Description
Objectives for Part A: A Downward Spiral
• A Review of Relevant Cardiovascular Anatomy and Physiology
• A Review of the Continuum of Heart Failure
• Risk Factors for the Development of Heart Failure
• A Review of Physical Assessment of the Heart Failure Patient
• Life in the Big Apple – New York Heart Association Classification Review
Objectives for Part B: Slowing the Spiral
• Methods of Heart Failure Diagnosis
• Overview of current therapies and treatments for Heart Failure optimization through guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT)
• Advanced therapies including Cardiac Re-Synchronization Therapy (CRT) Explained
Objectives for Part C: Crash & Burn: When All Else Fails
• The pathophysiology and profiles of Advanced Heart Failure: INTERMACS Scoring Explained
• A Review of the Treatment of the Patient in Cardiogenic Shock
• When all else fails: Indications and techniques of cardiac transplantation
• Palliative care and the heart failure patient
Description:
Heart failure is a common, disabling and deadly disorder and is thought to be one of the most costly cardiac disorders in terms of annual hospitalization costs and morbidity, despite the tremendous benefit that guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) has offered. The dramatic deterioration in quality of life and prognosis when a patient progresses from asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction to overt heart failure is a major challenge for physicians and nurses. This one day workshop focuses on the recent and more comprehensive nursing and medical interventions that are improving outcomes and quality of life for the heart failure patient.
Who Should Attend?
• Staff in Specialized Cardiac, ICU, PACU, Surgical Suite & Special Procedures Areas
• Nurses in Adult Acute Cardiac Care, Med-Sung Settings, ER & Complex Care Settings
• Selected Allied Health Professionals: PA’s, Physios, Respiratory Therapists
• New RNs or Students planning employment in the above settings
• Health Care and Nursing Educators, Specialists, Clinicians, and Managers from the above settings
Christopher Coltman, RN, BScN
Christopher Coltman, a graduate of the UofA Bachelor of Science in Nursing program, has been engaged in cardiac and cardiovascular surgical nursing for over 25 years. He has worked in a variety or settings and countries, including Montreal, London (England) and in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has extensive experience in the area of acute coronary syndrome, heart failure and cardiovascular surgery. Chris is well known as an excellent teacher, having over 18 years of teaching experience, and has taught a number of sessions on a variety of topics where his passion for teaching and cardiac care shows. He is currently the Clinical Nurse Educator in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary.
