Sources for understanding vent management

[Anxietyfreak]

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Like the title suggests, I'm still struggling to understand vent settings for bipap, cpap, peep, etc. I listened to emcrit's podcast which was helpful but brief and for a medical student level was hoping to really get something more in depth to get a better understanding. Would appreciate any resources out there I could check out, thanks!

 

[Groove]

I have the following in my collection:

1) The Ventilator Book
2) A Bedside Guide to Mechanical Ventilation

Both were pretty good if recollection serves.

 

[Hamhock]

I am not sure what you reference listening to "emcirit's podcast"; especially when you say, "for a medical student level."

I must assume you do not mean Dominating the Vent Part I

For if you have listened to both halves of this lecture and fully understood the concepts...and have incorporated this into your practice, then you are far beyond the level of senior resident and many critical care fellows.

What more are you looking for? And why?

HH

 

[RustedFox]

I am not sure what you reference listening to "emcirit's podcast"; especially when you say, "for a medical student level."

I must assume you do not mean Dominating the Vent Part I

For if you have listened to both halves of this lecture and fully understood the concepts...and have incorporated this into your practice, then you are far beyond the level of senior resident and many critical care fellows.

What more are you looking for? And why?

HH

+1.

Those lectures were sweet.

 

[scoKraz4]

Like the title suggests, I'm still struggling to understand vent settings for bipap, cpap, peep, etc. I listened to emcrit's podcast which was helpful but brief and for a medical student level was hoping to really get something more in depth to get a better understanding. Would appreciate any resources out there I could check out, thanks!

What specifically are you having trouble grasping? A lot of different vent modes and strategies are clinician specific or for a particular ICU setting. If you have the basics down of oxygenation/ventilation then you are good to go heading into residency. Once you are living in an ICU during rotations or have patients board in your ED then you will have that hands on experience that will hammer down some of the complicated minutiae associated with vents. Otherwise reading about vents is one of those things that you can read 100 times and keep forgetting

 

[Dr.CCM]

I have the following in my collection:

1) The Ventilator Book
2) A Bedside Guide to Mechanical Ventilation

Both were pretty good if recollection serves.

I second The Ventilator Book. It’s written by an EM /CC guy. I’ve used it and his second edition throughout residency and during fellowship. It’s the best book written for concise explanation of various modes. Highly recommended.