Clinical Core

The Dark Side of the ICU

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

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  Kathleen To, MD, FCCM

  Associate Professor of Surgery
  University of Maryland Medical Center, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center
  Baltimore, MD

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

  Tamas Szakmany, MD, PhD, FCCM (he/him/his)

  Consultant in Intensive Care
  Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
  Cwmbran, United Kingdom

  Disclosure(s): ICNARC: Board Member/Officer/Trustee (Ongoing); PAION UK Ltd: Advisory Board (Ongoing)

This session will explore the epidemiology of firearm and knife violence through the eyes of ICU staff, both in the United States and worldwide. Speakers will discuss how much resources are spent on potentially avoidable ICU admission due to trauma and injuries caused by firearm and knife violence. Outcomes of patients with different substance misuse, such as mixed substances, party drugs, and emerging recreational substances, will be discussed. Managing patients with chronic pain in the context of the opioid epidemic will also be discussed.

Presentations:

• Epidemiology of Substance Use Disorder Patients in the ICU: Special Focus on Nonopioids
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Kathy Lesaint – n/a
• Managing Patients With Chronic Pain: Challenges During the Opioid Epidemic
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Tyree H. Kiser, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• Epidemiology of Gun and Knife Violence in the United States in Contrast to the World
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Elinore J. Kaufman, MSHP – University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
• Managing Patients With Opioid Use Disorders in the ICU
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Kunal Karamchandani, MD, FCCP, FCCM – UT Southwestern Medical Center
• ICU Implications of the Mental Health Crisis
  

  Concurrent Session Faculty: Allyson M. Hynes – University of New Mexico School of Mexico