Description
Today on MedNet21, we're going to discuss ARDS.
This talk is aimed to review the basic and advanced principles for management of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). Learners should expect to hear about the diagnosis of ARDS, basic ventilator management and advanced steps when patients fail to respond to basic principles of management.
Dates and Times
End Date: 10/5/2021
Objectives
As a result of this educational activity, webcast participants will be able to: DESCRIBE low tidal
volume ventilation is a basic tenet of lung protective ventilation for patients with ARDS and those admitted to the hospital who are at risk for ARDS; and UNDERSTAND prone positioning in patients with severe ARDS helps to improve mortality.
You’ll also learn about the following:
- Pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
- Treating ARDS
- Whether it is better to correct the oxygen level or the carbon dioxide level
- Practical strategies for paralyzing the patient
- Nutrition in ARDS
- Long-term consequences of ARDS
- High frequency ventilation
- Pressure control mode of mechanical ventilation
- When to transfer the patient to an ECMO center
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Accreditation
The Center for Continuing Medical Education (CCME) at The Ohio State University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) to provide continuing medical education for physicians
The Center for Continuing Medical Education (CCME) at The Ohio State University designates this webcasts for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.