Lecture

Shira Kansas Lecture-"Resuscitation in Cardiogenic Shock"

Shock trauma Auditorium

Resuscitation in Cardiogenic Shock

VIP Speaker

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  Susan Wilcox, MD, FCCM

  Lahey Hospital

Oct 18, 2023 - 11:00 am

45 minutes

1 hour

About the speaker: Susan R. Wilcox, M.D. trained in Emergency Medicine in the Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency. After residency, she completed an Anesthesia Critical Care fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has worked for Boston MedFlight since 2009, first as an Associate Medical Director, then in 2018, she became the Associate Chief Medical Officer. In addition to attending in the Emergency Department, she has attended in Surgical, Trauma, Medical, and Cardiac ICUs. In 2022, she joined Lahey Hospital as the Medical Director of the 5C Medical ICU. She has served as the Chair of the Critical Care Section for ACEP, co-chaired the Airway and Mechanical Ventilation and Critical Care Transport Taskforces for SCCM, and was a senior editor for the 10th Edition of Rosen’s Emergency Medicine. Her academic work focuses on improving the care of critically ill patients in transport and medical education at the intersection of emergency medicine and critical care.

1. Describe the pathophysiology of cardiogenic shock, especially in contrast to distributive shock. 2. Recognize appropriate resuscitation targets in cardiogenic shock, as well as the limitations of the current literature. 3. Recall an algorithm for resuscitation in cardiogenic shock, including the use of mechanical circulatory support.

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