Current Concepts in Extracorporeal Life Support: Medical Management and High-Fidelity Cannulation Simulations 2026

It takes place at Kinne Auditorium in Jacksonville, Florida.

The stated audience includes ECMO specialists, respiratory therapists, nurses, perfusionists, and professionals in critical care, pulmonary medicine, emergency medicine, cardiothoracic surgery, and cardiology.

It is most useful for ECMO specialists, perfusionists, respiratory therapists, nurses and critical care physicians who want a training course from a teaching hospital organizer, since the audience list spans those roles and the faculty is made up of physicians, including Gregory J. Schears. Clinicians who never manage refractory cardiopulmonary failure will get little from it, because the subject is narrow and centres on ECMO as a rescue therapy.

Clinicians at hands-on medical courses usually wear business casual with closed-toe, comfortable shoes, and a mild Florida December rarely needs more than a light layer for chilly lecture rooms.