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Opens: June 28, 2024
Closes: May 2, 2025

Programme

Provisional Academic Programme

07h00 - 08h30
Registration
Opening Session
Chairs:
Rendani Tshitangano & Anthony Holley
Venue:
Kogtla 1
08h30 - 09h00
Welcome - Rudo Mathivha
09h00 - 09h30
ICU of the future - Michael Pienaar
09h30 - 10h00
Machine learning tools for ARDS detection - Francesca Rubulotta
10h00 - 10h30
Antibiotics futures – what’s the outlook? - Guy Richards
10h30 - 10h55
Refreshments
Session 2
Chairs:
Prof Mathivha & Louise Giles
Venue:
Kogtla 1
10h55 - 11h20
Trauma – considerations under conflict - Anthony Holley
11h20 - 13h00
Rapid Fire - All Faculty
13h00 - 14h20
Lunch
13h20 - 14h10
Lunchtime Symposium
Session 3
Chairs:
Rob Wise & Edi Bruckmann
Venue:
Kogtla 1
14h20 - 14h40
Developing a sustainable team in Critical Care - Francesca Rubulotta
14h40 – 15h00
Physiologically difficult airway - Zainub Jooma
15h00 – 15h20
Non-invasive respiratory support in ICU - John Davies
15h20 – 15h40
The Australian collaborative requesting model in donation - Nudrat Rashid
15h40 - 16h10
Refreshments
Session 4
Chairs:
Pano Parris & Gavin Joynt
Venue:
Kogtla 1
16h10 – 16h40
Achieving a work-life balance – Fantasy - Edi Bruckmann
16h40 – 17h40
Culture sensitive End-of-Life decisions (Ethics) - Gavin Joynt, Rudo Mathivha, John Mpe,
Anthony Holley, Shahed Omar
07h00 - 08h30
Registration
Session 5
Chairs:
Kuban Naidoo & Nivisha Parag
Venue:
Kogtla 1
08h30 - 09h00
The green ICU - Hilary Klonin
09h00 - 09h20
The global ARDS definition - Rob Wise
09h20 - 09h40
Recruitment? If yes, how? - Rendani Tshitangano
09h40 - 10h00
Assessing the work of a spontaneously breathing patient - John Davies
10h00 - 10h30
Patient-ventilator synchrony - Gavin Joynt
10h30 - 11h00
Refreshments
Session 6
Chairs:
Pavan Krishundutt & Yoliswa Magadla
Venue:
Kogtla 1
11h00 - 11h20
Is Analgosedation the key to better ventilation? - Richard von Rahden
11h20 - 11h40
POCUS – my favourite respiratory muscle monitor - Nivisha Parag
11h40 - 12h00
Keep your eyes on the TARGET - Heleen van Aswegen
12h00 - 12h20
Could bolus feeding be the answer? - Annette Prinsloo
12h20 - 12h40
Extubation readiness testing - Gavin Joynt
12h40 - 14h00
Lunch
12h55 - 13h55
Lunchtime Symposium
Session 7
Chairs:
Vikesh Rowjee & Kena Mogotsi
Venue:
Kogtla 1
14h00 - 14h20
Corticosteroids in sepsis & ARDS - Nudrat Rashid
14h20 – 14h40
TBI with ARDS – double jeopardy - Anthony Holley
14h40 – 15h00
Salty and the Brain – what are we going to do tonight? - Sfiso Madi
15h00 – 15h20
O2 targets – Where are the goalposts? - Busi Mrara
15h20 - 15h40
Status Asthmaticus – anything new? - Louise Giles
15h40 - 16h10
Refreshments
Session 8
Chairs:
Togara Pamacheche & Robin Saggers
Venue:
Kogtla 1
16h10 - 17h10
Advanced directives & DNRs: Ethical & medico-legal considerations in South Africa (Ethics) - Ames Dhai
08h00 – 09h00
Registration
Session 9
Chairs:
Fetolang Simelela & Lurisha Coopoosamy
Venue:
Kogtla 1
09h00 - 09h20
New transfusion triggers? - Louise Giles
09h20 - 09h40
Getting the most from negative pressure ventilation - Hilary Klonin
09h40 - 10h00
Sleep disruption during mechanical ventilation - Jacqui Brown
10h00 - 10h20
Obesity – managing a multisystem disorder in ICU - Busi Mrara
10h20 - 10h40
What do I do when CMV is not enough? - Richard von Rahden
10h40 - 11h00
The right heart – oxygenation vs afterload - Shahed Omar
11h00 - 11h30
Refreshments
Closing Session
Chairs:
Jacqui Brown & Shahed Omar
Venue:
Kogtla 1
11h30 - 12h00
ARDS Phenotypes – improving precision - Kuban Naidoo
12h00 - 12h30
Lessons learned from ICU – for Now and Tomorrow - Mervyn Mer
12h30 - 13h30
Is the provision of ECMO services in resource-constrained
settings reasonable? (Ethics) - Susan Murphy
13h30
Close of Symposium
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