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Learn about the pediatric airway, including differences between adult and pediatric airways, the airway exam and anatomical abnormalities.

Initial publication: August 28, 2013.

Last reviewed: July 7, 2019.

Please visit: www.openpediatrics.org

OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.

For further information on how to enroll, please email: [email protected]

PICU Nurse Education: Is There a Difference? by F. Gill | OPENPediatrics by OPENPediatrics

Univentricular Lesions: Resource Utilization by S.Namachivayam | OPENPediatrics by OPENPediatrics

Respiratory therapist Craig Smallwood discusses the pressure, volume and flow of waveforms. He explains how to use these waveforms in troubleshooting mechanical ventilation issues.

Initial publication: September 1, 2012.

Last reviewed date: March 20, 2019.

Please visit: www.openpediatrics.org

OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.

For further information on how to enroll, please email: [email protected]

Please note: OPENPediatrics does not support nor control any related videos in the sidebar, these are placed by Youtube. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Listen as Dr. Gerhard Wolf delivers an introductory presentation outlining the nuances of mechanical ventilation. He defines commonly used terminology, reviews different modes of ventilation, guides administration of ventilation in the setting of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), and best practices for lung protective strategies and extubation.

Initial publication: September 1, 2012.

Last reviewed: March 20, 2019.

Please visit: www.openpediatrics.org

OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.

For further information on how to enroll, please email: [email protected]

Learn about the modes of ventilation, including volume-controlled pressure, assist control, SIMV, and pressure support ventilation.

1:39 Chapter 1: Volume Assist Control Ventilation

3:26 Chapter 2: Volume SIMV

5:34 Chapter 3: Pressure Assist Control Ventilation

7:51 Chapter 4: Pressure SIMV

9:25 Chapter 5: Pressure Support Ventilation

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon viewing this presentation, participants will be able to:

• Describe the different modes of mechanical ventilation.

• Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each mode of mechanical ventilation.

• Discuss the indications for each mode of mechanical ventilation.

AUTHORS

Traci Wolbrink MD, MPH

Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine

Boston Children's Hospital

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

DATES

Initial publication: September 1, 2012

Last reviewed: March 5, 2020

CITATION

Wolbrink TA. Modes of Mechanical Ventilation. 9/2012. OPENPediatrics. Online Course: https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3037/modes-of-mechanical-ventilation. Video: https://youtu.be/0PoAN2Cvt2w. Podcast: https://on.soundcloud.com/t3rLz.

Please visit: www.openpediatrics.org

OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.

For further information on how to enroll, please email: [email protected]

Learn about pediatric trauma resuscitation, including how to perform the primary and secondary surveys and principles of teamwork.

Last reviewed: December 26, 2018.

Please visit: www.openpediatrics.org

OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.

For further information on how to enroll, please email: [email protected]

Please note: OPENPediatrics does not support nor control any related videos in the sidebar, these are placed by Youtube. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Asthma by G. Wolf | OPENPediatrics by OPENPediatrics

Listen to Dr. David Bailly discuss the anatomy and physiology, presentation, diagnosis, and management of ventricular septal defects.

Initial publication: May 21, 2015.

Last reviewed date: May 1, 2019.

Please visit: www.openpediatrics.org

OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children's Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching the full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user.

For further information on how to enroll, please email: [email protected]

Please note: OPENPediatrics does not support nor control any related videos in the sidebar, these are placed by Youtube. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Learn about titrating ventilator settings and assessing for extubation readiness.

Initial publication: September 1, 2012.

Last reviewed: December 12, 2018.