A Mechanical Ventilation Mastery Workshop for Emergency Departments

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You can’t control what comes into your Emergency Department, but you can prepare for it!

The Advanced Ventilator Life Support™ course for Emergency Departments is designed to enhance the knowledge and confidence of healthcare professionals caring for patients requiring mechanical ventilation in the ED.

The course emphasizes strategies to prevent unnecessary intubation, the importance of early optimization of invasive mechanical ventilation, cross-disciplinary collaboration, prevention of ventilator-induced lung injury, and evidence-based efforts to improve patient outcomes.

Through a combination of interactive lectures, case-based discussions, and hands-on simulation, participants will deepen their understanding of the latest evidence-based practices of mechanical ventilation.

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We don’t just teach mechanical ventilation.

We engineer meaningful change and team success.

Our workshops have been correlated with:

  • Improve clinician confidence and team communication.

  • Preventing unnecessary intubations.

  • Optimized mechanical ventilation parameters earlier.

  • Shorter ICU days and total hospital length of stay.

  • Reduced ventilator-related sentinel events.

  • Reduced costs.

  • Improved patient and family feedback scores.

The Definitive Workshop for Mechanical Ventilation Training for Emergency Departments.

Target Audience

From Rural Clinics, Critical-Access Hospitals, and Free Standing EDs, to Community Hospitals and Tertiary Care Facilities, this workshop is designed for Nurses, RTs, PAs, NPs, and Physicians with limited experience in managing mechanical ventilators who care for patients in the Emergency Department.

Workshop Includes

  • Basic Ventilator Life Support (BVLS) is included with workshop registration.

  • 1-day in-person course includes:

    • Interactive hands-on application of skills

    • Practical scenarios are designed to challenge learners to think critically, solve problems, and apply what they’ve learned.

    • The workshop is tailored to your specific equipment and protocols.

  • 8 hours of continuing education credit

  • Upon successful completion of the workshop, students will receive a certification of completion, valid for 3 years.

Workshop Requirements

  • Participants must hold a current Paramedic license or above

    • RTs are welcome and encouraged to attend

  • Completion of the online Basic Ventilator Life Support (BVLS) course prior to the workshop is highly encouraged.

* Students must attend the entire workshop to receive credit.

Workshop covers…

  • Effective Delivery of Non-Invasive Ventilation (HFNC / CPAP / BPAP)

  • Managing Endotracheal Tubes / Tracheostomies / Cricothyrotomies / Supraglottic Devices

  • Patient Management

    • Principles of Lung Protection

    • Optimizing Oxygenation and Ventilation

    • Trauma / Burns / Drowning / Cardiac Arrest

    • Severe Obstructive and Restrictive Physiology

    • Neuro Protection

  • Initiating Mechanical Ventilation

    • Breath Types, Vent Settings, Alarms, Triggers, and Limits, including

    • Pressure vs. Volume Control

    • Tidal Volume, Respiratory Rate, PEEP, FiO2, Flow, and Driving Pressure,

  • Basic and Advanced Modes of Mechanical Ventilation:

    • Pressure Support, Assist Control, SIMV, ASV, PRVC, IRV, APRV

  • Basic and Advanced Patient Monitoring and Troubleshooting, including

    • Blood Gases, SpO2, EtCO2

    • Scalar Graphs and Loops

    • Volumetric Capnography

  • Troubleshooting

  • Preparing the Patient for Transport

  • Will introduce

    • Use of Lung Ultrasound for Patient Assessment

    • Volumetric Capnography

    • Electrical Impedance Tomography

    • Negative Pressure Biphasic Curass Ventilation

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Workshop Fee: $9500*

Includes all travel expenses.

The maximum class size depends on the available equipment and the size of the training space.

*Classes that require additional days or are held outside the continental US may incur an additional fee.

Schedule a workshop for your team and change how they care for patients forever!