EPAMEINONDAS ZAKYNTHINOS, IOANNIS PANTAZOPOULOS, BASILIKI TSOLAKI,

KONSTANTINOS MANZARLIS

Greek -English

(English language is not mandatory)

Lectures

Multimedia presentations

Hands-on

Informatics, technological applications for education-training

Software for presentations of scientific materials

Positive pressure ventilator

Multimedia software and hardware for presentations

Weblinks for access to electronic materials

Access to scientific material data bank – ICU PGN Larissa methuth@uth.gr

MCQs – n=10/30 min testing

Description of evaluation at the initiation of the course

• Respiratory Failure and Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
• Mechanical ventilation graphics and their application in clinical practice
• Basic Models of Mechanical Ventilation
• Alternative models of Mechanical Ventilation
• Non-invasive mechanical ventilation
• Operating a mechanical ventilator
• Usual troubleshooting and solutions in Mechanical Ventilation
• Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation

Following the course, the student will be able :

• to analyze and make synthesis of relevant data and information
• to use this knowledge when working in the international environment
• to work in an interdisciplinary setting

1. Respiratory Failure
2. Basic principles of MV- How a MVentilator works
3. Variables and graphics
4. Inspiratory Pressure – Evaluation and management
5. PEEP – Evaluation and management
6. Basic Models of Mechanical Ventilation
7. Cardiovascular parameters
8. Alternative Models of Mechanical Ventilation
9. Non-invasive mechanical ventilation – MV in the A&E and in rural practice
10. MV settings in ARDS-pneumonia-viral diseases (grip, COVID)
11. MV during CPR – Anaesthesia
12. Weaning from MV
13. Operating a ventilator
14. Inhaled treatment during MV
15. Usual troubleshooting

1.  Marino’s ICU book
2. Mechanical Ventilation: State of the Art Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2017
3. Ventilator Management. StatPearls Publishing 2020
4. Recent advances in mechanical ventilation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. European Respiratory Review 2015

Περιοδικά

1. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2. Intensive Care Medicine
3. Critical Care Medicine
4. Annals Intensive Care Medicine
5. European Respiratory Journal
6. Chest
7. Annals Intensive Care Medicine
8. New England Medical Journal
9. Lancet

Sites

1. https://www.atsjournals.org
2. https://academy.esicm.org