Inside Intensive Care: Ventilator Strategies

This webinar will focus on recognising and managing common challenges in mechanically ventilated patients. The talks will include topics on troubleshooting the deteriorating patient, managing refractory gas exchange problems, recognising patient-ventilator asynchrony and understanding the role of the MDT in ventilator optimisation and recovery.

Chair: Cameron Joseph

Learning Objectives

To develop a structured approach to troubleshooting sudden deterioration in the ventilated patient
To understand escalation strategies for refractory hypoxaemia or hypercapnia, including optimisation of ventilation, proning and referral for advanced therapies
To recognise common patient-ventilator asynchrony and understand how ventilator settings, mode selection or sedation may be adjusted to improve asynchrony
To understand the role of the Physiotherapy and the MDT in ventilator optimisation, secretion management and patient recovery
To recognise the role of physiotherapy and the MDT in ventilator optimisation, secretion management and patient recovery