Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation
*Please take the quiz below the video to receive credit.
Objectives
- Provide an overview of measured and unmeasured lung volumes along with factors that affect respiratory mechanics.
- Describe how to determine airway resistance and lung compliance.
- Understand the basic modes and breath types commonly used in mechanical ventilation.
Reading
- Abbreviations Used in Respiratory Therapy
- Understanding Abbreviations Used in Respiratory Therapy
- Basic Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
- Tracheotomy Training Protocol
Lecture
Intro to Mechanical Ventilation Slide Deck
Quiz
Mechanical Ventilation
Ventilator Victims
*Please take the quiz below the video to receive credit.
Objectives
- Name basic goals of mechanical ventilation.
- Learn basic buttons/functions on every ventilator.
- Initiate ventilator settings and know complications of common disease states.
- Learn algorithms of how to deal with crisis in the ventilated patient.
- Describe proper use and complications of non-invasive ventilation.
- Learn and be able to utilize the BEST protocol.
Articles
- Noninvasive ventilation as a weaning strategy for mechanical ventilation in adults with respiratory failure: a Cochrane systematic review
- Noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure
- Puritan Bennett 840 Ventilator User’s Pocket Guide