ECLS Workshop
Joint event EuroELSO & ESICM
This workshop will take place the 3rd time as joint event of EuroELSO and ESICM 
Date:
23 April 2025 13:00-18:00 and
24 April 2025 09:00-12:00
- High-fidelity simulation
- Cannulation station
- Meet the expert directly
Fee-based registration is mandatory and can be booked online.
Seats are limited to 25 participants.
Fees according to online-registration portal. Please choose option 1 “I would like to attend the Pre-Congress & the Main Meeting (23 – 26 April 2025) and choose Physician” to join the workshop. During signing-up your experience level will be asked for to customize the workshop outcome accordingly.
Introduction
Join this comprehensive ECLS workshop, designed to cover a wide range of ECMO-related competencies with a strong practical focus, all led by top experts in the field.
This educational activity is a joint initiative of two leading European societies: EuroELSO, the reference in ECMO, and ESICM, the reference in critical care. Together, they offer a high-standard ECMO training experience.
The activity is divided into five modules. During the first four modules, the group will be split into small subgroups that will rotate through four stations on the first day: cannulation, V-V high-fidelity simulation, V-A & ECPR high-fidelity simulation, and troubleshooting-waterdrills.
We’ll use the latest generation ECMO training tools (https://hybrids-vita.com/en.html) and different teaching approaches. On the second day, the full group will come together to participate in two ECMO clinical case discussions featuring voting, competition, and a prize! As part of your registration, you’ll provide specific information to help us tailor the content to your learning objectives.
This workshop is ideal for professionals from various disciplines, including intensivists, cardiologists, anesthetists, ICU nurses, and perfusionists. Whether you’re a beginner or more experienced in ECMO, the program is designed to meet you at your level and maximize your learning outcomes.
To ensure an optimal expert-to-trainee ratio, spots are highly limited. Don’t wait too long to register.
This pre-congress activity is the perfect way to kick off an outstanding ECMO congress!
Key Objectives
V-V ECMO support management:
1. Indicate V-V ECMO in different clinical scenarios
2. Indicate the adequate V-V cannulation strategy: double lumen vs single lumen
3. Adjust blood and gas flow
4. Titrate MV parameters
5. Identify and manage recirculation
6. Identify and manage drainage insufficiency
7. Manage patients with awake ECMO strategy
8. Wean the patient
V-A ECMO support management:
1. Indicate V-A ECMO and ECPR in different clinical scenarios
2. Indicate the adequate V-A cannulation strategy: seldinger tech vs hybrid
3. Adjust blood and gas flow
4. Titrate drugs during support
5. Indicate left ventricle unloading
6. Identify and solve differential oxygenation
7. Wean the patient
V-V & V-A peripheral cannulation using Seldinger technique
Technical troubleshooting
1. Drainage insufficiency
2. Air embolism
3. Pump failure
4. Membrane lung failure
5. Gas failure
Content
MODULE 1
CANNULATION
Maria Martinez
Pau Torrella
Alex Supady
MODULE 2
SIM 1. V-V
Jordi Riera
Daniel Herr
Vittorio Scaravilli
MODULE 3
SIM 2. V-A
Edu Argudo
Jan Belohlavek
Dieter Dauwe
MODULE 4
TROUBLESHOOTING WATERDRILLS
Leen Vercaemst
Velia Antonini
Anna Lamora
MODULE 5
INTERACTIVE CLINICAL CASES
Jordi Riera
Edu Argudo
Daniel Herr
Dieter Dauwe
Schedule
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 | ||
| 23 April | 13:00 – 13:30 | INTRODUCTION | |||
| 13:30 – 14:25 | MODULE 1 | MODULE 2 | MODULE 3 | MODULE 4 | |
| 14:30 – 15:25 | MODULE 2 | MODULE 3 | MODULE 4 | MODULE 1 | |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | BREAK | ||||
| 16:00 – 16:55 | MODULE 3 | MODULE 4 | MODULE 1 | MODULE 2 | |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | MODULE 4 | MODULE 1 | MODULE 2 | MODULE 3 | |
| 24 April | 09:00 – 11:30 | MODUL 5 INTERACTIVE CLINICAL CASES | |||
| 11:30 – 11:40 | WRAP UP | ||||
Course Directors
Jordi Riera, Barcelona/Spain
Leen Vercaemst, Leuven/Belgium
