MECHANICAL VENTILATION

Course overview

ALTHOUGH MECHANICAL VENTILATION CAN BE A COMPLEX AND SEEMINGLY ELUSIVE TOPIC, EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS WHO DEAL WITH CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS HAVE A BASIC FAMILIARITY WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF A PATIENT ON A VENTILATOR. ADDITIONALLY, PROVIDERS MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE HOW APPLYING MECHANICAL VENTILATION AFFECTS PATIENT PHYSIOLOGY AND RESPONSE TO DISEASE STATES. THE FOCUS OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE INTUBATED PATIENT IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF CARE ON MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND WILL REVIEW THE BASICS OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION, AND HIGHLIGHT VENTILATOR STRATEGIES WHEN MANAGING A PATIENT BY AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM.