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
ANKIT MALIK, MD
Great course, easy to understand and follow.
RIJA NASIR, MD
JOSE MALET, MD
Awesome course
BRUCE MEYERS, MD
Wonderful, very helpful
CHARLOTTE MOON, RN
SHEIKH UMAR UMAR (Medical Student)
Excellent
QUANG LINH VU
these are perfect explanations on basic ventilation. Concise and really easy to understand
JON VERESCHAGIN, RN
JOHN WEINTZ, MD
LEONARD MORNEAU, MD
Awesome review on ventilators and their management. I wish I had this when I was an intern!
- 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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