Mechanical Ventilation CEU Courses for Respiratory Therapists

This advanced course reviews invasive mechanical ventilation for patients with acute respiratory failure. The focus of the course is on increasing familiarity with findings in the current literature and includes future directions, theoretical information, and clinical and research applications. The invasive mechanical ventilation course is the second in the series and a stand-alone course examining the management of critically ill patients from the least invasive to most invasive modes of support.

This advanced course reviews extracorporeal support (ECMO) and adjunct treatment for patients with acute respiratory failure. The focus of the course is on increasing familiarity with findings in the current literature and includes future directions, theoretical information, and clinical and research applications. The extracorporeal support and adjunct treatment course is the third in the series and a stand-alone course examining the management of critically ill patients from the least invasive to most invasive modes of support.

This advanced course reviews noninvasive support, invasive mechanical ventilation, extracorporeal support and adjunct treatment research and case reports. The focus of the course is on increasing familiarity with findings in the current literature and includes future directions, theoretical information, and clinical and research applications. The course is the fourth in the series and a stand-alone course examining the evidence and case reports of critically ill patients from the least invasive to most invasive modes of support.

This presentation is intended to overview common ventilator scalars/graphics associated with various conditions common to the intensive care environment that result in patient discomfort and asynchrony. This presentation provides a detailed review of ventilator graphics in general.

This advanced course reviews conventional and advanced modes of mechanical ventilation. The course discusses the underlying general theory of operation for alternative modes of support and criteria defining clinical success.

This introductory course reviews the laryngeal mask airway, a supraglottic airway device used transiently to maintain an open airway short term. The course focuses on increasing awareness of the benefits and understanding assessment of the patient during the use of the laryngeal mask airway.

This introductory course discusses the indications and set-up parameters utilizing Adaptive Support Ventilation (ASV). The course describes open and closed-loop ventilation management with the use of ASV mode.

This course is designed for respiratory therapists working in critical care understanding metabolic measurement using indirect calorimetry in mechanically ventilated patients. Objectives discuss the gold standard for measuring metabolism impacting the nutritional needs of the ventilated patient.

This course focuses on the role of anesthesia and its impact on the respiratory system. The two specialties are interrelated, and the course provides an in-depth understanding of evidenced-based anesthesia guidelines and clinical decision-making for the critical care management of patients in intensive care units.

The course focuses on ventilator scalar graphics to identify the presence of physiologic abnormalities in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for severe refractory asthma. Discussion of monitoring and diagnostic techniques that aid in the ventilator management of the severe asthmatic will be introduced.