Ventilator Safety
Tracking # 20-915628
Course overview
Mechanical ventilation is an essential tool to provide support for patients who cannot adequately ventilate on their own. Whether a patient requires ventilator support for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or while recovering from open heart surgery, respiratory therapists (RTs) should be well educated in ventilator management and safety. Mechanical ventilators are complex machines that require proper training and proven competency to prevent patient harm. Ventilator-associated events (VAEs) can increase a patients mortality risk to nearly 50% and can increase hospitalization by 7-9 days (Dexter & Scott, 2019). Inappropriate settings, failure to communicate setting changes, and lack of proper training can all result in VAEs.
Subject areas
This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.
Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy
Licensed Respiratory Therapist
Florida Board of Respiratory Care
Certified Respiratory Therapist
Registered Respiratory Therapist
Respiratory Care Practitioner Critical Care
Respiratory Care Practitioner Non-Critical Care
Georgia Composite Medical Board - Respiratory Care Professionals
Respiratory Care Professional
Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - Respiratory Therapy
Certified Respiratory Therapist
Licensed Respiratory Therapist
Registered Respiratory Therapist
MSDOH Bureau of Professional Licensure - Respiratory Care Practitioners
Respiratory Care Practitioner
Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision - Respiratory Care
Respiratory Care Practitioner
Disclosure statements
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.