History of Colors of Sepsis - 14th year

Dear colleagues.

The dry administration of the press agency could state that "14. The year of the Sepsis and MODS Postgraduate Course in Ostrava was traditionally successful and of high quality". But let's try to analyze these three simple words. Traditionally. Creating and maintaining a tradition is no joke. When I came to Ostrava for the first time ten years ago, the course took place in the seminar room of the children's clinic of the Ostrava University Hospital, each of the attendees gave a lecture - usually two or three presentations and backroom discussions took place in very informal spaces. In the following years, due to increased interest, he moved - to the canteen of the sister boarding school, to the University of Banská and finally to the ATOM hotel. Even though the number of participants and presentations increased every year, the idea line did not change, only thanks to the space created, it was possible to discuss the individual problems of sepsis and MODS in more and more detail. The date of the meeting remained traditional, the January Ostrava winter remained traditional, traditional long night discussions on professional topics in a great friendly atmosphere. I am happy to acknowledge that our opinions from 7-10 years ago, at that time "out of label", are now part of the official recommendations. Successful. Everyone understands something different by this word. This year, however, we can once again state that despite the diversity of the participants' interests, everyone had the opportunity to find their own: in professional presentations, pro-con discussions, informal meetings or social activities. Despite the increasingly multidisciplinary dimension of the event, the "juiciest" discussions took place again between us - intensivists. Quality. A professional event is of high quality if it has a good program structure, selection of speakers, and technical background. Quality is brought by every participant – even those with inactive participation. The quality of the Ostrava course can be felt from the sincere interest in professional topics among all those who participate in the event - even in the discussions at lunch and in the freezer for smokers. Even that year, tension was felt before key lectures by foreign speakers, leading experts from our countries, or before the expectedly heated pro-con discussions. The genio loci of the Clarion Hotel undoubtedly plays its role. The facilities that are provided to the participants clearly win over the wanderings of frosty Ostrava. From this point of view, I do not know such a socially compact event of these dimensions. The basis of the tradition and quality of this "postgraduate course" is undoubtedly its main organizer, Roman Kula. Roman is a team that proves every year that it is possible even today to lead a fight from an idea, through finding means to an excellent result. His talent, education and annual hard work allow all of us who are seriously engaged in intensive care medicine to mark the date "Ostravy" on our calendar for next year, as the date of our key event.