Society for Critical Care Medicine Latin America

Society for Critical Care Medicine Latin America
Name	Society for Critical Care Medicine Latin America
Formation	2000s
Type	Professional association
Headquarters	Latin America
Region served	Latin America
Membership	Physicians, nurses, allied health professionals
Leader title	President

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Society for Critical Care Medicine Latin America is a regional professional association focused on improving intensive care delivery across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and other nations in Central America and South America. The organization interfaces with international bodies such as World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine and collaborates with academic centres including Johns Hopkins University, Harvard Medical School, and University of São Paulo. It engages clinicians, researchers and policymakers from institutions like Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Imperial College London, University of Oxford and University of Toronto.

History

The society advances standards of care in intensive care units across regions represented by nations like Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay by aligning with guidelines from World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization and evidence from trials funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research and European Commission. Objectives include improving sepsis protocols influenced by Surviving Sepsis Campaign, optimizing mechanical ventilation practices informed by studies from European Respiratory Society and reducing mortality through partnerships with Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders. The society advocates for policies at forums such as United Nations and regional bodies like Organization of American States.

Membership spans clinicians from hospitals such as Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Hospital das Clínicas, Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins and teaching faculty from Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Guadalajara, Universidad de Antioquia. The governance model resembles structures used by American College of Physicians, Royal College of Physicians, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society and includes committees similar to those in European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Canadian Critical Care Society and Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. Roles include an executive board with presidents, treasurers and secretaries analogous to leadership at Johns Hopkins Medicine, and advisory councils with representatives from organizations like Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization.

Educational initiatives comprise courses modeled on curricula from American Board of Internal Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians and simulation programs developed with partners such as Laerdal Medical, Simulab, Society for Simulation in Healthcare and academic centres like Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine. Training covers topics aligned with programs from European Resuscitation Council, American Heart Association and workshops co-hosted with local universities such as Universidad de San Martín de Porres, Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad de la República. Scholarship programs mirror fellowships supported by Wellcome Trust, Gates Cambridge Scholarship and grants resembling those from National Institutes of Health.

The society promotes multicentre research networks akin to REMAP-CAP, VENTILA, ISARIC and collaborates with registries similar to National Cardiovascular Data Registry and ANZICS Registry. Publications include clinical guidelines, position statements and consensus documents comparable to those by Surviving Sepsis Campaign, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and Critical Care Medicine (journal), with contributions submitted to journals such as The Lancet, New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, BMJ and Intensive Care Medicine. Research topics intersect with work from investigators affiliated with Karolinska Institutet, Institut Pasteur, Max Planck Society and Institute of Tropical Medicine (Antwerp).

Annual congresses attract delegates from institutions like Universidade de São Paulo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, National Autonomous University of Mexico, University of São Paulo Medical School and host keynote speakers associated with Harvard Medical School, University of Pennsylvania, Yale School of Medicine, Columbia University and University College London. Events include symposia on sepsis, respiratory failure and critical care nursing modeled after meetings such as American Thoracic Society International Conference, European Respiratory Society International Congress and World Congress of Critical Care. Regional workshops feature hands-on training led by faculty from Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Mount Sinai Health System and NIH Clinical Center.

Collaborative partners include global and regional organizations such as World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization, World Federation of Societies of Intensive and Critical Care Medicine, International Committee of the Red Cross and academic collaborators from Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, University of Oxford, University of Toronto, Imperial College London and national ministries of health across Latin America. Joint initiatives have paralleled efforts by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome Trust and networks such as ISARIC and REMAP-CAP to advance research, education and surge capacity during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and the Zika virus epidemic.

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