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Assignment:
Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
Introduction to Critical Respiratory Care
Respiratory care plans: Why are the beneficial and what do they involve in the ICU?
Interprofessional education: Definition and importance
Interprofessional practice: Definition and importance
Know information about the procedures performed in the ICU: Bronchoscopy, Thoracentesis, Sputum induction, arterial blood gases (ABGs)
What laboratory studies can be performed to assist in the assessment of ICU patients?
Respiratory care ICU patient assessment
What does the practice of critical respiratory care and critical care involve?
Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
Primary functions of a mechanical ventilator
Indications for mechanical ventilatory support
Initial ventilator setup
What settings are controlled in Volume Control modes? What parameters are variable?
What settings are controlled in Pressure Control modes? What parameters are variable?
- Important modes to know: HFOV, APRV, VC, PC
- Ventilator initial settings: Tidal volume goal range
How does positive pressure impact cardiac output?
What settings on a ventilator should adjust oxygenation?
What settings on a ventilator should adjust ventilation?
- Calculate total cycle time (Ttot)
- Definitions
- Ventilatory demand
- Ventilatory capacity
- Peak Airway Pressure (PIP)
- Mean Airway Pressure (MAP)
- Plateau Airway Pressure (Pplat)
- Positive end Expiratory Pressure (PEEP)
- Dead space volume
- Inspiratory time
- Expiratory time