VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE - Advocate Health Care
VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE - Advocate Health Care
VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE - Advocate Health Care
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4440 West 95th Street Oak Lawn, Illinois 60453<br />
Web registration is the preferred method:<br />
www.advocatehealth.com/seminars<br />
or call 1.800.3.ADVOCATE (1.800.323.8622),<br />
Monday - Friday, 8am - 6pm<br />
From the South: Take either Harlem Avenue, Cicero Avenue or<br />
Pulaski Road to 95th Street. From Harlem or Cicero proceed east<br />
on 95th. From Pulaski, travel west. Turn onto Kilbourn Avenue.<br />
From the West: Take the Tri-State Tollway (I-294) north or south and<br />
exit east onto 95th Street. Follow 95th to Kilbourn Avenue.<br />
From Downtown Chicago: Take the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-94)<br />
south to the 95th Street exit and go west. Or, take the Stevenson<br />
Expressway (I-55) to Cicero Avenue. Go south on Cicero to 95th<br />
Street, then east on 95th to Kilbourn Avenue.<br />
From the North: Take the Kennedy Expressway (I-90) downtown<br />
to the Dan Ryan Expressway (I-94). Follow the Dan Ryan south<br />
to 95th Street exit and go west on 95th Street. Follow 95th Street<br />
west to Kilbourn Avenue.<br />
From the Northwest Suburbs or O’Hare Airport: Take the Tri-State<br />
Tollway (I-294) south and exit east on 95th Street. Follow 95th<br />
Street to Kilbourn Avenue.<br />
From Hammond, Indiana or Michigan: Take I-80/94 west to I-294<br />
north. Take I-294 to Cicero Avenue and exit north. Take Cicero north<br />
to 95th Street then go east on 95th to Kilbourn Avenue.<br />
<strong>VENTRICULAR</strong><br />
<strong>ASSIST</strong> <strong>DEVICE</strong><br />
FEBRUARY 26, 2011<br />
FOR COMMUNITY BASED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
Conference Objectives<br />
1. Define the theory and operation of pulsatile and<br />
non-pulsatile VADs and identify major components<br />
of the VAD.<br />
2. Describe appropriate clinical assessment specific to<br />
VAD patients and identify the differences in assessment<br />
between pulsatile and non-pulsatile devices.<br />
3. Recognize early and late complications and<br />
management associated with VAD therapy.<br />
4. Discuss appropriate device exit site care.<br />
5. Review appropriate steps for emergency<br />
management of VAD patients patient including<br />
critical alarms.<br />
6. Identify proper technique for device management<br />
through hands on demonstration of all the devices.<br />
(HeartWare HVAD, Thoratec Heart Mate II LVAS, and<br />
Thoratec PVAD/IVAD.)<br />
Conference Location<br />
<strong>Advocate</strong> Christ Medical Center<br />
Auditorium Conference Center<br />
4440 W. 95th Street Oak Lawn, Illinois<br />
(Entrance located on Kilbourn Avenue, near 93rd Street)<br />
Please use Imaging Center entrance.<br />
Free Valet Parking Available<br />
at the Imaging Center Circle Drive.<br />
Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be provided.<br />
The Cost<br />
Program is complimentary to all participants.<br />
Purpose<br />
The purpose of this event is to provide basic<br />
knowledge and skills on general principles<br />
and management of ventricular assist devices<br />
in the community.<br />
Target Audience<br />
EMS professionals, Paramedics and Community<br />
<strong>Health</strong> and Rehab Nurses.<br />
Disclosures<br />
Acknowledgement of all disclosures i.e. nothing to<br />
disclose or the existence of relevant relationships, will<br />
be made on the day of the event. Conflicts of interest<br />
will be identified and resolved prior to the symposium.<br />
Commercial Support<br />
The full listing of commercial support will be<br />
announced on the day of the event.<br />
Exhibits<br />
Exhibitors are anticipated and will be announced on<br />
the day of the event.<br />
Online Registration<br />
http://www.advocatehealth.com/seminars<br />
Credit Designation Statement<br />
<strong>Advocate</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Illinois Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on<br />
Accreditation. Contact hours will be awarded.<br />
SATURDAY<br />
7:00 am Registration & Breakfast<br />
8:00 am Welcome & Introduction<br />
Michele Martin, MSN, CNS-BC<br />
VAD/Heart Transplant Administrator<br />
8:15 am History and Accomplishments<br />
of the VAD Program at <strong>Advocate</strong><br />
Christ Medical Center<br />
Antone Tatooles, MD<br />
Surgical Director of the Mechanical Assist<br />
Device Program<br />
Clinical Professor of Medicine,<br />
UIC College of Medicine<br />
8:30 am Vision and Goals for Advanced Heart<br />
Failure Therapies at <strong>Advocate</strong> Christ<br />
Medical Center<br />
Geetha Bhat, PhD, MD, FACC<br />
Medical Director of the Heart Transplant<br />
and Mechanical Assist Device Program<br />
Clinical Professor of Medicine,<br />
UIC College of Medicine<br />
February 26, 2011 8:00am - 3:30pm<br />
<strong>Advocate</strong> Christ Medical Center Auditorium<br />
8:45 am Overview and General Principles<br />
of VAD therapy<br />
Laura Coyle, MSN, ACNP-BC<br />
VAD Coordinator<br />
9:30 am Clinical Assessment of Pulsatile<br />
and Non-Pulsatile VADs<br />
10:00 am Break<br />
Sudha Kurien, MSN, ANP-BC<br />
VAD Coordinator<br />
10:15 am Complications Associated with VADs<br />
Nicole Graney, MSN, ACNS-BC<br />
VAD Coordinator<br />
10:45 am Emergency Management<br />
of a VAD Patient<br />
Marissa Newtoff, MSN, ACNP-BC<br />
VAD Coordinator<br />
11:15 am Lunch<br />
12:00 pm Workshops on device management and<br />
- 3:30 pm emergency care (rotational stations)<br />
HeartWare HVAD - 60 minutes<br />
Thoratec Heart Mate II LVAS - 60 minutes<br />
Thoratec PVAD/IVAD - 60 minutes<br />
Exit Site <strong>Care</strong> - 30 minutes
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