Learn key mechanical ventilation skills with critical care specialist Roger Seheult, MD. From basic ventilator definitions to advanced vent management "pearls," illustrations and clinical examples provide clarity for medical professionals.
Part 1 - Key Concepts:
- Brief Course Overview
- Mechanical Ventilation Introduction and Compliance
- Pressure-Volume Relationships and Modes
- Plateau and Peak Pressure, PEEP, and Other Vent Settings
- How Coronavirus Kills: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) & Treatment
- Vent Changes with ARDS and COPD
- Update: Consideration of Dr. Gattinoni's Research: Possible "COVID-19 Phenotypes" and Atypical ARDS
- Liberation From the Ventilator - Checklist
- Quiz 1
Part 2 - Mechanical Ventilation "Pearls":
- Heart Lung Interactions
- Quiz 2
- Ventilation in Metabolic Acidosis
- Quiz 3
- Ventilating COPD Part 1
- Quiz 4
- Ventilating COPD Part 2
- Quiz 5
- Bilevel Ventilation
- Quiz 6
Optional: Receiving CE Credits for This Course
- Congratulations! Your CE Certificate
ANN MISTEROVICH
AHMED OMAR ALBAITI, MD
SANDHYA KUMAR, MD
AMAZING. Truly, thank you for this.
JORGE JARA, RN
very helpfull
AHMED ABUJAZAR, MD
OLASUBOMI OMOWA
RAY PURCELL, Paramedic
MARIAMMA THOMAS
JAMIE BLUTE
very helpful. thank you
RACHEL HANAWALT, RN
- Quadruple Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.
- Over 20 years teaching experience as both an exam preparation instructor and an assistant professor of medicine.
- Experience as a medical director for both a Southern California Physician Assistant Program and a Respiratory Therapy Program.
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