Course Overview

Beyond BASIC Mechanical Ventilation Course, delivered over two days, is designed to equip critical care clinicians with the essential skills needed to manage mechanically ventilated critically ill patients with various pathologies. It offers a problem-solving approach to the assessment and management of ventilated patients presenting common respiratory issues in the ICU.

The Mechanical Ventilation course includes the course material delivered through didactic lectures and interactive small group teaching.

The course includes a pre-reading, a pre-test, and a post-test. The pre-course material is provided in the form of a book and provides essential background knowledge to help you better understand the course content. Pre- test is provided with the book and is a formative assessment that is attempted after reading the book but prior to the course, while the post-test is a summative assessment to test comprehension after completing the course.

This course was developed by Professor Charles Gomersall, Professor Gavin Joynt, Associate Professor Ross Freebairn, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Target Audience for This Course

Beyond Basic Mechanical Ventilation is intended for healthcare professionals working in intensive care who wish to expand their knowledge of mechanical ventilation for critically ill patients.

ICU specialists, CICM Transition Fellows, CICM advanced trainees, Anaesthetists, Anaesthetics trainees, Emergency Physicians and Emergency trainees can benefit from this course.

Overview of the Course Content

Respiratory physiology, Heart Lung interaction during Mechanical ventilation

Humidification

Sedation and paralysis

Respiratory monitoring including waveform analysis

Conventional Modes of ventilation: Assist control modes, SIMV and assist modes including pressure support, volume support

Other modes of ventilation: Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist (NAVA), Adaptive support ventilation, bi-level ventilation, PAV+

Mechanical ventilation in special situations: Single lung ventilation, ARDS, Asthma and COPD ventilation

Troubleshooting mechanical ventilators

Non-invasive ventilation

Difficult weaning

Course Convener: A/Prof Shyamala Sriram