Advanced Course in Acute Respiratory Failure & Mechanical Ventilation

ARF & MV Pathway Directors

• Leo HEUNKS MD, PhD Professor, Pneumologist-intensivist, Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Lise PIQUILLOUD MD, PhD Deputy ICU Physician, Adult Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland; Senior lecturer University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Chair elect ARF section ESICM

Course Directors Level 3:

• Leo HEUNKS MD, PhD Professor, Pneumologist-intensivist, Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Massimo Antonelli MD Professor of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore; Director of the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A.Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Endorsement: The course is endorsed by the Acute Respiratory Failure Section, ESICM.

• Noninvasive respiratory support in acute hypoxemic failure
  • To analyse the effect of P-SILI in non-intubated patients
  • To evaluate the physiological effects of HFNO vs NIV
  • To apply advanced respiratory support during NIV
  • To apply advanced respiratory support during NIV
• Lung protective ventilation under assisted modes
  • To evaluate ARDS subphenotypes and lung protective strategies
  • To assess energy delivered by ventilator and lung damage
  • To analyse controlled and assisted mode impact on the lung

• Noninvasive respiratory support in acute hypoxemic failure
  • P-SILI in non-intubated patients
  • Physiological effects of HFNO vs NIV
  • Advanced respiratory support during NIV
  • Advanced respiratory support during NIV
• Lung protective ventilation under assisted modes
  • ARDS subphenotypes and lung protective strategies
  • Energy delivered by ventilator and lung damage
  • Controlled and assisted mode impact on the lung

A total of 5 fellowships will be conducted in centres around Europe, giving fellows the opportunity to experience management of acute respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation in real-life settings and learn directly from experts. Fellowship-related costs (accommodation and travel) up to 1000 EUR/fellow will be reimbursed by ESICM

Eligibility for fellowships:

• Must be a member of the ESICM (so join us now if not already a member!)
• Must attend at least 2 levels of the Acute Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation pathway within 1 year
• Fellowships will be awarded on basis of attendance at the course and highest performance in the post-course evaluation.

Fellowship center and mentor:

• Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari, Sabadell, Spain – Oriol ROCA and the local team (February 24-28, 2025)

Note! Priority will be given to those participants who haven’t benefitted from a fellowship on this topic before.

• Completed the ESICM Foundation course in ARF & MV
  OR
• Intensivist (in training), Anaesthesiologist (in training), or physician with at least 2 years of clinical experience in intensive care with ventilated patients
  OR
• Registered ICU Nurse / respiratory therapist with at least two years of experience treating ventilated patients

The Advanced course in Acute Respiratory Failure & Mechanical Ventilation, Barcelona, Spain 05/10/2024 – 06/10/2024 , has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 12.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications .
Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.