Pre-Symposium Workshops

11 – 12 AUGUST 2025

Time

0900 – 1700

Venue

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Format

Didactic lectures and skills stations

Introduction

PIE is a transthoracic Doppler echocardiography course targeting at more experienced or advanced practitioners. This course is particularly useful to:

  1. Practitioners who are already performing basic level echo but would like to advance their skills and apply Doppler echo in their daily examination.
  2. Practitioners who are already performing Doppler echo but want to perfect their Doppler skills or want to learn more about principles of assessments in Doppler measurements.

The course objective is to equip practitioners with the skills to properly assess cardiac function and haemodynamics in patients who are critically ill. There is a well balance of didactic lectures and hands-on practice in this course, and aims to fill the “gap” between basic and advanced critical care echo.

Objectives

The course covers basic principles and clinical topics, with an emphasis on Doppler assessments.

Topics* may include:

Basic principles:

  1. Revisiting Anatomy and Views in TTE: Probe Navigation
  2. Principles of Doppler
  3. Cardiac Output Measurement
  4. Pulmonary Artery Pressure Estimation
  5. Mean Pressure Gradient and Pressure Half-time
  6. LV Filling Pressures Inference
  7. Dynamic Outflow Obstructions

Clinical topics or cases:

  1. Shock
  2. Shortness of Breath
  3. Cardiac Arrest
  4. Valvular Assessments for Critical Care

*Note that not all topics are offered due to time limitation. Suitable topics will be decided by the local organiser in discussion with the PIE team.

Target Participants

While there are no formal prerequisites, participants who have attended a basic level echo course, e.g. RACEplus, and have performed at least 30 basic level TTE studies (or are comfortable to obtain all the basic TTE views), would benefit the most from the course.

Faculty

  • Dr Chew Si Yuan
  • Dr Rita Ibrahim
  • Dr Fong Wee Kim
  • Dr Sandra Hui
  • Dr Lau Yie Hui
  • Dr Stephen Huang

Participants Number
35

Registration

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12 AUGUST 2025

Time

0815 – 1600

Venue

KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) Simulation Center, Singapore

Format

Didactic lectures and skills stations

Introduction

Airway management in children can be challenging and intimidating even in the hands of an experienced anesthesiologist. The Paediatric Airway Workshop is designed by a team from KKH Paediatric Anesthesiology and Children’s Intensive Care Unit to build on basic airway strategies and teach advanced airway skills that are essential to ensure safe and successful outcomes. Participants who may benefit from this workshop include emergency physicians, paediatricians, intensivists, anesthesiologists and nurses. We hope to achieve the objectives of this course via short lectures and small group discussion by our team of airway experts.

Objectives

  1. Recognise features of a difficult airway, both anatomically and physiologically.
  2. Know how to optimise intubation safety.
  3. Become familiar with the Paediatric Difficult Airway algorithm.
  4. Recognise complications associated with airway interventions and be able to mitigate or respond appropriately.
  5. Demonstrate the ability to secure the airway using surgical methods (FONA) when direct/videolaryngoscopy methods fail.
  6. Demonstrate team leadership and teamwork in a difficult airway scenario.

Target Participants

Paediatricians, Emergency Physicians, Intensivists, Anestheiologists

Lead Faculty (Local)

  • Dr Josephine Tan

Faculty

  • Dr Cheryl Lin
  • Dr Gene Ong
  • Dr Evangeline Lim
  • Dr Jong Juin Yee

Participants Number

25

Cost per pax

Trainee/resident:
SGD 500 – Early Bird Registration (Until 30 June 2025)
SGD 600 – On-site Registration (1 July 2025 onwards)

Consultant:
SGD 600 – Early Bird Registration (Until 30 June 2025)
SGD 700 – On-site Registration (1 July 2025 onwards)

Registration

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13 AUGUST 2025

Time

0830 – 1300

Venue

Centre for Advanced Clinical and Surgical Skills (CACS), Changi General Hospital, Singapore

Format

Didactic lectures and skills stations

Objectives

  1. Recognise features of a difficult airway, both anatomically and physiologically.
  2. Know how to optimise intubation safety.
  3. Become familiar with the Paediatric Difficult Airway algorithm.
  4. Recognise complications associated with airway interventions and be able to mitigate or respond appropriately.
  5. Demonstrate the ability to secure the airway using surgical methods (FONA) when direct/videolaryngoscopy methods fail.
  6. Demonstrate team leadership and teamwork in a difficult airway scenario.

Session Schedule 

0830 – 0900 | Needle Cricothyroidotomy with porcine trachea and conversion to cuffed emergency cricothyrotomy (Melker Cricothyrotomy)

0900 – 0930 | Surgical Cricothyroidotomy with porcine trachea

0930 – 1000 | The Challenging Airway: Bleeding Airway

1000 – 1030 | Low skill fibre-optic intubation with manikin

1030 – 1130 | (i) Oxygenation techniques via needle Cricothyroidotomy (rapid O2, makeshift oxygenation techniques)
(ii) Airway and Gastric ultrasound

1130 – 1200 | VR Bronchoscopy (OrSIM)

1200 – 1230 | Lung Isolation (Double lumen tube and Bronchial Blocker)

Participants Number

35

Cost per pax

SGD 288 – Early Bird Registration (Before 31 May 2025)
SGD 388 – Standard Registration (1 June 2025 onwards)

Registration

This workshop is available as an add-on to the Main Symposium. Click here to register.

Time

0900 – 1800

Venue

Singapore EXPO, Meeting Room Level 1, Opal (105 – 106)

Format

Didactic with hands-on practical sessions

Introduction

This full-day workshop will highlight the differences between acute and chronic ventilation in paediatric and adult populations, the transdisciplinary coordination required to manage each unique Ventilator–Assisted Individual (VAI), ventilator weaning in specific conditions, adjunct therapies and the social/ethical considerations considered in VAI.

Objectives

The Chronic Ventilation Workshop, through a combination of didactic and practical sessions, aims to:

  1. Explain the differences between acute and chronic ventilation, and multidisciplinary coordination of roles in managing a patient transitioning to chronic ventilation.
  2. Elaborate on how to assess suitability for ventilator rehabilitation at the Ventilator Rehabilitation Unit (VRU), Tan Tock Seng Hospital, with nursing and allied health input.
  3. Demonstrate proper early tracheostomy care, secretion clearance techniques, adjunct therapies such as cough assist, and communication techniques such as leak speech and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
  4. Transitioning complex patients in paediatrics to adulthood.
  5. Discuss ventilator weaning and decannulation in specific conditions including Spinal Cord Injury (SCI), Guillain – Barre syndrome, and Critical Illness myopathy.
  6. Financial, ethical and social considerations in paediatric ventilated patients and adult ventilated patients.

Target Participants

All Doctors, Nurses, and Allied Health Therapists with a keen interest to get an in-depth look at initiation, management, and discharge planning of individuals requiring Chronic Ventilation.

Lead Faculty (Local)

  • Dr Valerie Ng
  • Dr Debra Seow

Faculty

  • Dr Chan Yeow
  • Ms Melinda Lim
  • Ms Cheryl Tan
  • Dr Thong Wen Yi
  • Dr Cristelle Chow

Participants Number

40

Cost per pax

SGD 30 – Allied Health
SGD 50 – Physician

Registration

This workshop is available as an add-on to the Main Symposium. Click here to register.

MedwoRx International

MedwoRx International Singapore (2008) is a professional Sleep and Respiratory Care Company that was conceptualised to achieve an essential goal. “To make a positive contribution towards the improvement of quality healthcare by promoting innovative products and services.” It was incorporated by exceptionally qualified personnel with more than 30 years of experience in the medical industry and with backgrounds in the allied healthcare (Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Sleep Technologists) field. MedwoRx has evolved and expanded to become a healthcare provider in Southeast Asia. www.medworx-intl.com

In June 13, 2023, a French company SOS Oxygene’ with major international network presence has acquired shares, which accelerated MedwoRx to become a Global company bridging the gap between the innovative health care practices of the East and the West.

For more information, please visit: www.medworx-intl.com

Time

0830 – 1645

Venue

Singapore EXPO, Meeting Room Level 2, Topaz Concourse

Introduction

This is an introductory 1-day course on Critical Care Ultrasound (CCUS) comprising modules on Lung/Diaphragm Ultrasound, Lower Extremity DVT/Arterial Point of Care Ultrasound, Abdominal/FAST Ultrasound, Venous Excess Score (VEXUS) and Focused Cardiac Ultrasound which will be taught according to the FUSIC curriculum. Participants can register for individual modules.

Objectives

To learn how to perform the following CCUS scans:

  1. Lung and Diaphragm Ultrasound Module (1 hour)
  2. Lower extremity DVT and arterial point of care ultrasound Module (50 mins)
  3. Abdominal Ultrasound Module comprising FAST – focused ultrasonography in trauma, renal and abdominal aorta imaging (1 hour)
  4. Venous Excess Score (VExUS) Module (55mins)
  5. Focused Cardiac Ultrasound Module (1 hour 15mins)
  6. Putting it all together – Applying CCUS in Shock, Respiratory Failure and Weaning from respiratory failure (Lecture) (30mins)

Target Participants

Novices with little or no prior training in CCUS. The course is open to Junior Physicians, Nursing, Allied Professionals.

Lead Faculty (Local)

  • Dr Chew Si Yuan

Faculty

  • Dr Adrian Wong
  • Dr Suneel Ramesh Desai
  • Dr Choo Wee Sen
  • Dr Sandra Hui
  • Dr Lau Yie Hui
  • Dr Tan Rou An
  • Dr Ng Lit Soo
  • Ms Wang Xiqin
  • Dr Peh Wee Ming

Session Schedule 

0830 – 0840 | Introduction to learning CCUS and FUSIC

0840 – 0855 | Introduction to Ultrasound & Knobology (Lecture) | Dr Chew Si Yuan

0855 – 0915 | Lung and Diaphragm Ultrasound (Lecture) | Dr Chew Si Yuan

0915 – 0955 | Lung Ultrasound (Hands-on) | All Faculty

  • First Station: Lung US (pathological case discussions via powerpoint slides will be provided to instructors) (20mins)
  • Second Station: Diaphragm US (20mins)

0955 – 1000 | Break

1000 – 1020 | Lower Extremity Vascular POCUS Lecture | Dr Peh Wee Ming and Dr Tan Rou An

1020 – 1050 | Lower Extremity Vascular (Hands-on) | All Faculty

  • Part 1: US Lower Extremity DVT (5 point DVT POCUS) (15mins)
  • Part 2: US Lower Extremity Arterial scan (Femoral Artery, Popliteal Artery, Dorsalis pedis) (15mins)

1050 – 1100 | Break

1100 – 1120 | Abdomen / FAST Ultrasound (Lecture) | Dr Adrian Wong

1120 – 1200 | Abdomen / FAST Ultrasound (Hands-on) | All Faculty

  • First station: FAST scan (15mins)
  • Second station: Renal and bladder scan (15mins)
  • Third station: Abdominal Aorta (10mins)

1200 – 1300 | Lunch Break

1300 – 1315 | VEXUS (Lecture) | Dr Adrian Wong

1315 – 1355 | VEXUS (Hands-on) | All Faculty

  • First station: IVC Subcostal (10mins)
  • Second station: Portal Vein and Hepatic vein doppler (15 mins)
  • Third station: Renal doppler (15mins)

1355 – 1400 | Break

1400 – 1445 | Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (Lecture) | Dr Suneel

1445 – 1600 | Focused Cardiac Ultrasound (Hands on) | All Faculty

  • First station: PLAX view (20mins)
  • Second station: PSAX view (20mins)
  • Third station: Subcostal view (20mins)
  • Fourth station: Apical 4 chamber view (20mins)
  • Fifth station: Pathology case discussion (10mins): Pericardial Tamponade, Cardiogenic Shock, Right Heart Failure

1600 – 1630 | Putting it all together – Applying CCUS in Shock, Respiratory Failure and Weaning from respiratory failure (Lecture) | Dr Chew Si Yuan

1630 – 1645 | Closing Remarks, Question and Answer, Feedback | Dr Chew Si Yuan

Participants number

30

Cost per pax

SGD 25 – Per module
SGD 100 – All modules

13 – 14 AUGUST 2025

Time

0900 – 1700

Venue

Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Singapore

Format

The 2-full day course consists of distance learning material, face-to-face lectures, and small group tutorials/skill stations.

Introduction

Intensive Care Nephrology workshop is suitable as a refresher for Intensive Care specialists and senior trainees in ICM/ Respiratory Medicine/Renal medicine.

Participants can expect to complete the course with a thorough knowledge of conditions causing AKI, strategies for prevention and detection, supportive and disease specific therapies and renal replacement strategies and troubleshooting. They will be able to then deploy this knowledge in general, acute care and critical care areas.

Objectives

  1. Applied Renal Physiology
  2. Epidemiology of Acute Kidney Injury
  3. Acute Kidney Injury: Causes, Pathophysiology and Management
  4. Acute Kidney Injury and Sepsis
  5. Rhabdomyolysis
  6. AKI and Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
  7. Urinary Tract Infections
  8. Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
  9. Intermittent Haemodialysis and SLEDD
  10. Peritoneal Dialysis
  11. Drug Dosing in Renal Failure

Target Participants

Intensive Care Specialists and Senior Trainees in ICM/ Respiratory Medicine/ Renal medicine

Lead Faculty (Local)

  • Dr Amit Kansal

Faculty

  • Dr Gordon Choi

Participants Number

30

Cost per pax

SGD 400

Registration

This workshop is available as an add-on to the Main Symposium. Click here to register.

Time

0800 – 1730

Venue

KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) Simulation Center, Singapore

Format

Lectures and Skill Stations

Introduction

The PFCCS course is an in-depth and comprehensive programme aimed at improving paediatric care.  Using the same hands-on, high-quality approach as Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS), this programme focuses intensely on the paediatric population. PFCCS accomplishes these goals by providing a balance of didactic lectures and hands-on skill stations while building on the participant’s basic paediatric knowledge.  Those who have completed Basic Life Support (BCLS) and Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS) or their equivalents will benefit from PFCCS, because much of the material covers the transition from initial patient resuscitation to arrival in the intensive care unit.  Some of the unique features of the course include interactive case scenario-based lectures and skill stations specific to critically ill or injured children.

The curriculum is presented as a 2-day series of integrated lectures and didactic in-person skill stations that provide knowledge, guidance for decision making, and limited practice in some clinical procedures.

Objectives

The objectives for this course are to:

  1. Prioritise assessment needs for the critically ill or injured infant and children.
  2. Select appropriate diagnostic tests.
  3. Identify and respond to significant changes in the unstable paediatric patient.
  4. Recognise and initiate management of acute life-threatening conditions.
  5. Determine the need for expert consultation and/or patient transfer and prepare the practitioner for completing optimal transfer.

Faculty

  • Prof Loh Tsee Foong
  • Dr Mervin Loi V-Ter

Session Schedule – Day 1

0800 – 0815 | Introduction

0815 – 0900 | Assessment of Critically Ill Child

0900 – 0915 | Break

0915 – 1000 | Mechanical Ventilation

1000 – 1045 | Management of Shock

1045 – 1245 |

  • Skill Station – Ventilation
  • Skill Station – Cardiopulmonary Dysfunction

1245 – 1330 | Lunch Break for participants

1330 – 1415 | Transport of Critically Ill Child

1415 – 1500 | Fluids & Electrolytes

1500 – 1515 | Break

1515 – 1715 |

  • Skill Station – Radiology / Invasive Devices
  • Skill Station – Transport

1715 – 1730 | (Assumed: Closing / Debrief / End of Day Wrap-up)

Session Schedule – Day 2

0815 – 0900 | Pediatric Neurologic Emergencies

0900 – 0915 | Break

0915 – 1000 | Sedation, Analgesia, Neuromuscular Blockade

1000 – 1045 | Traumatic Injuries in Children

1045 – 1245 |

  • Skill Station – Sedation
  • Skill Station – Trauma

1245 – 1330 | Lunch Break for participants

1330 – 1530 |

  • Skill Station – Simulation Session
  • Integration – Infant / Child

1530 – 1630 | Post-Test & Online Evaluation

1630 – 1645 | Break

1645 – 1700 | Recap & Summary

1700 – 1730 | Post Test Review / On-Site Course Evaluation / End of Day 2

Participants Number

24

Cost per pax

Attendees from:
– SGD 950: Low Middle-Income Countries
– SGD 1080: Non-Low Middle-Income Countries:

Registration

Click here to register

14 AUGUST 2025

Time

0800 – 1730

Venue

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Format

Didactic lectures and skills stations

Introduction

This workshop accredited by The College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM) consists of online pre-course Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and interactive lectures on-site, practical skill stations and post-course MCQs. The electronic course manual can be downloaded as an App to conventional electronic media prior to the workshop.

Objectives

The aim of the workshop is to provide participants with a basic understanding of critical care echocardiography.

Topics include:

  1. Indications of Transthoracic Echocardiography
  2. Principles of Ultrasound Imaging
  3. Basic Controls (Knobology)
  4. Image Acquisition
  5. Left Heart Assessment
  6. Right Heart Assessment
  7. Pericardial Disease
  8. Haemodynamic Assessment
  9. Artefacts

Participants Number

36

Registration

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Time

0800 – 1730

Venue

Singapore EXPO, Meeting Room Level 1, Opal (105 – 106)

Format

This advanced review course will combine didactic lectures, case-based discussions, and interactive sessions to ensure active learning and practical application of critical care concepts.

Introduction

The ever-evolving field of Critical Care Medicine requires continuous updates and refinement of clinical skills. This full-day ICU Review Course has been meticulously designed to bridge the knowledge gap, prepare fellows for certification exams, and enhance day-to-day ICU management capabilities. We will explore key topics in mechanical ventilation, trauma management, hemodynamic, neurocritical care, sepsis management, and critical care organisation, among others, through a combination of expert-led lectures and case discussions.

Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  1. Master Key Ventilatory Strategies:
    • Optimise mechanical ventilation in patients with unique characteristics.
    • Identify and manage ventilator-associated complications and troubleshoot common issues, including patient ventilator asynchronies.
  2. Enhance Trauma Management Skills:
    • Develop a systematic approach to managing trauma-induced shock and head injuries.
    • Achieve a better understand on management of trauma related coagulopathy.
  3. Refine Hemodynamic Monitoring and Management:
    • Implement advanced techniques for hemodynamic monitoring, including the use of pulmonary artery catheters, echo-guided therapy, and dynamic parameters.
    • Optimise the use of mechanical circulatory devices in shock and managing common complications with these devices.
  4. Strengthen Neurocritical Care Knowledge:
    • Provide evidence-based management of patients with acute neurological emergencies (e.g., ischemic stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, and traumatic brain injury).
    • Understand advanced monitoring techniques in neurocritical care.
  5. Master Sepsis Management:
    • Apply the latest guidelines and best practices for sepsis bundle implementation, including antimicrobial stewardship.
  6. Critically Appraise ICU Organisation and Workflow:
    • Optimise ICU team management, including communication and leadership.
    • Develop protocols for efficient ICU rounds and patient flow

Target Participants

  • Critical Care Fellows seeking certification or advancement in intensive care medicine
  • Senior Residents in Anesthesiology, Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Surgery and Internal Medicine
  • Advanced Practitioner Nurses or Critical Care Nurses looking for advanced insights into complex care scenarios

Lead Faculty (Local)

  • Dr Sewa Duu Wen

Participants Number

30

Cost per pax

SGD 50 – Allied Health
SGD 100 – Physician

Time

0800 – 1800

Venue

Singapore EXPO, Meeting Room Level 1, Opal (101 – 104 & 107)

Format

Didactic lectures and skills stations

Introduction

This workshop is designed for intensive care professionals focused on Ventilator Weaning, Respiratory Muscle Assessment and the Management of Chronic Respiratory Failure. As ICU patients increasingly present with complex respiratory needs, optimising both acute and long-term ventilation strategies is critical to improving patient outcomes and facilitating the transition from hospital-to-home.

Through four key themes – Acute Ventilation, Chronic Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV), Respiratory Management of Neuromuscular Diseases, and the Interdisciplinary Approach to Chronic Respiratory Failure – participants will explore evidence-based strategies for assessing and managing Respiratory Muscle Weakness and utilising Chronic NIV in supporting patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure post-ICU, reducing hospital readmissions, and enhancing quality of life.

Hands-on skills stations will provide practical training in respiratory muscle evaluation, advanced airway clearance techniques, NIV and mouthpiece ventilation setup, titration and troubleshooting. This interactive and interdisciplinary learning experience will equip participants with the essential knowledge and skills to optimise patient care beyond the ICU.

Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Profile the Difficult-to-Wean patient in the ICU
2. Optimise Ventilator Weaning Strategies
3. Utilise Non-Invasive Ventilatory Strategies to liberate patients from Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Tracheostomy
4. Evaluate and manage Respiratory Muscle Weakness
5. Implement an interdisciplinary approach to Chronic Respiratory Failure

Target Participants

Healthcare Professionals including Physicians, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, and Physiotherapists, who are dedicated to advancing their expertise in ventilator weaning and non-invasive ventilation.

Lead Faculty (Local)

  • Dr Chai Hui Zhong

Faculty

  • Dr Adrian Cheong Kwok Chi
  • Dr Ong Thun How
  • Dr Chan Yeow
  • Mr Rico Omar Maniaul
  • Ms Faridah Hanim Binte Shamsuddin
  • Dr Soh Rui Ya
  • Dr Genevieve Tan
  • Ms Song Pei Rong
  • Dr Guadalupe Cara Viegelmann
  • Dr Tan Yi Hua
  • Ms Huang Ching-Feng
  • Ms Tieh Suat Kee
  • Ms Jade Tay Jin Yu
  • Ms Tan Herng Lee
  • Dr Jocelyn Lim Yi Xiu
  • Dr Timothy Toh
  • Dr Leow Leong Chai
  • Ms Tricia Wu Yue Qing
  • Dr Ng Lit Soo
  • Mr Vimal Palanichamy
  • Ms Nur Izzianie Bte Kamaruddin
  • Ms Winnie Chong
  • Ms Nurul Aini Binte Bari
  • Dr Yong Ming Hui

Course Schedule

0800 – 0805 | Introduction and Welcome | Dr Chai Hui Zhong

0805 – 0820 | Plenary Lecture: History of Home Ventilation in Singapore | Dr Chan Yeow

0820 ­– 0945 | Theme 1: Acute Ventilation

0820 – 0840 | Nuts and Bolts of Non-Invasive Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure | Dr Genevieve Tan

  1. Indications and contraindications of NIV in Acute Respiratory Failure
  2. Initial settings and titration
  3. Monitoring of the patient on Acute NIV
  4. Defining failure of NIV and when to intubate

0840 – 0900 | Winning at Weaning: Strategies for Difficult-to-Wean Patients | Dr Timothy Toh

  1. Profiling the Difficult-to-Wean patient
  2. Ventilatory and Weaning Strategies

0900 – 0915 | Assessing and enhancing Respiratory Muscle Function in the ICU | Mr Vimal Palanichamy

  1. Respiratory Muscle Assessment in the ICU
  2. Respiratory Muscle Training – patient selection, monitoring and results
  3. Monitoring and results

0915 – 0930 | Weaning the Unweanable | Dr Chai Hui Zhong

  1. Case Discussions

0930 – 0945 | Theme 1: Q&A |All faculty

0945 – 1000 | Break

1000 – 1200 | Theme 2: Chronic Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV)

1000 – 1015 | Non-Invasive Ventilation: Who, Why, What, How? | Dr Chai Hui Zhong

  1. Indications for Chronic NIV
  2. Initial settings for Chronic NIV

1015 – 1030 | Decoding the Ventilator Download | Dr Leow Leong Chai

  1. Interpreting the ventilator download
  2. Case discussions

1030 – 1045 | Non-Invasive monitoring on NIV: Role of transcutaneous CO2 | Ms Faridah Hanim Binte Shamsuddin

  1. Indications for TcCO2 monitoring
  2. Practical aspects
  3. Case discussions

1045 – 1105 | Patient-Ventilator Asynchrony in NIV |Dr Ong Thun How

  1. Classification, semiology and mechanisms
  2. Diagnosing Patient-Ventilator Asynchrony
  3. Management strategies

1105 – 1125 | The role of NIV in Complex Respiratory-Sleep Disorders | Dr Soh Rui Ya

  1. Evaluation of the patient with Complex Respiratory-Sleep Disorders
  2. NIV initiation and settings titration

1125 – 1145 | NIV in Paediatric Respiratory Failure | Dr Tan Yi Hua

  1. Overview of Chronic Respiratory Failure in Paediatrics
  2. Indications for Chronic NIV
  3. NIV initiation and settings titration
  4. Transition to adult care

1145 – 1200 | Theme 2: Q&A | All faculty

1200 – 1245 | Lunch

1245 – 1415 | Theme 3: Respiratory Management of Neuromuscular Diseases

1245 – 1300 | Overview of Neuromuscular Diseases | Dr Yong Ming Hui

  1. Overview of Neuromuscular Diseases including drug therapies

1300 – 1315 | Update on Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy | Dr Jocelyn Lim Yi Xiu

  1. Update on Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy and Spinal Muscular Atrophy including drug therapies

1315 – 1335 | Airway Management of the patient with Neuromuscular Diseases | Ms Nurul Aini Binte Bari

  1. Respiratory Muscle Evaluation in intubated and non-intubated patients
  2. Cough Augmentation and Lung Volume Recruitment Strategies
  3. Desaturation protocols

1335 – 1350 | Introduction to Mouthpiece Ventilation | Ms Huang Ching-Feng

  1. Identify suitable patient and disease profiles
  2. Initiation and titration of mouthpiece ventilation

1350 – 1400 | Avoiding Intubation and Tracheostomy: Pipe Dream or Reality? | Dr Ng Lit Soo

  1. Case discussions

1400 – 1415 | Theme 3: Q&A | All faculty

1415 – 1430 | Break

1430 – 1545 | Theme 4: Interdisciplinary Management of Chronic Respiratory Failure

1430 – 1440 | The role of the Occupational Therapist in NIV Management | Ms Tieh Suat Kee

  1. Identify patients who will benefit from Occupational Therapist referral and assessment
  2. Home modifications and equipment

1440 – 1450 | Assessment of speech and swallowing in patients on chronic ventilation | Ms Winnie Chong

  1. Swallowing assessment in patients with Chronic NIV
  2. Communication strategies
  3. Use of Mouthpiece Ventilation to augment speech and swallowing

1450 – 1505 | Rehabilitation of the patient with Chronic Respiratory Failure: Is there a role? | Mr Vimal Palanichamy & Ms Tieh Suat Kee

  1. Assessing rehabilitation potential
  2. Rehabilitation strategies
  3. Maintaining function

1505 – 1525 | Multidisciplinary care of the Paediatric patient with Chronic Respiratory Failure | Dr Guadalupe Cara Viegelmann

  1. Ventilatory strategies in Paediatric patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure
  2. Management of NIV and tracheostomy in Paediatric patients
  3. Transition from hospital-to-home

1525 – 1545 | End of Life Care | Dr Adrian Cheong Kwok Chi

  1. Role of Supportive Care in patients with Chronic Respiratory Failure
  2. Home and community support services
  3. Withdrawal of ventilatory support

1545 – 1600 | Theme 4: Q&A | All faculty

1600 – 1800 | Practical Skills Stations | Multiple Facilitators

  1. Station 1: Mask fitting (Acute and Chronic) – SDU KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Respiratory Therapists
  2. Station 2: Ventilator settings and download interpretation – SGH Respiratory Therapists, Dr Ong Thun How, Dr Chai Hui Zhong
  3. Station 3: Mouthpiece Ventilation – SGH Respiratory Therapists, Dr Timothy Toh, Dr Leow Leong Chai
  4. Station 4: Pulmonary function testing in Neuromuscular Disorders – SGH Physiotherapists

Participants Number

40

Cost per pax

SGD 20 – Student
SGD 30 – Allied Health
SGD 50 – Physicians

Registration

This workshop is available as an add-on to the Main Symposium. Click here to register.

Easmed

Easmed has been dedicated to advancing patient care through innovative and minimally invasive healthcare solutions. With a strong presence across Southeast Asia, we collaborate closely with healthcare professionals to bring cutting-edge medical technologies to market.

Our portfolio spans a wide range of specialties, including ENT, sleep, urology, and critical care, focused on improving clinical outcomes and enhancing the patient journey.

Backed by a team of passionate and knowledgeable professionals, Easmed provides more than just products; we offer comprehensive support through clinical education, technical expertise, and long-term partnership.

For more information, please visit: https://www.easmed.com/

Lowenstein Medical

The willingness to provide service, a pronounced customer proximity, and innovative strength in the development of new medical technologies are the decisive factors that have made Lowenstein Medical a leading medical technology company.

Lowenstein Medical is considered a pioneer and market leader for medical products in the hospital, homecare, and diagnostic sectors. Innovative technology, ergonomic design, and creative user interfaces characterise high-end systems and enable optimal support for the user in every situation. The success of “Made in Germany” products is based on excellent ideas, many years of experience, foresight, and innovation.

Since Reinhard Lowenstein joined the company in 1986, their core competence has been in the field of neonatology. Today’s core competencies were developed from our expertise and knowledge of neonatology.

In the Hospital division, Lowenstein Medical offers ventilation solutions specially for newborns, anesthesia equipment, and intensive care ventilators for adults as well as children. In addition, the Homecare division was developed, which equips patients with supplies who require medical aids in their home environment. These aids are mainly used for the treatment of lung diseases or sleep-related respiratory disorders. The third and final division is Diagnostics, which aims to develop and market innovative products for the diagnosis of sleep-related breathing disorders.

Lowenstein Medical is there for you, from the initial diagnosis to hospitalisation to surgery or homecare. Our focus is on service – in all areas.

For more information, please visit www.loewensteinmedical.com

Philips

Philips is a health technology company focused on improving people’s lives through meaningful innovation –

from healthy living and prevention to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Applying advanced technologies and deep clinical and consumer insights, Philips partners with customers to deliver integrated solutions that help provide improved patient experience, better health outcomes, improved staff experience, and lower cost of care.

For more information, please visit www.usa.philips.com/healthcare/patient-monitoring

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Asia Pacific Intensive Care Symposium (APICS) 2025
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Singapore 339411

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