donation – Pr L. LAMHAUT (FRA) (10’)
  • Long term outcome after ECPR : (10’)
  • Nursing after ECPR : (10’)
  • Discussion (10’)

12:45 – 14:00 Lunch Break

• 14:00 – 15:00 ECPR implementation in different settings
  • Panel discussion 

• 15:00 – 15:45 Meet the sponsors

• 15:45 – 16:15 Interactive ECPR session 

16:15 – 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 – 17:30 REBOA/ECPR Simulation cup