Mayo Clinic Critical Care Review for the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Associate 2026
Release Date: April 2026
Format: Videos + Slides
Conference Dates: April 9–11, 2026
Course Overview
Enhance your critical care expertise with the Mayo Clinic Critical Care Review for the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Associate 2026. This comprehensive program delivers practical, evidence-based updates in intensive care medicine, emergency management, ultrasound, airway procedures, hemodynamic monitoring, infectious diseases, shock management, critical care pharmacology, and life-threatening ICU emergencies.
Designed specifically for Nurse Practitioners, Physician Associates, Advanced Practice Providers, Critical Care Clinicians, Emergency Medicine Providers, Hospitalists, and ICU professionals, this course combines hands-on procedural workshops with high-yield lectures from Mayo Clinic faculty and invited experts.
Day 1 Topics
April 10, 2026
Critical Care Emergencies
- Electrolyte Emergencies in the ICU
- Cardiogenic Shock: Identification and Medical Management
- Approach to the Acute Abdomen
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Critically Ill Patient
Rapid Fire Critical Care Updates
- Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity
- Swan-Ganz Catheter Interpretation
- Malignant Hyperthermia
Advanced ICU Management
- Submassive Pulmonary Embolism
- Sonographic Approach to Hypotension
- Acute Liver Failure
- Role of Palliative Medicine in the ICU
Day 2 Topics
April 11, 2026
Airway & Pulmonary Critical Care
- Awake Intubation and Bronchoscopy
- Infectious Disease Masqueraders in the ICU
- Febrile Emergencies
- Serotonin Syndrome
- Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Gastrointestinal & Hemodynamic Emergencies
- Management of Variceal Hemorrhage
- Vasoplegia: Alternative Agents
- Central Venous Access Selection
- ACLS in the Post-Cardiac Surgery Patient
Advanced Critical Care Management
- Pacemakers: Modes, Mayhem, and Methods
- Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
- Renal Replacement Therapy in the ICU
- Anaphylaxis: Identification and Management
Key Learning Areas
- Critical Care Medicine
- Intensive Care Unit Management
- Shock and Hemodynamics
- Airway Management
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
- Emergency Procedures
- Cardiology in Critical Care
- Pulmonary and Critical Care
- Infectious Diseases
- Critical Care Pharmacology
- Gastrointestinal Emergencies
- Nephrology and Renal Replacement Therapy
- Critical Care Ultrasound
- Advanced Practice Provider Education
Ideal For
- Nurse Practitioners (NP)
- Physician Associates (PA)
- Critical Care Providers
- Emergency Medicine Clinicians
- ICU Nurses
- Hospital Medicine Providers
- Pulmonary & Critical Care Professionals
- Advanced Practice Clinicians
- Acute Care Providers
This Mayo Clinic review course provides practical ICU-focused education, procedural training, and evidence-based critical care updates designed to improve patient outcomes and clinical decision-making in high-acuity settings.



