LEARN MECHANICAL VENTILATION, FROM BASICS TO PEARLS
Created during the COVID-19 pandemic, this course covers the core concepts of mechanical ventilation, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and liberation from the ventilator, then moves on to advanced ventilator pearls.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Medical students, physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, and respiratory therapists who care for ventilated patients.
WHO IS THE INSTRUCTOR?
Dr. Roger Seheult, MD, is quadruple board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care, and sleep medicine. He is trusted by universities, clinicians, and medical learners worldwide for his ability to illustrate complex topics so they are understood, not memorized.
Clear understanding leads to confident clinical decisions and reduces information overload.
WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE IN THIS COURSE:
- Compliance, pressure-volume relationships, ventilator modes, plateau and peak pressures, and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP)
- How COVID-19 causes ARDS, and ventilator changes in ARDS and COPD
- A checklist for liberation from the ventilator
- Pearls: heart-lung interactions, metabolic acidosis, ventilating COPD, and bilevel ventilation
- Quizzes throughout
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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
Featured reviews
Sean Eaton
I've been managing mechanical ventilators as a Flight Paramedic for nearly 10 years and still learned from the course. Thank you for this fantastic learning opportunity.
Jacqueline Turvey
As a Respiratory Therapist, this course was an excellent review. I have been working in Community Care and have been away from Critical Care practice for 15 years. I found the presenter engaging and easy to understand. Thank you!
Aeman Hana
As a second year internal medicine resident who has done 3 months of MICU, I still learned a great deal from this course.
Angela Klinkhammer
This course really targeted my educational level as a nurse practitioner and was easy for me to follow and understand. You can tell that the educator is an expert in the field by how he is able to break the parts down into meaningful information that most persons could understand. This course left me feeling excited about caring for my vent patients with COPD, COVID ARDS. THANK YOU!!
Richard Hernandez
Such a great course! Thank you very much for having this resource so readily available. It was very easy to follow! I am a family medicine attending and have not worked in the ICU for some time, however this course has given me a great refresher and the confidence again to manage vents and teach my residents!
Miranda Smith
I loved this course. I work as a nurse in a small ICU with limited RT coverage. This provides clear understandable explanations. Thank you.
Thomas Stovall
Loved it! You have the uncanny ability to explain difficult/confusing concepts clearly. This is the best video series I've seen on ventilators. The quizzes really helped reassure that I understood how the concepts applied fundamentally. Thank you! - Rising MS-IV
Earl Norman
I am a general surgeon. I completed my training including ventilator management long ago and have not taken care of these patients since. This was an excellent review. Thank you.
Niamh Davies-Branch
Really informative and extremely useful. I am a final year medical student in Aberdeen. I did not know much about ventilation before this course and now I feel I have a basic grasp of how they work and how to manipulate settings for different scenarios. Will be recommending this to other students. Thank you!
Steven Feldstein
I have been out of the ICU for a while. This was incredibly useful as a refresher course for me, and as an anesthesiologist, also has implications in my daily management of patients. Thanks so much.
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HANNAH CASTEELE
Very well instructed. Videos were helpful and the quizzes made sure you were paying attention!
LORENA DIAZ, RN
It was very specific and the Dr. was very knowledgeable and educated at a good level for me. The time was used wisely and it went at a good pace. Loved the flow of the video. I will recommend it to my peers.
ANASTASIA MORINELLI (NP Student)
I thought this course and the instructor were both excellent. They made difficult concepts very easy to understand and explained rationales
CHERYL KRAFT, RN
Very interesting. I did feel that the lecture info was really good. However, not quite so easy to apply this knowledge well enough to pass the quiz successfully. The first part of the lecture had too much information before the quiz. I liked the remaining lectures & could appreciate the rest of the lectures that had short info then short quiz after.
LAURA WAIT, RN
I am a registered ER nurse and work closely w/ RT and pulmonologists like yourself. This course has helped me better understand the reasons for the ventilator settings. Thank you
MARJ CUTCLIFFE, RN
very nicely done . informative and well presented
ROGER TIEDE, MD
Great review of Ventilation and Modes. Easy to follow.
MAGDALENA VELAZQUEZ, MD
Great opportunity to review Mechanical ventilation basics.
- 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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