2017 Setting the Ventilator for Maximum Patient Comfort
This presentation addresses patient-ventilator synchrony in the context of the patient's experience with mechanical ventilation during acute illness. The available evidence will be reviewed and the application at the bedside will be discussed.
This webcast is sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from CareFusion.
Original webcast date: June 15, 2011
Approved for 1.0 CRCE Hour
**Please note that all programs require the participant to view the entire program prior to taking the final quiz and obtaining a course certificate.**
Seminar Date:
January 01, 2017
Expiration Date:
December 31, 2017 11:59 PM
- Explain how dyspnea differs from breathlessness
- Recall the three main clinical components of dyspnea and give examples of each
- Explain how ventilator settings of flow rate and tidal volume affect patient work of breathing
- Describe the mechanism by which pressure control ventilation may decrease patient work of breathing
- Describe how pressure support level, pressure-rise time, and flow termination criteria can adversely affect patient work of breathing in obstructive lung disease
Continuing Respiratory Care Education: 1.00
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