Achieving Excellence in Impella® Patient Management
Target audience: This event is intended for Pulmonary Critical Care, Cardiac Anesthesia and Heart Failure Intensivists, Critical Care, Pulmonary and Heart Failure Cardiology Fellows and the following APP's: Doctor of Nursing Practice, Advance Practice Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners. This course is intended for US HCPs only.
Thursday Sept. 10
6:30 p.m. CDT
Friday Sept. 11
3:30 p.m. CDT
Hotel Chicago Downtown
333 North Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL
Connor O'Brien, M.D.
Georges Chahoud, M.D.
Amanda Bergeron, ACNP
Learning Objectives:
• Identify early escalation indicators and apply a standardized “golden day” pathway for patient triage and activation.
• Assess and manage complex physiology (RV dysfunction and LCOS) and implement surgical/medical optimization using case-based reasoning.
• Demonstrate device-specific skills for Impella CP, Impella 5.5, and RP Flex with SmartAssist® (repositioning, alarm troubleshooting, bedside handling).
• Execute safe weaning protocols that integrate echocardiographic assessment for position and weaning decisions.
• Contribute to ICU multidisciplinary workflows and use clinical data to inform device selection and program sustainability.