This program evaluates the placement and maintenance of artificial airways including ETT's and trachs. The audience will learn about pre and post-procedure risks such as hypoxia, VAP, and pressure injuries. We will analyze data and publications about best practices to reduce these risks.

Objectives

1. Differentiate between pre and post intubation risks
2. Identify two methods to refuce the rist of VAP
3. Identify two most common complication post-tracheostomy placment

This presentation will review basic concepts of mechanical ventilation. It will also look at evidence pertaining to ventilation approaches.

This is the second part of a two-part series on airway pressure release ventilation (APRV). This lecture will delve into the specifics of setting up the parameters used in P or personalized APRV.

Objectives

1. Describe the principles of recruitment and gas exchange when using APRV
2. Explain the benefits of spontaneous breathing
3. Identify the physiologic rationale for the different settings used in APRV

l dive into the definition of anxiety, and will touch on how it can affect clinicians at the bedside. We will talk about the physiology of the anxiety response and how it can affect clinicians at the bedside. We will talk about how to balance emotions vs logic in high-stress situations and discuss coping strategies to allow clinicians to perform under stress.

Objectives

1. Understand the definition of clinician stress and anxiety
2. Learn how stress and anxiety can affect patient care
3. Learn coping strategies to be able to lessen anxiety and perform in stressful situations