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Hands-on Mechanical Ventilation

OPENPediatrics via YouTube

Overview

Explore a comprehensive 28-minute video tutorial on mechanical ventilation, featuring experts Dr. Gerhard Wolf and Brian Walsh, RT. Learn essential techniques for titrating ventilator settings and assessing extubation readiness. Delve into topics such as initial ventilator setup, recruitment phase, pressure-volume curves, arterial blood gas analysis, weaning phase, and extubation procedures. Gain valuable insights from internationally recognized specialists in pediatric critical care. Originally published in 2012 and last reviewed in 2018, this peer-reviewed, open-access content is part of OPENPediatrics' interactive digital learning platform, designed to facilitate global knowledge exchange among healthcare providers caring for critically ill children in various resource settings.

Syllabus

Introduction
Initial ventilator setup
Leak point of clarification
Recruitment phase
Pressure volume curve
Point of clarification
Arterial blood gas
Plateau phase
weaning phase
extubation readiness
endotracheal tube leak test
extubation

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OPENPediatrics

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