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Forward2023 WISER/UPMC Rapid Response Symposium
A symposium for UPMC faculty and staff dedicated to sharing, educating, networking, and advancing rapid response capabilities across the health system.
This event includes interactive sessions and presentations from clinical, administrative, and professional leaders in the rapid response field from within the UPMC Health System.
Target Audience
UPMC faculty and staff, including but not limited to physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists.
Learning Objectives
- Define three critical steps in planning inpatient rapid response systems
- Compare and contrast the needs of the rapid response system based on facility size and resources
- List three essential components contributing to the quality improvement efforts of evaluating rapid response systems
- Appraise the current state of rapid response hot topics including but not limited to families at codes, just in time directives, code team constructs, and code documentation
- Discuss the role transition from the perspective of a rapid response nurse
- Identify training models and support resources utilized to develop rapid response teams
- Describe the role of rapid response teams and systems for codes in unconventional locations such as clinics and outpatient departments
- Recognize innovative models and projects related to rapid response systems implemented within the UPMC health system
- Analyze for effective code management during critical incidents
- Illustrate the benefits of code team debriefing and post-event follow up
- Review the ethical and legal considerations in relation to various codes
Additional Information
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| Presentation/Topic | Faculty Listing |
7:30am-7:40am | Welcome and General Comments | Tom Dongilli, AT, CHSOS-A, FSSH |
7:40am-8:20am | Keynote Presentation | Paul Phrampus, MD, CPE |
8:20am-8:30am | Break and Networking |
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8:30am-9:00am | Executive Comments | Tami Minnier, MSN, RN, FACHE, FAAN |
9:00am-9:40am | Rapid Response Hot Topics – An Interactive Exercise | Tom Dongilli, AT, CHSOS-A, FSSH Carol Scholle, MSN, RN, NEA-BC Kristen Killian, DNP, DNP, BS, RN, NPD-BC, ENLS Bhagat Kondaveeti, MD Patty Weber, BSN, RN, CCRN |
9:40am-9:50am | Transitioning from the Bedside to the Rapid Response Team | William Tatar, MSN, RN, CCRN |
9:50am-10:05am | Break and Networking |
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10:05am-10:50am | Growing Your Rapid Response Team from the Ground Up | Kristen Killian, DNP, DNP, BS, RN, NPD-BC, ENLS Sarah Londono, MSN, RN, CCRN Melissa Angelo, MSN RN CNRN CCRN Scott Abrahamsen, BSN, RN, PHRN, CCRN |
10:50am-11:35am | Unconventional Responses and Locations | Carol Scholle, MSN, RN, NEA-BC Jonathan Tam, MD Alice Randall, MD, MPH Jacob Larkin, MD |
11:35am-12:15pm | Lunch |
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12:15pm-12:45pm | Evolution of Rapid Response Systems in Japan | Satoshi Takeda |
12:45pm-12:55pm | Rapid Response Program Spotlight – UPMC Western Maryland | Katie Beam, MHA |
12:55pm-1:35pm | Code Management and Response | Kendallyn White, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN |
1:35pm-1:50pm | Break and Networking |
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1:50pm-2:35pm | Code Team Debriefing and Post Event Follow-up | Eric Pekala, RT Alissa Tharp, MSN, RN Lauren Kovacevic, MSN, RN Kerstin Quinten, BSN, RN Jennifer Lamar, BSN, RN |
2:35pm-3:20pm | The Ethical and Legal Considerations of Codes | Carol Scholle, MSN, RN, NEA-BC Lisa Painter, DNP, RN Joseph Bertino, PhD, HEC-C Holt Murray, MD |
3:20pm-3:35pm | Lessons Learned, CEUs, Closing | Tom Dongilli, AT, CHSOS-A, FSSH |
Tom Dongilli, AT, CHSOS-A, FSSH
Director of Operations, WISER
Paul Phrampus, MD, CPE
Medical Director, Patient Safety, UPMC Health System
Director, WISER
Tami Minnier, MSN, RN, FACHE, FAAN
Senior Vice President, UPMC Health Services Division, Chief Quality & Operational Excellence Officer, UPMC
William Tatar, MSN, RN, CCRN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist, UPMC Mercy
Kristen Killian, DNP, DNP, BS, RN, NPD-BC, ENLS
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist, UPMC St. Margaret
Sarah Londono, MSN, RN, CCRN
Clinical Education Specialist, UPMC Passavant
Melissa Angelo, MSN RN CNRN CCRN
Professional Staff Nurse, BSN, Expert, UPMC Presbyterian
Scott Abrahamsen, BSN, RN, PHRN, CCRN
Professional Staff Nurse, BSN, Expert, UPMC Presbyterian
Carol Scholle, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Clinical Director, UPMC Presbyterian
Jonathan Tam, MD
Alice Randall, MD, MPH
Associate Medical Director, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Magee-Womens Hospital
Jacob Larkin, MD
Medical Director, Labor & Delivery and Inpatient Obstetric Services, UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
Satoshi Takeda
Katie Beam, MHA
Project Manager, UPMC Western Maryland
Kendallyn White, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CMSRN
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist, UPMC St. Margaret
Eric Pekala, RT
Director, Respiratory Care, UPMC McKeesport
Alissa Tharp, MSN, RN
Clinical Education Specialist, UPMC East
Lauren Kovacevic, MSN, RN
Quality Nurse, UPMC McKeesport
Kerstin Quinten, BSN, RN
Administrator on Duty, UPMC McKeesport
Jennifer Lamar, BSN, RN
Nurse Educator, UPMC East
Lisa Painter, DNP, RN
Senior Director, UPMC Corporate Risk Management
Joseph Bertino, PhD, HEC-C
Director, Ethics, UPMC Presbyterian
Holt Murray, MD
Physician, CCM, UPMC Presbyterian
Additional Planning Committee Members:
Courtney Nyoh, DNP, RN, CCRN-K, NPD-BC
Advanced Clinical Education Specialist, UPMC Presbyterian
Bhagat Kondaveeti, MD
Hospitalist, UPMC Mercy
Bianca Caruso, BS
Director of Educational Development, WISER
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This activity is approved for the following credit: ANCC. Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
The maximum number of hours awarded for this activity is 6.5 contact hours.
Available Credit
- 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 6.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 6.50 Attendance