Airway and Mechanical Ventilation Management for the Critically Ill Patient

Airway Mechanical Ventilation Faculty(s)

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  Edward Bittner, MD, PhD, MSEd, FCCM

  Prog Dir CCM Fellowship, Assoc Dir SICU, Assoc Prof Anesthesia Harvard
  Massachusetts General Hospital
  Boston, Massachusetts
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  John Gallagher, CCNS, CCRN-K, DNP (he/him/his)

  Professor/Clinical Nurse Specialist
  n/a
  Cleveland, Ohio
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  Aditi Balakrishna, MD (she/her/hers)

  Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  Nashville, Tennessee
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  Craig Jabaley, MD, FCCM (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
  Emory University Hospital
  Atlanta, Georgia
• MS

  Milad Sharifpour, MD, MS (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
  Cedars Sinai Medical Center
  Los Angeles, United States
• 

  Arthur Tokarczyk, MD

  Clinical Assistant Professor
  NorthShore University HealthSystem - Evanston Hospital
  Evanston
• 

  Daniel Yeh, MD, FCCM

  Professor
  Ryder Trauma Center
  Denver
• 

  Christopher Tainter, MD, RDMS, FCCM (he/him/his)

  Clinical Professor
  Cooper University Hospital
  Camden, NJ
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  John Hunninghake, MD

  San Antonio Uniformed Services-BAMC
  Fort Sam Houston, Texas
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  Tanner Hill, BS, RRT

  Supervisor - Respiratory Therapy
  Mayo Clinic Hospital Rochester
  Rochester, Minnesota, United States
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  Megan Rech, BCCCP, MS, PharmD

  Research Health Scientist
  Edward Hines Jr Veterans Affairs Hospital
  Chicago, IL
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  Michelle Rausen, MS, RRT, RRT-NPS

  Technical Director, Respiratory Therapy
  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
  New York

This course will review airway and mechanical ventilation management strategies for critically ill patients. Topics covered include airway assessment; emergent intubation; airway management pharmacology; rescue techniques for maintaining ventilation; traditional and novel techniques for difficult airway management in adult patients; and indications, contraindications, and benefits of ventilatory support modes. After studying the text and viewing the presentations online, attendees will learn and practice with expert faculty at interactive skill stations encompassing laryngoscopy, fiberoptic intubation, surgical approaches to airway establishment, and rescue strategies. Skill stations on mechanical ventilation will focus on mode selection, troubleshooting patient-ventilator dyssynchrony, and alternative modes available for the critically ill adult patient.

Presentations:

• Registration and Breakfast
• Welcome and Overview
• Skill Station: Airway Management
• Break
• Skill Station: Airway Management
• Lunch
• Skill Station: Mechanical Ventilation
• Break
• Skill Station: Mechanical Ventilation
• Recap: Moving Forward