Colours of Sepsis Before as the Postgraduate Course on Sepsis and MODS
About Colours of Sepsis
General information
The Colours of Sepsis (before known as PG Course on Sepsis and MODS) is held annually in January in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It is dedicated to the postgraduate education of healthcare practitioners in intensive care medicine. The Colours of Sepsis is organised by Sanopharm CZ in close cooperation with the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care and the Department of Paediatric Intensive Care of the University Hospital Ostrava, Czech Republic. The head of the organisational committee is Roman Kula, MD, PhD. Since 2004, the Colours of Sepsis is organised under the patronage of University Hospital Ostrava and Czech and Slovak Forum for Sepsis, and since 2005 in co-operation with scientific and medical societies of Czech Medical Association J. E. Purkyne and Slovak Medical Association, Czech Professional and Trade Union of Health Workers, Czech Association of Nurses and Slovak Chamber of Nurses and Midwives.
Venue
CLARION CONGRESS HOTEL in Ostrava, Czech Republic - map of place.
History of the Course
The Colours of Sepsis started in 1999 as a Postgraduate Course on Sepsis and MODS. First year was attended by seventeen participants, and eight physicians from the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care of University Hospital in Ostrava presented here ten lectures. Following next nineteen years, 11617 registered participants attended the Colours of Sepsis. Lecturers are usually well known and respected experts in field of intensive care medicine. Participants from Slovak republic and and other countries attend the Colours of Sepsis since 2000, and since 2004, also VIP speakers of world intensive care medicine are taking part in this scientific meeting.
Number of lecturers
| Year | Total | From Slovakia and another countries |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | 15 | 5 |
| 2003 | 31 | 12 |
| 2004 | 52 | 16 |
| 2005 | 56 | 17 |
| 2006 | 86 | 14 |
| 2007 | 102 | 24 |
| 2008 | 107 | 17 |
| 2009 | 129 | 18 |
| 2010 | 120 | 17 |
| 2011 | 116 | 19 |
| 2012 | 125 | 11 |
| 2013 | 131 | 13 |
| 2014 | 143 | 18 |
| 2015 | 206 | 40 |
| 2016 | 248 | 47 |
| 2017 | 263 | 38 |
| 2018 | 285 | 57 |
| 2019 | 275 | 51 |
Number of attendants
| Year | Total | From Slovakia and another countries |
| 1999 | 17 | 0 |
| 2000 | 19 | 1 |
| 2001 | 21 | 4 |
| 2002 | 50 | 14 |
| 2003 | 84 | 34 |
| 2004 | 246 | 103 |
| 2005 | 252 | 84 |
| 2006 | 315 | 70 |
| 2007 | 382 | 98 |
| 2008 | 457 | 110 |
| 2009 | 465 | 117 (4) |
| 2010 | 468 | 116 |
| 2011 | 451 | 132 |
| 2012 | 466 | 98 |
| 2013 | 472 | 91 |
| 2014 | 635 | 114 |
| 2015 | 1077 | 178 |
| 2016 | 1331 | 195 |
| 2017 | 1629 | 222 |
| 2018 | 1626 | 260 |
| 2019 | 1820 | 267 |
Future Plans
The 22nd Colours of Sepsis will save appearance of truly postgraduate meeting. The scientific activities will be extended by "Pro-Con discussion", "Meet the experts", "Teaching lessons", "Panel discussions", "Poster section" and "Corporate symposiums". Also 17th Symposium of Paediatric Intensive Care, 2nd Day of Young Intensivists and 7th Postgraduate Course for Nurses in Intensive Care are indivisible parts of the Colours of Sepsis. We are pleased by the fact that intensive care sub-boards of different medical societies will expand their lectures in separated blocks. Also broad spectrum of international experts (mainly the ones that have taken part in national sepsis and MODS educational programs) is expected. Ostrava City is conventional place for our scientific meeting. The date of the 22nd Colours of Sepsis is January 27-31, 2020. SANOPHARM CZ will provide technical support and logistics, traditionally.
