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Dealing With Conflict, Unrealistic Demands, and Moral Distress in the ICU

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Douglas White, MD, MAS

  Vice Chair & Professor of Critical Care Medicine
  UPMC Presbyterian
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

The session will cover challenging scenarios in the adult and pediatric ICU and how best to deal with them. Speakers will discuss futility, moral distress, demands for potentially inappropriate treatments, and various types of conflict in the critical care environment (e.g., among clinicians, between clinicians, patients, and family members).

Presentations:

• Challenges That Arise in the Care of Critically Ill and Injured Children
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Alexander A. Kon, MD, HEC-C, FCCM – n/a
• Challenges in the ICU: Causes of Conflict and Unrealistic Expectations
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Douglas White, MD, MAS – UPMC Presbyterian
• Unrealistic Demands and Conflict in the Adult ICU: Management Strategies
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Preeti R. John, MD, HEC-C, MPH, FCCM – Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System - Baltimore Division
• Moral Distress and Moral Injury in ICU Clinicians
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Elizabeth Epstein, PhD, RN, HEC-C, FAAN – UVA School of Nursing