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Interventions to Optimize Oxygenation During Mechanical Ventilation

About This Course

Maintaining optimal oxygenation during mechanical ventilation can be a challenge, especially for patients with acute lung injury and ARDS. This presentation will discuss the balance between oxygenation and lung protection as well as describe methods to improve oxygenation, including PEEP titration, prone positioning, and inhaled vasodilators.

Successful completion of this course requires a score of 70% on the post-test.

Original Broadcast Date: July 14, 2016

**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 Objectives

Discuss the balance between oxygenation and lung protection

State the appropriate oxygenation target for mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory failure

Describe approaches to PEEP titration in patients with ARDS

Discuss the roles of prone positioning and inhaled vasodilators to improve oxygenation

Chapters

Speaker Information
  • Dean Hess PhD, RRT, FAARC