Mechanical Ventilation in Emergency Medicine

Susan R. Wilcox, MD, FACEP, FCCMChief, Division of Critical CareDepartment of Emergency MedicineHeart Center ICUMassachusetts General HospitalAssistant Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolAni Aydin, MDAssistant ProfessorYale School of MedicineDepartment of Emergency Medicine and Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care New Haven, CTEvie G. Marcolini, MDAssistant ProfessorGeisel School of Medicine at DartmouthEmergency Medicine and Neurocritical CareHanoverNew Hampshire USA

• Introduction.-Terminology and Definitions.-Review of Physiology and Pathophysiology.-Blood Gas Analysis.-Noninvasive Respiratory Support.-Modes of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation.-Understanding the Ventilator Screen.-Placing the Patient on the Ventilator.-Specific Circumstances: Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).-Specific Circumstances: Asthma and COPD.-Specific Circumstances: Neurologic Injury.-Troubleshooting the Ventilated Patient.-Case Studies in Mechanical Ventilation.-Conclusions and Key Concepts