About This Course
Noninvasive ventilation is a common modality provided in acute, long-term, and home care environments to provide respiratory support to patients with a variety of acute and chronic disease pathologies. Though NIV is used predominantly as a bridge to recovery in acute disease pathologies and as ongoing support in chronic disease pathologies, some clinicians advocate for the use of NIV for comfort measures at the end of life. This presentation will provide a basis for the analysis of ethical dilemmas and debate the ethical arguments for and against the use of NIV at the end of life. This presentation was previously released as part of the 2018 AARC Current Topic educational series.
Successful completion of this course requires a score of 70% on the post-test.
**Please note that all programs require the participant to view the entire program prior to taking the final quiz and obtaining a course certificate.**
Understand the concepts of and indications for non-invasive ventilation
Discuss the basic ethical principles based upon ethical principles
Identify the ethical issues associated with end-of-life patients with regard to non-invasive ventilation
Discuss the benefits and disadvantages of using non-invasive ventilation in patients at the end of life
Discuss the benefit-burden ratio in relation to using non-invasive ventilation in patients at the end of life
Chapters
The Use of Noninvasive Ventilation at the End of Life
Speaker Information
- Shawna Strickland Ph.D., RRT RRT-NPS RRT-ACCS AE-C FAARC
Approved CRCE Hours
1.00
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