CONTINUING EDUCATION SESSIONS

1:00PM - 2:00PM | BREAKOUT SESSION: Focus on Sepsis: Guideline Update

Gabriella Gambadoro, PharmD; Brian Kopp, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM

Educational Goal: To provide participants with a foundational knowledge of the guidelines used for the management of patients with sepsis and septic shock.

Pharmacist Learning Objectives:

• Summarize the role of corticosteroids in managing sepsis.

• Review the goal timing of antibiotics when treating patients with sepsis.

• Differentiate patients with sepsis who may benefit from a fluid restricted resuscitation strategy.

Technician Learning Objectives:

• Summarize the role of corticosteroids in managing sepsis.

• Review the goal timing of antibiotics when treating patients with sepsis.

1:00PM - 2:00PM | BREAKOUT SESSION: Focus on Hyperlipidemia: Guideline Update

Caroline Adrian, PharmD; Jacob D. Northrup, PharmD, BCADM, CDCES

Educational Goal: Statin therapy has long been the backbone of pharmacotherapy treatment of hyperlipidemia, but new agents have emerged in recent years. This presentation will compare and contrast the most current lipid management guidelines.

Pharmacist Learning Objectives:

• Summarize most recent updates to guideline(s).

• Identify indications for treatment based on lipid goals and ASCVD risk factors.

• Contrast treatment options for hyperlipidemia based on most recent guidelines.

Technician Learning Objectives:

• Summarize most recent updates to guideline(s).

• List the first line medications recommended by the guidelines for the treatment of hyperlipidemia.

2:00PM - 3:00PM | BREAKOUT SESSION: Focus on Sepsis: Patient Case for the New Practitioner

Jake Schwarz, PharmD, MBA, BCIDP, BCCCP, BCPS, FAzPA

Educational Goal: After attending the first 2 foundational sessions in the management of sepsis, this case-based presentation aims to bring everything together for the new practitioner. This session aims to incorporate evidence and guideline-based strategies into the management of a patient with septic shock and serves as a capstone to the previous two introductory sessions.

Learning Objectives (Pharmacists Only):

• Apply criteria for sepsis and/or septic shock to a patient case.

• Design an appropriate resuscitation strategy for a hemodynamically unstable patient with septic shock.

• Apply criteria for initiating corticosteroid treatment to a patient case.

2:00PM - 3:00PM | BREAKOUT SESSION: Focus on Hyperlipidemia: Patient Case-When Statins Aren’t Enough

Erin Raney, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM

Educational Goal: After attending the first 2 foundational sessions in the management of sepsis, go beyond the basics by applying guidelines and drug information about the newly approved hyperlipidemia medications to patient cases. This session aims to incorporate evidence and guideline-based strategies into the management of a patient with hyperlipidemia and serves as a capstone to the previous two introductory sessions.

Learning Objectives (Pharmacists Only):

• Choose treatment goals for hyperlipidemia based on patient specific characteristics.

• Recommend treatment for hyperlipidemia based on patient specific characteristics.

• Monitor treatment outcomes for hyperlipidemia based on patient specific characteristics.

2:00PM - 3:00PM | BREAKOUT SESSION: Focus on Sepsis: Medication Safety and the Technician’s Role

Christi Jen, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP, FAzPA; Sylvia Gomez, CPhT

Educational Goal: This session will build upon the foundation laid out during the first two “Focus on Sepsis” sessions and provide additional information and resources geared toward pharmacy technicians involved in the care of patients with sepsis and septic shock.

Learning Objectives (Technicians Only):

• Describe the consequences of delays in antibiotics when treating patients with sepsis.

• List 4 medications that are truly STAT when treating patients with septic shock.