The Respiratory & Critical Care Technology Congress 2026 takes place on 26–27 September 2026, 08:00–16:00, at Al Salama Hospital, King Abdul Aziz Road, Al Malek District, Jeddah, hosted by the Al Salama Hospital Academy under the theme "Where innovation meets lifesaving care."
The congress is accredited for 16 CME hours and focuses on the technologies that now define modern respiratory and critical care practice — from mechanical ventilation and advanced monitoring through to extracorporeal support.
Learning objectives
- Explore the latest evidence-based advances in respiratory and critical care technologies
- Apply evidence-based strategies for invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation
- Interpret ventilator waveforms and respiratory mechanics at the bedside
- Identify patient–ventilator asynchrony, optimise ventilation, and troubleshoot common challenges
- Utilise advanced respiratory monitoring and bedside diagnostic technologies
- Discuss the role of ECMO and advanced extracorporeal support technologies in severe respiratory and critical illness
Faculty
- Dr. Khalid Makki — Head of the Department of Critical Care, Al Salama Hospital
- Dr. Ahmed Aalem — Assistant Professor, King Abdulaziz University; Director of Clinical Digital Health Services, Al Salama Hospital
- Dr. Asaad Bafaraj — Consultant, Adult Critical Care Medicine, Saudi German Hospital
- Dr. Qasim AlKhatib — Critical Care faculty
Target audience
The programme is designed for respiratory therapists, pulmonologists, intensivists and critical care physicians, emergency physicians, PICU and NICU physicians, nephrologists, critical care nurses, allied health professionals, and medical students and interns.
With a strongly practical orientation — waveform interpretation, asynchrony recognition, ventilator troubleshooting and extracorporeal support — the congress suits clinicians who manage ventilated patients day to day and want a structured, evidence-based refresh alongside exposure to newer bedside technologies.
Registration and contact
Seats are limited and released on a first-come basis through the Al Salama Hospital Academy event page. For registration, group bookings and CME enquiries contact the CPD office:
Venue
Al Salama Hospital, King Abdul Aziz Road, Al Malek, Jeddah — central and easily reachable from across the city, with on-site parking and hospital conference facilities.
