Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator (ECMO) When Traditional Therapy Isn’t Enough

Houston, TX US
October 7, 2024

This course is designed for nurses to further advance their understanding of refractory heart failure and respiratory failure leading to patients and how ECMO therapy can assist with the bridge to recovery or bridge to transplant. This course is a mixture of didactic and skills and has many break out sessions for the participants to take what they learned and put it into action through simulations and case studies. Upon completing the course participants will understand how to manage hemodynamics, medication administration, mobility, and the emergency management for ECMO patients. 

 

 

Target Audience

RNs

Learning Objectives

Nursing Learning Outcome:

By the end of this activity participants will gain the essential knowledge of ECMO concepts and be able to manage patients receiving ECMO therapy with current up-to-date practices.  80% of nurses will self-report an increase in knowledge surrounding ECMO problem solving techniques to decrease the number of complications a patient can experience during therapy in the post course evaluation.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.00 Attendance
  • 7.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    Houston Methodist will award 7.00 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

Course opens: 
09/09/2024
Course expires: 
10/21/2024
Event starts: 
10/07/2024 - 8:00am CDT
Event ends: 
10/07/2024 - 4:30pm CDT
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Houston Methodist Hospital Main 4
6670 Bertner Ave.
Main 4 Benner/ Henderson
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Daniel Kerr, MSN, RN-BC, CNML, CCRN

Emma Gitomer MSN, RN, CCRN 

Michael Scott Bagwell MSN, RN, CCRN, CSC

Courtney Cromer MS, RN, BS, CCRN, CVBC

Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

 

To be awarded 7.0 continuing professional development hours, the participant must attend the program in its entirety and complete the evaluation tool.

Available Credit

  • 7.00 Attendance
  • 7.00 Nursing Contact Hours

    Houston Methodist is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

    Houston Methodist will award 7.00 Nursing Continuing Professional Development contact hours for this activity. Participants must attend the activity in its entirety and complete the continuing education evaluation.

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