Tuesday May 06, 2025

Mechanical Ventilation Basics - How To Present Mechanical Ventilation On Rounds | Clinical Medicine

In this podcast, we teach you how to present a mechanically ventilated patient on clinical rounds, whether you're a medical student, resident, nursing student, or PA/NP trainee. You’ll learn how to structure your presentation, what ventilator settings and parameters to report, incorporating chest x-ray and arterial blood gas, and how to confidently discuss vent mode, oxygenation, ventilation, and alarms at the bedside or on ICU rounds.

📘 Topics Covered:

- Key ventilator terms to know (TV, RR, FiO₂, PEEP, etc.)

- Ventilator modes (AC, PC, PSV)

- How to describe oxygenation and ventilation

- Presenting FiO₂, tidal volume, minute ventilation, ABGs, and chest x-ray

- Discussing patient ventilator synchrony

- Common pitfalls during ventilator presentations - Tips for impressing on ICU or medicine rounds

Playlist Mechanical Ventilation:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf5bMa9_tvRgVjd6EYdHBcLnIiCTgGKD9&si=_rVvLbCKoWLemL4t

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