Recent Critical Care and Resuscitation Articles You've Got to Know! (Plenary II)

Sunday, April 12, 2026

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM PT

Location: Grand III - 4th Floor

CE: 0.75 CME Credit

Speaker(s)

Mike Winters, MD, MBA, FAAEM (he/him/his)

Professor of Emergency Medicine and Interim Chairman
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Co-Speaker(s)

Skyler Lentz, MD FAAEM (he/him/his)

Associate Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine
Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont
Williston, Vermont

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Session Moderator(s)

Julie T. Vieth, MD FAAEM

Division Chief, Clinical Operations; Medical Director
University of Vermont Health Network
Shelburne, Vermont

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Kathleen Stephanos, MD, FAAEM (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of EM and Peds
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Mike Winters, MD, MBA, FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

Skyler Lentz, MD FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

The number of critically ill patients that present to emergency departments across the world continues to rise. In fact, the proportion of critically ill patients in emergency departments is now higher than pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. The emergency physician is typically the first physician to evaluate and resuscitate the critically ill patient. Given the continued shortage of intensive care unit beds, persistent staff shortages, and frequent challenges affecting hospital throughput, EPs are often tasked with providing intensive care to these patients long beyond the initial resuscitation phase. As such, it is imperative for the EP to be knowledgeable about recent literature in resuscitation and critical care medicine, so that critically ill ED patients can continue to receive the best, most up-to-date, evidence-based care.

Learning Objectives:

After this session, the learner will be able to identify key articles from the 2025-2026 critical care and resuscitation literature that impact the care of critically ill ED patients.
After this session, the learner will be able to discuss how to incorporate the information presented into the resuscitation and management of critically ill patients.