Summary - CATALYST, FBI & Advanced ECLS- Critical Care Ideas in Action

Catalyst: Critical Care Ideas in Action fuses potent ideas with practical action. It is built for critical care clinicians of all stripes who want meaningful change to become reality.

The morning theme — Resuscitation of the Critically Ill — grapples with critical care toxicology, the art and science of resuscitology, and ECPR. We will be challenged to reexamine how we can save our sickest patients. Peak Performance in Critical Care follows in the afternoon. Here we examine how we perform under pressure, how we make teams work, and how we build cultures that support patient care. This is the human side of high‑stakes care — the mindsets, behaviours and workplace environments that allow clinicians to bring their best when it matters.

Central to Catalyst are high‑impact IDEAS talks — provocations that will inspire, clarify, and spark curiosity. They lead to immersive ACTION breakout sessions where participants roll up their sleeves, share their perspectives, and discover solutions to patient care problems. Each theme closes with a collective reflection to reinforce insights and support real change.

To make this all happen, we are bringing together an exceptional group of clinicians, thinkers, and educators. This includes Victoria Brazil, Eve Purdy, Brian Burns, Tom Evens, Neil Orford, and Shaun Greene. Their expertise spans resuscitation, human factors, trauma, toxicology, leadership, and systems innovation — from prehospital, the ED, and the ICU. They will be joined by a faculty of interprofessional clinicians and educators from the Alfred ICU.

Intended Audience: Consultants, Registrars, Nursing & Allied Health.

Have you attended an ECMO course and are ready to advance your skills? Our Advanced ECLS course focuses on advanced physiology, hybrid ECLS strategies, real world decision-making and complex case management.

Program highlights:

Expert-led sessions on advanced echocardiography in ECLS,VV and VA ECMO weaning, ECMO governance frameworks, and ECPR team design and optimisation.
Interactive, case-based workshops addressing advanced patient selection, complex troubleshooting, hybrid configurations including ECPELLA, and escalation/de-escalation strategies.
Research and innovation updates, including clinical trials, innovation, and multicentre collaboration.
Shared protocols and decision pathways from a high-volume ECMO centre, covering server respiratory failure, cardiogenic shock, ECPT, and complex multiorgan support.

Designed for: Intensivist, Cardiologists, Cardiothoracic surgeons, Emergency clinicians, Perfusionists, Retrieval Specialists, Senior ECMO nurses, Allied health professionals, and Senior trainees.