DATE OF ORIGINAL RELEASE: 4/13/2020
EXPIRATION DATE : 7/31/2021
(Please note that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ will no longer be available after this date)
ESTIMATED TIME TO COMPLETE ACTIVITY: 3 hours
ACTIVITY PLANNERS AND FACULTY
Ellen Long-Middleton, PhD, APRN, Family Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified Fellow, National Academy of Practice, Lead Nurse Planner, Harvard Medical School, Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME)
Thomas Piraino, RRT, FCSRT, FAARC, respiratory therapist and clinical specialist in mechanical ventilation, Centre of Excellence in Mechanical Ventilation at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto Ontario, Lecturer (Adjunct), Department of Anesthesia, Division of Critical Care, McMaster University
Shawna Strickland, PhD, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC, Associate Executive Director at the American Association for Respiratory Care
Susan Wilcox, MD, FACEP, FCCM, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Division of Critical Care, Department of Emergency Medicine and Staff Intensivist in the Heart Center ICU, Massachusetts General Hospital.
DISCLOSURE:
All individuals including course directors, planners, reviewers, faculty, staff, etc., who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity have, on behalf of themselves and their spouse or partner, reported no financial relationships related to the content of this activity.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to
- Discuss principles and physiology of mechanical ventilation
- Explain initial ventilator setting, adjustments and troubleshooting
- Describe ventilating patients in special circumstances including Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Obstructive Lung Disease
- Explain how to perform waveform analysis while monitoring the patient
- Evaluate a patient for extubation readiness and describe the extubation procedure
- Describe how standard ventilation practices are different in COVID-19 patients
ACCREDITATION:
The Harvard Medical School is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Harvard Medical School designates this enduring material for a maximum of 3 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMERICAN NURSES CREDENTIALING CENTER:
Harvard Medical School is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This activity is approved for 3 contact hours.
CLAIMING CREDITS:
Once you have reviewed the audio/video content and complete the associated readings, fill out the Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19 CME Registration survey and complete the post-test. After you complete the post-test, you will receive an email with the score results. If you earned a score of at least 75%, a copy of your certificate will be provided in this confirmation email. If you didn't earn at least 75% then you will be provided instructions on how to edit your answers to the post-test questions.
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