Advanced Ventilator Life Support (AVLS)
A Mechanical Ventilation Mastery Workshop for Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Transport Professionals
You can’t control what comes into your ED, but you can prepare for it!
Bridging the Gap in Emergency Mechanical Ventilation
Every year, approximately 250,000 patients require invasive mechanical ventilation in the emergency department (ED), and these patients experience a mortality rate nearly ten times higher than the general ED population. With ED boarding times consistently increasing, emergency clinicians are now required to manage critically ill, ventilated patients for prolonged periods.
Emergency Department providers are often the first to face complex ventilation scenarios with competing physiological demands, such as post-cardiac arrest lung injury (PALI) or the dual-target dilemma of balancing lung protection with cerebral perfusion in traumatic brain injuries.
The Emergency Medicine Training Deficit
Despite the rising volume and complexity of ventilated patients, current nursing and medical training leaves many ED professionals feeling underprepared. Recent literature highlights a significant educational gap:
< 3 Hours
The amount of training most physicians receive each year on Mechanical Ventilation.
75%
The percentage of EM Clinicians who say they’re uncomfortable managing the ventilator.
>50%
The percentage of ED Nurses who report NEVER receiving Mechanical Ventilation training despite being responsible for the ventilator.
Why You Need the AVLS Course The AVLS course is specifically designed to build clinical confidence by teaching actionable, evidence-based practices tailored for the chaotic environment of the ED.
The AVLS course provides a multidisciplinary curriculum designed for physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and paramedics to train as a unified team, ensuring that everyone at the bedside has the knowledge, skills, and language necessary to safely manage the most vulnerable patients in the ED.
Register for the AVLS course today.
Schedule a course for your team today!
The Advanced Ventilator Life Support (AVLS)™ is designed to enhance the knowledge and confidence of professionals caring for patients in the Emergency Department and during Critical Care Transport.
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 and hone the skills essential for delivering safe and effective care.
Course Details:
2-Day Hands-On Workshop
Interactive patient scenarios
Comprehensive final exam
Downloadable study guide
Downloadable certificate of completion
Continuing education credit for EMS and Nurses.
3-year certification
Students are strongly recommended to take Basic Ventilator Life Support (BVLS) before this workshop.
(BVLS + AVLS Bundle available)
Continuing Education Hours
RN hours awarded through the California Board of Nursing
MVTI is a Colorado State EMS Training Group.
Students are required to attend both days. Partial credit will not be awarded.
Course covers…
Review of the importance of early safe and effective mechanical ventilation.
Basic and Advanced modes including PRVC, ASV, Bi-Level, APRV
Advanced patient monitoring techniques, including
Volumetric Capnography
Advanced Scalar Graphs
Pressure-Volume & Flow-Volume Loops
Lung Ultrasound*
Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT)*
How to properly recognize and respond to critical changes in lung dynamics.
Strategies for managing severe refractory hypoxia, including Optimizing PEEP / MAP, Proning, Open Lung Ventilation, and ECMO*
How to recognize and respond to problems with patient-ventilator asynchrony, hemodynamic compromise, and neurological effects.
Use of negative pressure ventilation*
Registration Fee: $375 per student*
Includes all travel expenses
Minimum class size = 12
*Fees for classes held outside the continental US may be different.
Schedule a course for your team today!