Educational Modules for Ventilator Training
Intended Audience: These modules are designed to refresh and reinvigorate physicians who have had some ICU experience in training and have but who have not personally managed a ventilator or been in critical care during their usual practice.
Module I: Physiology Refresher
Complete the Fundamentals of Critical Care Support (FCCS) modules for Mechanical Ventilation from the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM):
Module II: Protocol Education
Upon completion of Module I, review guidelines for ventilator management:
Module III: Mechanical Refresher
After reviewing the guidelines for ventilator management, watch a recorded Zoom session (video and slides below):
Module IV: Putting it All Together
Complete an in-person check off with a critical care attending prior to redeployment. (Could also be done in person upon redeployment.)
These modules were developed by Arna Banerjee, MBBS and her colleagues and team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Jeffery C Rooks, MMHC, RRT; Raeanna Adams, MD, MBA; Nathan Ashby, MD; Rob Hood, MD; Meredith Pugh, MD, MSCI; Kimberly Rengel, MD; Kyla Terhune, MD, MBA.