Mechanical Ventilation Course

Mechanical ventilation is often necessary in cases of hypoxic or hypercapneic respiratory failure, shock, coma, or cardiac arrest.  The mechanical ventilation course covers the various modes of mechanical ventilation, initial ventilator orders, ventilator troubleshooting, ventilator complications, indications for lung-protective ventilation, indications for obstructive lung ventilation, options for ventilator analgesia and sedation, prognostic indicators in prolonged mechanical ventilation, and criteria for extubation.

The HPC Hospitalist and Emergency Procedures course will teach you how to perform ventilator management in addition to endotracheal intubation, stylet-guided intubations, laryngeal mask airway (LMA) placement, King tube placement, or fiberoptic intubations. central venous access, ultrasound-guided central line placement, ultrasound-guided peripheral IV access, arterial lines, POCUS exams (E-FAST exams, RUSH exams), thoracentesis, paracentesis, lumbar puncture, chest tube placement, pigtail catheter placement, needle thoracostomy, procedural sedation.

Our mechanical ventilation training is a component of our live Hospitalist and Emergency Procedures CME course which teaches clinicians how to perform the 20 most essential procedures needed to work in the ER, ICU, and hospital wards.

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Ventilator Course trains students in:

  • Indications for mechanical ventilation
  • Complications of mechanical ventilation
  • The various modes of mechanical ventilation
  • How to choose the initial ventilator settings
  • How to adjust ventilator setting to improve oxygenation
  • How to adjust ventilator settings to change ventilation
  • Ventilator troubleshooting
  • Ventilator weaning
  • Criteria for extubation
  • Ventilator sedation and analgesia
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Clinical Pearls for Airway Management of Morbidly Obese Patients

Joseph Esherick, M.D., FAAFP, FHM
advanced airway, Airway management, awake intubation, cricothyroidotomy, difficult airway, difficult airway management, Difficult Intubation, Difficult LMA, direct laryngoscopy, emergent intubation, Endotracheal Intubation, Featured, GlideScope, Glidescope Intubation, HPC Updates, intermediate airways, Intubation, Ketofol, Laryngeal Mask Airway, laryngoscopy, LMA, Mechanical Ventilation, Propofol, supraglottic airway, Vascular access, Ventilation, video laryngoscopy, Videolaryngoscopy
Morbidly obese patients can pose numerous challenges when it comes to airway management. Morbid obesity can make vascular access more difficult and you need good vascular access prior to any attempts at safe airway management. In addition, morbid obesity can…
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The Case for Simulation Based Training for Bedside Hospital Procedures

Dr. Rick Rutherford, M.D., FAAFP
Central Line, Central line insertion, central line placement, central lines, Central Venous Catheter, central venous catheters, E-FAST, emergency procedures, emergency procedures course, FAST exam, Featured, First-attempt success rate, hospital procedures, hospital procedures course, Hospitalist, HPC, HPC Conference, HPC Updates, Lumbar Puncture, medical procedures, medical procedures course, Paracentesis, paracentesis, POCUS, safety checklists, Simulation Based Training, Simulation-based procedural training, Thoracentesis, Ultrasound, Ultrasound for Pneumothorax, Ultrasound-Guided Central Line Insertion, Ultrasound-guided lumbar puncture, Ultrasound-Guided Lumbar Punctures, Ultrasound-Guided Paracentesis, ultrasound-guided procedures, Ultrasound-Guided Thoracentesis
For decades the mantra for procedural education in medicine has been “see one-do one-teach one”.  Those of us who learned bedside procedures and point-of-care ultrasound by this model understand that this approach does not optimize safe and competent performance.   At…
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Hospitalist and Emergency Procedures CME Courses Available

Register HERE 21 days before the course to SAVE $50-150 and get the following:

  1. 12 month online access to Online CME course, procedure video bundle, instructional posters
  2. Indefinite online access to PDFs of all course lectures, course handouts, and HPC Adult Critical Care and Emergency Drug Reference Drug