An intensive care and emergency medicine registrar shows how to deal with hypoxia and increased airway pressure in ventilated patients.
For more on the basics of ventilation, take the free BMJ Learning module: bit.ly/VentilatorEmergencies.
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that many healthcare professionals have been redeployed to work in unfamiliar environments, such as the intensive care unit (ICU). Mechanical ventilation is a key part of treatment in intensive care, and an unfamiliarity with it led to considerable concern among many health professionals. This module aims to provide a brief introduction to mechanical ventilation, outlining the basic principles and settings that are likely to be used.
With Harry Yong, an intensive care and emergency medicine registrar practising in London.