Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Learning Symposium - Fall 2025
This symposium is designed for critical care team members and other interested staff who care for children within the pediatric intensive care unit. We will provide clinical updates and address current topics relevant to the care of this growing, complex patient population.
Target Audience
This symposium is designed for Children's Hospital Colorado critical care team members and other interested team members caring for children within the pediatric intensive care unit.
This event is for Children's Hospital Colorado team members only.
Learning Outcome
Following participation in this event, attendees will report increased knowledge of evidence-based practices specific to the care of patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Additional Information
AGENDA
| 7:45am | Check-in |
| 8:00 | Welcome & Opening Remarks Sara Galt, MSN, RN & Kim Howe, MSN, RN, CCRN |
| 8:15 | Critical Care on the Fly: Children’s One Transport Team Anneliese Grewing, DO, MS |
| 9:05 | Flipping M&M: Wonderful & Well Michelle Loi, MD & Matt Laroue, MD |
| 10:00 | Break |
| 10:15 | AI-Based Tools for the Inpatient Nurse: Current Technologies and Future Directions Blake Martin, MD |
| 10:50 | Code Blue: Mastering the Chaos One Skill at a Time Natalie France, MSN, RN, CCRN, NPD-BC & Rhonda Peterson, BSN, RN, CPN |
| 11:30 | Lunch |
| 12:15pm | Risky Business 101 Jenny Lusk, MSN, RN, CCRN & Joy Mead, Paralegal |
| 1:15 | Safe Spaces, Happy Faces: Psychological Safety Meredith Bone, MD, MDCI |
| 2:00 | Break |
| 2:15 | They're called CANnulas not CANT-ulas. ECMO in the PICU Emma Sistrunk, ECMO |
| 3:15 | Respiratory Therapy Myth Busters Garrett Lambert, RRT-NPS & Katie Poplowski, RRT-NPS |
| 4:00 | Wrap Up, Q&A, Evaluation |
| 4:15 | Adjourn |
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Sara Galt, MSN, RN
Clinical Education Specialist, PICU
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Kimberly Howe, MSN, RN, CCRN
Clinical Education Specialist, PICU
Children’s Hospital Colorado
PRESENTERS
Meredith Bone, MD, MDCI
Critical Care Attending
Children's Hospital Colorado
Julie Crane, BSN, RN, CCRN
ECMO Primer, ECMO/VAD
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Natalie France, MSN, RN, CCRN, NPD-BC
Clinical Education Specialist, Code Program
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Anneliese Grewing, DO, MS
Pediatric Critical Care Fellow PGY-6
Children's Hospital Colorado
Garrett Lambert, RRT-NPS
Respiratory Clinical Manager
Children's Hospital Colorado
Matthew Laroue, MD
Critical Care Attending
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Michele Loi, MD
Associate Professor PICU
Director of Quality
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Jenny Lusk, MSN, RN, CCRN
Risk Manager
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Blake Martin, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Joy Mead
Risk Department Paralegal
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Rhonda Peterson, BSN, RN, CPN
Critical Care Resource Nurse
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Katie Poplawski, RRT-NPS
Respiratory Associate Clinical Manager
Children’s Hospital Colorado
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
Planners, faculty, and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Children’s Hospital Colorado is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This offering for 6.75 nursing contact hours is provided by Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Completion Criteria
Registration, attendance, and completion of the online evaluation are required for successful completion. Claim only the hours you attend. A certificate of attendance will be available upon completion of the online evaluation.
Available Credit
- 6.50 Attendance
- 6.50 NCPD

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