The Definitive Workshop for Mechanical Ventilation Training for Resource Limited Emergency Departments

Workshop is intended for Paramedics, Nurses, and Providers (PAs, NPs, and Physicians") with limited experience managing the mechanical ventilator.

Workshop Includes

• Full day of LIVE hands-on interactive training, including

  • Minimal lectures. I believe the most effective learning happens when we’re engaged. That’s why all our lessons are hands-on and interactive.

  • Practical scenarios designed to challenge the learner to think critically, problem-solve, and apply what they’ve learned.

  • 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 card good for 3 years.

Workshop Requirements

• Must hold a current Paramedic license or above.

  • RTs and Physicians are also welcome and encouraged to attend.

  * Students must attend the entire workshop to receive credit. Partial credit will not be awarded.

Continuing Education Hours

• RN hours awarded through the California Board of Nursing

• EMS Hours awarded through our partnership with First Response Team Training, a Colorado approved EMS Training Group

Course covers…

• Basic principles and importance of early effective mechanical ventilation

• Equipment and logistical challenges faced by rural emergency departments

• Critical A&P Review

• Essential Gas Law and Their Application

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

• Managing Endotracheal Tubes / Trachyostomies / Cricothyrotomies / Supraglottic Devices

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

  • Pressure Control vs. Volume Control

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

• Basic and Advanced Modes available on transport ventilators, including

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

• Basic and Advanced Patient Monitoring and Troubleshooting, including

  • Blood Gasses, SpO2, EtCO2, and Volumetric Capnography

  • Loops and Pressure / Flow / Volume Waveforms

  • Lung Point-of-Care-Ultrasound

• Patient Management

  • Optimizing Oxygenation and Ventilation

  • Principles of Lung Protection

  • Trauma / Burns / Drowning / Cardiac Arrest

  • Severe Obstructive and Restrictive Physiology

  • Neuro Protection

  • Pharmacology

• Special Population

  • Pediatric, Geriatric, Obstetrics