Overview
This advanced course is essential for the multidisciplinary team managing critically ill patients. It is designed for professionals including nurses, respiratory therapists, CRNAs, intensivists, critical care and emergency medicine physicians, as well as MBBS and AYUSH doctors seeking to gain or enhance their skills in mechanical ventilation. The program provides a comprehensive overview of this life-saving intervention, which is a cornerstone of modern intensive care.
The curriculum delves into core principles, from indications and respiratory physiology to the intricate details of various ventilator modes and settings. Participants will learn to interpret ventilator graphics and manage patient-ventilator interactions effectively. A significant focus is placed on practical, evidence-based patient care, including strategies to prevent complications like Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) and barotrauma. Furthermore, the course covers crucial skills in troubleshooting common alarms and implementing systematic weaning protocols to safely liberate patients from the ventilator.
What You'll Gain
- Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation
- Modes of Mechanical Ventilation
- Setting up and Managing a Ventilator
- Weaning and Extubating
- Troubleshooting
Special Features
- Designed by the medical professionals and biomedical engineering experts from across India.
- Program is divided into various modules that are further divided into various sub-modules that participants could learn at their own pace.
- Blended online mode includes interactive activities and exercises for better learning.
Course Eligibility: For Allied / Paramedical / Nursing / Medical students
Course Sub Eligibility: All healthcare professionals, including nurses, respiratory therapists, CRNAs, Intensivists and Critical Care Physicians, Emergency Medicine Physicians MBBS doctor and AYUSH doctor and other clinical staff professional working in these dynamic sectors.
Description
A course on mechanical ventilation provides healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to effectively manage patients requiring respiratory support. These courses cover the principles of mechanical ventilation, including different modes, settings, and monitoring techniques, as well as how to troubleshoot common issues and wean patients off the ventilator. They often include practical, hands-on training in a simulated environment.
Curriculum
Understanding the normal breathing and respiratory physiology, identifying the indications and contraindications for mechanical ventilation with different types of ventilators and their components.
This is your deep dive into the Understanding the basics modes like ACV, PSV and their applications.
This final module prepares you for Setting appropriate parameters based on patient needs. Understanding ventilator graphics and waveforms. Learning how to Monitor patients on ventilation and adjusting settings.
Learning how to Strategies for weaning patients off mechanical ventilation. Understand the Recognizing and managing complications associated with weaning.
Identifying and addressing common ventilator problems and Managing ventilator alarms and ensuring patient safety.
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This course is open to All healthcare professionals, including nurses, respiratory therapists, CRNAs, Intensivists and Critical Care Physicians, Emergency Medicine Physicians MBBS doctor and AYUSH doctor and other clinical staff professional working in these dynamic sectors, you'll gain a wealth of valuable knowledge and practical skills.
2-3 hrs to be complete (self-paced program to be completed within one months after enrolment.
Free of cost