2026 ECMO Simulation

Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 8:00 AM - Thursday, November 5, 2026, 5:00 PM, Crown Center - 2420 Pershing Simulation Center, Kansas City, MO

ECMO staff have ongoing education requirements, including participation in ECMO simulations.

• ECMO Specialists and Core Team members are required to attend 2 ECMO simulation education activities per calendar year (1 per session).

• ECMO Providers are required to attend 1 ECMO simulation activity per calendar year.

Each simulation benefits from representation by a range of professions/specialties. We prefer to have Neonatologists, Intensivists (CICU/PICU), and a Fellow or APRN, along with beside core team, ECMO core team, perfusion, and respiratory therapy present for each session. Please be mindful of this when registering, and select the appropriate registration item based on your role.

ECMO Simulation consists of 4 scenarios, with each scenario followed by a multidisciplinary debriefing as a group.  This is a non-threatening environment, meant for learning and growing together as a team.  Communication regarding ECMO simulation should be directed to [email protected].

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (3.50 hours), ABP MOC Part 2 (3.50 hours), ANCC Contact Hour(s) (3.50 hours), Respiratory Therapy (4.20 hours)

1. Demonstrate appropriate clinical skills in the management of the simulated ECMO patient experiencing instability on the roller and/or centrifugal pumps
2. Use debriefing methods to demonstrate the importance of professional multidisciplinary communication and thorough documentation to enhance teamwork with caring for ECMO patients.
3. Demonstrate increased confidence to care for critically ill patients on ECMO.

1. Demonstrate appropriate clinical skills in the management of the simulated ECMO patient experiencing instability on the roller and/or centrifugal pumps
2. Self-report the importance of professional multidisciplinary communication and thorough documentation to enhance teamwork when caring for ECMO patients
3. Self-report their increased confidence to care for critically ill patients on ECMO with either pump (roller or centrifugal) in use.

Children's Mercy Hospital is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Children's Mercy Hospital  designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Children’s Mercy Kansas City is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by VTL Center for Professional Development, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

The Children’s Mercy Hospital, CEU Evaluator has approved this program for 4.2 Live Respiratory Care CEU’s, on behalf of the Kansas Respiratory Care Society, a chapter society of the AARC.

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Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Children's Mercy Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.