Ventilation: AC/SIMV modes
Pulmonary
The team at Medmastery are providing LITFL readers with a series of FOAMed courses from across their website.
Description
Checking out the Mechanical Ventilation Essentials course today with a video exploring assist control (AC) and synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) modes on a ventilator.
Study the full course
Visit the Medmastery website to unlock the complete course and continue your learning journey.
Course Details
Intermediate
3 CME
Pulmonary
Mechanical Ventilation Essentials
Course description
In this course we’ll teach you everything you need to know about mechanical ventilation during your first night in the ICU, how to make initial adjustments in a newly intubated patient, how to fine-tune the ventilator settings to manage patients with restrictive or obstructive respiratory disease, and how to get your patient ready for extubation. We’ll take you from respiratory rookie to rockstar!
37 Lessons
5 Quizzes
3 CME
Course Highlights
Today we explore the Mechanical Ventilation Essentials course with a video explaining why volume control is the preferred initial type of ventilation Assist control (AC) and synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) modes
Today look at the Mechanical Ventilation Essentials course with a video providing key observations related to managing ventilated patients with airway disease and/or alveolar disease.
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Looking at acute respiratory distress syndrome today with a video from the Mechanical Ventilation Essentials course exploring the most common oxygenation and ventilation complications associated with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Medmastery
Online Education
Medmastery courses and workshops are fully CME accredited providing US (AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM) and European (ECMECs) CME credits. Members can download their CME certificates upon successful completion of activities. Register now for a free trial and check it out!