COVID-19: Mechanical Ventilation
The Mechancial Ventilation video series functions as a quick primer on the fundamentals. Starting with commonly used modes of ventilation and initiating/titrating ventilator settings, the series continues with reviews of mechanical ventilation troubleshooting, weaning approaches, and sedation and analgesia strategies.
Ventilation Modes and Initial Settings (19 mins): Basic modes of mechanical ventilation with focus on initial settings and how to adjust settings.
Spontaneous Breathing Trial and Liberation (15 min): Review of the important factors in determining patient readiness to liberate from the ventilator and how to conduct and interpret spontaneous breathing trials.
Ventilator Pressures (12 mins): Troubleshooting common causes for high circuit pressures on invasive mechanical ventilation, including how to develop a differential about cause.
Sedation - Goals and Strategies (13 mins): Review of recommended sedation goals and practices. Includes information about sedation scales, strategies for sedation, and depth of sedation.
Sedation - Commonly Used Agents (12 mins): Review of specific commonly used sedatives and analgesics for intubated patients.
UPMC Critical Care Basics: An Education Tool for Non-intensivists
Supplemental References
RebelEM
Subirá et al 2019
Girard et al 2018
Fraser et al 2013
Mehta et al 2012
Girard et al 2008 (Awake and Breathing Trial)
Breen et al 2005
Kollef et al 1998
Devlin et al 2018
SCCM Pain and Sedation Guidelines from 2018
Strøm et al 2010